Community
Thursday, May 27, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
This spring, Columbus’s beautiful Kossuth Garden lost its bid to continue bringing together the urban community, growing food and flowers, providing fresh produce for locals, and enjoining kids to learn about and experience nature. A city ruling prioritizing private property over people, the environment, and community forced the closing of and eventual paving over of Kossuth Garden. Its last day was May 1, 2021.
Thursday, May 27, 6pm-7:30pm, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”
As a collective, Black people are amid multiple public health emergencies, from being killed by the police, on and off-camera, to the increasing rates of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl, to the systemic inequities within our healthcare system.
Tragically, these and other factors result in people with serious mental illness dying anywhere from 10 to 25 years earlier than the general population.
Thursday, May 27, 11am-12:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Come join us as published Racial Battle Fatigue [RBF] scholar and staff psychologist, Dr. Catherine C. Ragland Woods, presents on the topic of Racial Battle Fatigue. Centering the experiences of Blacks and African Americans, Dr. Ragland Woods will help learners to define and identify RBF across various contexts and settings. Additionally, she will offer suggestions for how to cope with, hold space for, and heal from RBF.
Wednesday, May 26, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Brush up on your voter outreach skills in time for the summer voter registration season!We’ll go over the various voting forms, the three ways to cast a ballot, tips for outreach to under-served communities, and answer any questions that you may have about volunteering at a voter registration event. This training is open to everyone, so invite a friend!
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Wednesday, May 26, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Ohio is ready to make history! S.B. 103 and H.B. 183 would abolish Ohio’s death penalty — which is great news, since 11 innocent people have been sentenced to death.
Wednesday, May 26, 4pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The Democratic Socialists of America [DSA] International Committee, with co-sponsorship from the DSA Palestine Solidarity Working Group, will present a panel discussion on the ongoing struggle against colonialism in the Middle East and Africa, from Palestine to the Western Sahara.
Tuesday, May 25, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
S.O.S! There are two very dangerous bills, H.B. 282 and S.B. 171, that threaten Ohioans health from radioactive oil and gas waste brine.We encourage you to join us on Tuesday, May 25, at 7pm, to learn about these bills and then to take action immediately together during the event.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Tuesday, May 25, 11am-12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration
The Our Voices Together Coalition invites you to turn up the heat on anti-protest bills by lighting a fire under Ohio Legislators. Every Tuesday, we will come together as a community, train up, listen to music, and enjoy each other’s company as we take action together.
Wednesday, May 26, 7pm, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”
Join us on Wednesday, May 26, at 7pm, for our celebratory virtual variety show! As you may already know, we’ve been in the middle of our biggest annual fundraiser, since March, at Women Have Options Ohio!
Tuesday, May 25, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
“Inhale/Exhale” is a program providing restorative healing for activists and organizers. Join Ohio Voice for our “Inhale/Exhale” with Sharonda Crome. In this installment of “Polarity Therapy” for “Inhale/Exhale,” we learn to distinguish the difference between knowing our value and worth and working to prove our value and worth.
Biography and words from Sharonda: