Community

Monday, May 10, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

For this month’s “Business of Art” webinar, we are excited to welcome Merjin van Der Heijden, Director of Urban Arts Space. We will chat with Merjin about her experience running one of the most celebrated arts spaces in Columbus as well as her thoughts on professional practices for artists, including website development, grant writing, self-care, marketing, and more.

Monday, May 10, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

We’ll hear about some of the opportunities and concerns that the Ohio Board of Elections officials have about how Ohio currently runs its elections. We will also talk about possible legislative changes to Ohio voting laws that might be offered in the current Ohio General Assembly and how we can make our elections run more smoothly and securely while also increasing turnout.

About “Lunching With the League”

Saturday, May 8, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us from the comfort of your own home with our new “Pleasures of the Cup: Drinks of the Speakeasy” event! Travel back to the 1920s and 1930s to a world of bathtub gin, flappers, and Speakeasys. Learn how Prohibition sent alcohol from bars and taverns to secret watering holes. Mix along with us some of the hidden drinks of the time.

Must be 21 and over to attend. Advance tickets are required. You will receive a link to the presentation about two hours before the start.

Saturday, May 8, 1-4pm, Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden, 154 Hawkes Ave.

We invite all ages to come to our Learning Garden and to garden with us. We will be watering, weeding, planting, singing, reading, playing, and eating. Come visit us!

Hosted by Franklinton Farms.

Thursday, May 4, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In 2016, “Water Protector” resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) magnified the connection between Indigenous sovereignty and climate protection.

Five years later, with oil flowing through this disastrous pipeline, activists are still fighting for justice.

Wednesday, May 6, 11am-12:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This presentation, combined with a small group discussion-based exercise, is meant to help students understand the historical roots of medical fallacies and how these untruths have impacted the care that patients receive today. The presenters also hope that this lecture will help trainees to identify and address any conscious and/or subconscious biases that they may have before entering into the clinic.

Wednesday, May 5, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Wednesday, May 12, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Do you have questions about legally changing your name and or gender marker in Ohio? Join us for our free legal clinic. You’ll be able to talk to a trained lawyer over the phone or via Zoom about the name and gender marker process.

Virtual Legal Clinic participation requires completed intake paperwork at least 48 hours before the clinic. To participate in this clinic, please complete the intake forms by 5pm on 5/10/2021.

Wednesday, May 12, 6:30-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Please join us for a conversation about the role of big money and corporate power in politics. A screening of the 30-minute documentary “Legalize Democracy” will be followed by a panel discussion featuring three residents of Troy, Ohio: Kane Feltner, activist, and member of Troy’s Human Relations Commission; Bill Rozell, a retired state auditor now serving as a Troy councilman; and John Scott, pastor of True Vine Church in Piqua. Sandy Bolzenius of Central Ohio Move to Amend will also be a featured panelist.

Tuesday, May 11 to Sunday, May 16, this on-line event requires advance registration

Welcome to the inaugural Conference on Religious Trauma, a fully-online, virtual conference.