Community
Friday, March 12, 2pm, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”
Kalesha Scott and Jarrod Robinson of the Ohio Student Association, Piet van Lier of Policy Matters, and Jenny Jones, a Cincinnati-area parent who took out a loan for her daughter’s education, will talk about how the “transcript trap” and other punitive debt collection policies hold Ohio students back.
This event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live.”
Friday, March 12, 1-2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic required quick and far-reaching interventions in people’s lives and attracted significant public criticism and resistance. How did this process play out differently under authoritarian vs. democratic governments, and what does this tell us about the strengths and weaknesses of each system?
Speakers:
• Jessica Chen Weiss (Government, Cornell University)
Friday, March 12, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Ohio’s legacy cities have many highly-sought features such as dense, walkable centers, abundant and affordable housing and infrastructure, and closely-knit communities and skilled workers from their industrial past and immigration history. How can legacy cities leverage these assets to restore their economic vitality while promoting a socially just and sustainable communities?
Thursday, March 25, 7-9pm, this Zoom event requires advance registration via Meetup
Life After Belief Groups meet for support, encouragement, and growth on the process of living life without supernatural belief. Our core concerns are Community, Charting a New Course, Compassion, and Coming Out. [Read more about these Core Passions below.]
Thursday, March 11, 7-9pm, this Zoom event requires advance registration via Meetup
Life After Belief Groups meet for support, encouragement, and growth on the process of living life without supernatural belief. Our core concerns are Community, Charting a New Course, Compassion, and Coming Out. [Read more about these Core Passions below.]
Thursday, March 11, 5:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for a gathering of progressive organizers, activists, staff, and movement leaders from across Ohio! This series is being organized to help build connection and collaboration across our broad and diverse space. We’re excited to get to know you and learn alongside you in the coming months.
Thursday, May 11, 3:30-5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But perhaps the nation’s cards are better than we know.
Russia ranks significantly behind the U.S. and China by traditional measures of power: Gross Domestic Product, population size, overall health, and military might. Yet 25 years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics.
Thursday, March 11, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration
Reproductive Rights sit on a razor’s edge in Ohio. In the last few months, Ohioans have witnessed the last lame duck session in the Ohio Statehouse being sabotaged in order to pass two new anti-abortion laws as well as the confirmation of another anti-choice SCOTUS judge.
Join the ACLU of Ohio and Reproductive Rights experts to get an update on legislation, litigation, and community impact efforts and what the future of reproductive rights in Ohio — and across the nation — looks like.
Thursday, May 11, 11am, this on-line event requires advance registration
Moderated by Dr. Andrea Williams, this session addresses the legal, economic, and historical implications of Black styles of self-presentation, including wearing natural hair.
Whether at school or at work, Black people often are penalized for wearing cultural hairstyles such as Afros, locs, or braids. Biases against these styles can contribute to disparities in hiring, school discipline and suspension, health, and student participation in extracurricular activities.
Wednesday, March 10, 8pm, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”
Each month, Red Letter Christians hosts a Faith Forum where we discuss one of the big issues of our time . . . and how our faith compels us to take action.
Last month, we had a conversation on Gun Violence. This month, we will collaborate with Death Penalty Action for a discussion on the Death Penalty.
Shane Claiborne will be speaking with Derrick Jamison (Witness to Innocence) and SueZann Bosler(Journey of Hope . . . From Violence to Healing).