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Rural Voices Summit 2021, hosted by Equitas Health and five other organizations

Friday, February 26, 9am-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Rural Voices brings together healthcare professionals, community members, and activists to focus on the needs and experiences of trans and gender diverse people in rural regions. This one-day conference is sponsored by Equitas Health, Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (HCOM), the Southeastern Ohio Rainbow Alliance (SEORA), TransOhio, and the Ohio University LGBT Center.

Purchase your tickets [$55.00 to $25.00] before this event.

A Holistic Approach to Equitable Reproductive Healthcare

Thursday, February 25, 5-7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The battle over reproductive freedom and access to care has been a contentious one for decades. The United States lags well behind its counterparts in other high-income countries in terms of access for women to health care and health status and holds the position of having the highest rate of maternal mortality.

“Living Well, Dying Well: Religion, Health, and Healing Series,” with Elise Edwards and Monique Moultrie, hosted by OSU Center for the Study of Religion

Thursday, February 25, 4:30-6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

• “Black Spirituality and the Creation of Spaces for Healing and Liberation,” with Dr. Elise Edwards (Baylor University)

“European Relations with China and the Implications for the United States,” hosted by Mershon Center for International Security Studies

Wednesday, February 24, 12noon-1:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join the Mershon Center for a discussion on the relationship between European countries and China, and how those relationships impact the U.S.

Three experts — Peter Gries from the Manchester China Institute, Janka Oertel from the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Richard Turcsanyi from the Central European Institute of Asian Studies at Palacky University Olomouc — will analyze the following questions.

The Color of Health: Examining Racism as a Public Health Crisis, hosted by OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values [CEHV] and Morton Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College

Wednesday, February 24, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In recent months, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, the Cuyahoga and Franklin County boards of health, and numerous others have recognized racism as a public health crisis.

Providing Sanctuary as Witness: Standing in Solidarity with Immigrants

Tuesday, February 23, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Isaac Villegas, pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship in North Carolina, will tell the story of his church and other activist communities as they engage in tactics of collective solidarity and resistance against mass deportations.

Advance Zoom registration for this event is required.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

COMPAS [Conversations On Morality, Politics And Society] Panel: COVID in the Community

Friday, February 19, 1-2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous burdens on individuals and communities — especially vulnerable communities — in central Ohio. Join us for a conversation about how public officials and volunteers have worked together over the past year to respond to those challenges.

Speakers:

• David Brown (Creative Director, Harmony Project)

• William Murdock (Executive Director, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission)

Moderator:

Black Queer and Intersectional Collective [BQIC] Speak Up! Spoken Word and Open Mic

Tuesday, February 9, 8-9:30pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Join us for BQIC’s monthly fundraiser, BQIC speak Up! Spoken Word and Open Mic. Come out and share your poems, songs, monologues, inner musings, and good encounters, bad days, good dates, etc. on the digital mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority.

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