Community
Tuesday, July 21, 9:30am, Ohio Statehouse
Join Moms Demand Action volunteers as we attend and testify at the hearing of the Ohio Senate Government and Reform Committee on Ohio Senate Bill 317, which would allow armed teachers in K-12 schools with no training requirement.
Tuesday, July 21, 3-7pm, on-line pre-registration for this on-line event is required
Equality Ohio’s legal clinic provides free legal support to LGBTQ Ohioans, within 300% of the poverty line, who are experiencing legal hardship because of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Due to community health concerns regarding COVID-19, we are currently suspending our in-person legal clinics. Instead, our attorneys will be hosting virtual Intake Hours throughout the week. If you are in need of legal help, please contact the attorney closest to your area.
Sunday, July 19, 12noon-3pm, Franklin Park Amphitheater [northwest of the Franklin Park Adventure Center], 1755 E. Broad St.
The event date has changed! We will be having this event on July 19 at 12noon since we are working on finding more performers and making sure that our logistics are solid! Nothing else about this event has changed!
Thursday, July 16, 2-3:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Please join us for this community forum as we explore the impact of dehumanization in today’s society and learn how to respond to it.
Thursday, July 16, 3-5pm, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live” and on YouTube
As we continue to fight against inequality in the United States and beyond, there’s no better time to examine the role of religion (Christianity in particular) in establishing racist practices and systems that have impacted Black communities. We must also critically ask if religious belief is helpful or a hindrance to true liberation.
Thursday, July 16, 11am-12:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
This presentation, facilitated by Kierra S. Barnett, PhD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Kirwan Institute at The Ohio State University, will explore the ways in which structural racism has led to an inequitable distribution of resources and opportunity within communities and how this has fueled the COVID-19 disparities.
Wednesday, July 15, 2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for a conversation about the nationally-acclaimed exhibition, “Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989,” which explores the profound impact of the LGBTQ civil-rights movement on the art world. Tyler Cann, the Columbus Museum of Art’s Head of Exhibitions and Pizzuti Family Curator of Contemporary Art, will talk with Densil Porteous, Interim Executive Director of Stonewall Columbus, about this groundbreaking exhibition and the intersection of art, political movements, and profound social change.
Tuesday, July 14, 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.
Sunday, July 12 to Sunday, July 18, Merion Village
Sunday, July 12 to Sunday, July 18, Merion Village