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Wednesday, April 1, 12:00noon-12:30pm, this event is now an on-line webinar that requires advance registration
Join the Freedom of Choice Ohio Coalition (FOCO) for our annual Advocacy Day!
This event is now a free webinar; participants are encouraged to sign up using this link.
Use this link if you’d still like to register for the in-person event on November 10.
Tuesday, March 17, 6:30am-7:30pm, by dialing, toll-free, 800-282-9181
As of 10:30pm on 3/16/20, the polls have been ordered to officially be closed today by the Ohio Director of Health.
The Disability Rights Ohio’s Voter Hotline will still be open from 6:30am to 7:30pm at 800-282-9181.
Disability Rights Ohio staff will be available to answer your questions; we may be able to help provide clarification around the expected confusion.
Sponsored by Disability Rights Ohio.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 2 BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Tuesday, March 17, 6:30am-7:30pm, many locations in Franklin County and elsewhere
Contact: Franklin County Board of Elections, 614-525-3100
Tuesday, March 31, 3:30-6:30pm, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission [MORPC], 111 Liberty St., Ste. 100
Join us as we showcase upcoming Central Ohio transportation projects.
Sunday, March 29, 2-7pm, Summit on 16th United Methodist Church, 82 E. 16th Ave.; and then outside of the YMCA shelter, 40 W. Long St.
We’ll be cooking to share a meal outside of the downtown YMCA shelter again. Bring whatever vegan(ish) food you can find, or just bring yourself to help prepare the meal, or just come over for conversation and company. New people are always welcome! The “Facebook address” on this event is where the cooking itself will occur. We’re test-running a new cooking location that is a bit bigger and is wheelchair-accessible.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Sunday, March 29, 4-6pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
Join us as we unify after the Ohio primary. Sharpen your activist skills and come together with fellow Indivisibles for the 2020 election.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Friday, March 27, 6-8pm, Turkish American Society of Ohio [TASO] Columbus, 2885 W. Dublin-Granville Rd.
Would you like to learn more about Islam and your Muslim neighbors? This will be a social time where you can meet members of TASO [Turkish American Society of Ohio] and enjoy traditional food and refreshments.
This will be a free event; seats are limited.
Please RSVP by March 24 to info@tasoohio.org.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Sunday, March 22, 9am-1pm, Scioto Audubon Metro Park, 400 W. Whittier St.
Please join us at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, just south of downtown, at 9am on Sunday, March 22 to participate in The Hunger Run 5K and help chase hunger out of Central Ohio! Every dollar raised for NSI provides four meals, which means that, by participating in The Hunger Run 5K, you will help to provide 120 meals. In 2019, Neighborhood Services served 654,352 meals.
Tuesday, March 10, 8-10pm, Art Outside the Lines, 485 E. Livingston Ave.
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 mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority within the space!
Entry is $5 suggested donation! We will have beverages and snacks for suggested donations as well! Please also consider donating to Art Outside the Lines which provides great art programs for people with disabilities.
Monday, March 9, 7-9pm, St. Francis DeSales High School, 4212 Karl Rd.
This event will feature the following participants.
• Murder Victim Family Member George White
• Murder Victim Family Member LaShawn Ajamu
• Exonerated Ohio Death Row Survivor Kwame Ajamu
• Death Penalty Abolitionist Abraham Bonowitz
• Columbus Diocese Office of Social Concerns Director Jerry Freewalt