Community
Saturday, April 20, beginning at 9am, Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.
Join Epilepsy Alliance Ohio as we host our third annual Run to Erase Epilepsy, a three-mile run/walk to benefit local services in our community. The event will be held at Genoa Park in downtown Columbus and features a great course, food, refreshments, music, and awards after the race. Your support of this race will help us to impact the lives of thousands of people who are living with seizures.
Friday, April 19, 7pm, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
Please join SPAN [Single-Payer Action Network] Region 5 at 7pm on Friday, April 19 for a fundraising concert at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd. Enjoy great music plus a short update on the progress of health care legislation. Refreshments will follow the concert.
Thursday, April 18, 6-7pm, Woodlands Tavern, 1200 W. Third Ave.
Peace Direct is partnering with Bluegrass Ambassadors to co-sponsor the Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Award for Music and the Performing Arts. Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders is the global awards for innovation in local peacebuilding.
The goal: to raise $15,000.00, which will go directly to the winner to support their work of using music and the performing arts as a medium for peace and to fund their travel to Washington, DC to receive the award.
Tuesday, April 16, 12noon-1:15pm, Ohio Statehouse
Join Council on American-Islamic Relations [CAIR] Columbus [CAIR-Columbus] for an Interfaith Prayer and Religious Liberty Luncheon!
Our U.S. and Ohio Constitutions guarantee religious freedom for all people. Come hear from our expert panel about issues related to religious practice, accommodation, religious discrimination, and more. The panel will also focus on issues faced particularly by religious minorities in Ohio. As these are issues of concern to all people of faith, this event will begin with an interfaith prayer.
Sunday, April 14, 3-5pm, Ohio Union [U.S. Bank Conference Theater], 1739 N. High St.
Saturday, April 13, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
The Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative, and joyous circle dances that celebrate the variety of spiritual paths on Earth. If you like folk dancing, you’ll be right at home here. No previous experience is needed — just an open and willing attitude. Participation, not presentation, is the focus.
Contact: Aatoon Nina Massey, 614-949-6197
Saturday, April 13, 6:30-11pm, 1021 E. Broad St. [east side door]
Join progressive friends for food, drink, and great music.
Contact: colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571
Saturday, April 13, 9am-12noon, McFerson Commons Park [also known to many as “Arch Park”], 218 West St.
2019 Robert J. Fass AIDS Walk Ohio will take place on Saturday, April 13 in Columbus. For over 30 years, thousands of people have participated in this walk and run, raising millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS prevention and care, saving countless lives, and improving the well-being of thousands who are living with HIV/AIDS today.
Wednesday, April 10, 7-8:30pm, Upper Arlington Public Library [Rm. A], 2800 Tremont Rd.
Equal UA Reading Group will be considering our awareness of disabilities in April. In her brutally honest memoir, Mermaid, Eileen Cronin writes about growing up without legs.
Wednesday, April 10, 9am, Ohio Statehouse
Join young people from across Ohio at the Statehouse on April 10 to advocate for reproductive justice and to bring your voice directly to your state legislators! Too often, young people are shut out of the political process. We’re told to sit on the sidelines while conversations are had about us, and decisions are made for us. We know that in order to truly win on our issues, young people must be at the forefront of the conversation.
Join the Freedom of Choice Ohio Coalition Advocacy Day (FOCO) to fight against the six-week ban!