Community
Saturday, June 9, 2-6pm; registration begins at 1:30pm on the lawn of West Gate Lodge, 2425 W. Broad St.
The Westgate neighborhood was built on the grounds of a former Civil War outpost. Camp Chase Cemetery remains at the corner of the community as a monument to those lost on both sides of the conflict. Formally founded as a “street car suburb” during the 1920s, Westgate is minutes from downtown but boasts backyards and tree-lined streets.
Thursday, June 7, 6-9pm, 934 Gallery, 934 Cleveland Ave.
Come out to celebrate the release of ONYX: BQIC’s second annual ’zine. Featuring visual and written art from talented queer and trans people of color who are living in Ohio, ONYX is about and created in honor of QTIPOC and Community Pride. We’re unveiling ONYX with an evening of art, music, food, and fun. Join us at 934 Gallery on Thursday, June 7 at 6pm.
This festive event will feature:
• Copies of ONYX (for FREE!!!)
Saturday, June 2, 10pm-2am, The Summit, 2210 Summit St.
It’s summertime, we chillin’ in the sun (finally), and Community Pride is about to JUMP OFF with four QTIPOC DJs from Columbus and Cleveland: Adab, Fana, A.S.L. Princess, and Noided.
Bring your best LOOKS and get it JUMPIN’ to club, techno, disco beats, and more. Instead of buying into sponsored parties or crowded, expensive bars, let’s start Pride right: alongside our own community!
Saturday, June 2, 8-10:30am, Arch Park / McFerson Commons Park, 218 West St.
Brain Tumor 5K [BT5K] Columbus is part of the American Brain Tumor Association’s (ABTA) signature “Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K” series. Currently, more than 700,000 people in the U.S. are living with a brain tumor diagnosis. Your support allows the ABTA to fund desperately needed brain tumor research, patient programs, and support services.
Black Queer and Intersectional Columbus [BQIC] presents: “Speak Up! Spoken Word for Community Pride”
Tuesday, May 22, 8-10pm, Art Outside the Lines, 485 E. Livingston Ave.
This will be our last spoken word before Community Pride!
Tuesday, May 22, 5:30-8pm, St. James Tavern, 1075 N. Fourth St.
Calling out all Repro allies, supporters, and advocates to join us for the May Reproductive Health Happy Hour at our favorite watering hole, St. James Tavern!
Tuesday, May 22, 5:30-8pm, St. James Tavern, 1075 N. Fourth St.
Calling out all Repro allies, supporters, and advocates to join us for the May Reproductive Health Happy Hour at our favorite watering hole, St. James Tavern!
Monday, May 21, 7:30-9pm, Whetstone Branch Library, 3901 N. High St.
• Want to help get signatures?
• Need to drop off filled petitions and get More? Come say “Hey” to your team.
• Pick up your volunteer T-shirt and yard signs while they last.
• Safe water for our kids.
• Columbus is no place for frack waste!
Citizens work to create the “Columbus Community Bill of Rights” to ensure pure water, clean air, safe soil, and local control over fracking and frack waste.
Thursday May 10, 7pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
We are building a future where mothers and their children can be together.
As Mother’s Day approaches, join us for an intersectional, sacred, and movement-building conversation where three women will come together to share their stories as mothers.
• A Mexican immigrant mother who has been in sanctuary for seven months and is fighting to be at home with her family.
• An African-American mother whose son was killed by the Columbus Police Department.