Community
Tuesday, November 28, 5:30pm-7:30pm. [doors open at 5pm], YWCA Columbus [Wolfe Room], 65 S. Fourth St.
Thursday, November 2, 12noon, Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd.
Thursday, November 2, 5pm, Reynoldsburg Branch Library, 1402 Brice Rd.
Join us for the first event in our upcoming Speak Up and Be Heard Series!
We’ll meet on the first and second Thursdays of each month to make our voices heard. The first Thursday will be a Speak Up Social, where we’ll make creative messages about a current issue for Congressman Stivers. The second Thursday will be a Be Heard Office Visit, where we’ll deliver those messages to Congressman Stivers’ office in person.
Thursday, November 30, 4:30-6pm, Ohio Dominican University [Griffin Student Center, Rm. 258], 1216 Sunbury Rd.
Julie Hart and Anjel Stough-Hunte will celebrate their new book, Pathways to Pacifism and Antiwar Activism among U.S. Veterans: The Role of Moral Identity in Personal Transformation, on Thursday, November 30, 4:30-6pm, in the Griffin Student Center [Rm. 258] at Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Rd.
Wednesday, November 1, 7pm, Columbus Free Press office, 1021 E. Broad St. [east side door]
Ana Marina Alvarenga is a deputy in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador and is running for re-election in March 2018. She currently participates in two commissions:
• Women in Gender Equality
• Justice and Human Rights
She is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) political party; two of her most important causes are women’s rights and the anti-mining campaign.
Saturday, December 9, 7-10:30pm, Whetstone Park of Roses Shelter House, 3901 N. High St.
The Winter Solstice — also known as The Longest Night, Midwinter, Yule, and Jol — is a day that human beings across the globe have been celebrating since the stone age over 15,000 years ago. It represents the shortest period of sunlight in a single day for the whole year, and in turn, the longest period of darkness.
Saturday, December 9, 10:30am [registration and pre-party]; 12noon [race begins]; 1pm [post-race party]; The Three-Legged Mare, 401 N. Front St., #150
The Santa Speedo Dash is comprised of participants who run a winter 5K, or walk one mile, wearing either a Speedo or holiday-themed-attire [which is encouraged but is not mandatory]. Central Ohio Diabetes Association’s Young Professionals Against Diabetes (YPAD) started the Santa Speedo Dash event in 2012; since then, the event has become one of the most infamous fun runs in Central Ohio.
Thursday, December 7, 7-8:30pm, Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio [inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.
Join us for an engaging and fun introduction to Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), the Language of the Heart, led by Susanna Warren.
People of all experience levels, ranging from beginners to experienced practitioners, are welcome to this gathering. We will have a short explanation, a demonstration, and then we will give everyone a chance to practice giving and/or receiving empathy.
Monday, December 4, 5:30-8:30pm, Fawcett Center [Conference Theater], 2400 Olentangy River Rd.
Ohio is recognized as the first state to enact legislation identifying December 1 as Rosa Parks Day. To honor this remarkable woman, the Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] and The Ohio State University join Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Rosa Parks Day Founder, in hosting the Thirteenth Annual Statewide Tribute to Rosa Parks.
Saturday, December 2, 10am [registration begins at 8am], Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.
The Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run is a fun way to get out, get moving, and raise funds and awareness to cure America’s #1 cause of disability. In communities nationwide, this annual event brings together people from all walks of life to shout “Yes, we will live life to its fullest while searching for a cure!”