Community
Saturday, November 11, 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
Thursday, November 9, 5:30-8:30pm, High Line Car House, 550 S. High St.
Gift to Be Simple is Simply Living’s premier annual fundraiser but it is more than that. It is an opportunity to learn, to share, and to enjoy healthy, quality food together. A variety of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free appetizers and desserts will be provided by Two Caterers; we’ll have a cash bar. Tickets for the event are $50 and include an annual membership in Simply Living.
Thursday, November 2, 6-8:30pm, Linden-McKinley High School, 1320 Duxberry Ave.
Want to help build a safer, healthier, and more united Linden community? Find out where candidates for Columbus City Council, School Board, and Municipal Court stand on the issues that matter most to our schools and neighborhood!
This will be a non-partisan, unbiased forum; please stay tuned for updates on program and confirmed candidates.
Listen, learn, get involved, and come make your voice heard!
Sunday, October 22, 4-6pm, First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad St.
On Sunday, October 22, at 4pm, join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers [CIW] and allies for a moving interfaith service at First Congregational Church to prayerfully enjoin Wendy’s to stand with farmworker women in ending sexual violence in the fields. Representatives from the CIW’s formidable Women’s Group will be in attendance at this service, sharing their experiences and uniting in the struggle for justice with Columbus-based faith communities.
This service is co-hosted by:
Thursday, November 2, 7:30-9pm, 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 and Pat De Silva or other Compassionate Communication practitioners.
Wednesday, November 1, 11:30am-1pm, Greater Columbus Convention Center [Battelle Grand Ballroom], 400 N. High St.
Our 20th luncheon features a compelling diversity of young women who each tell a personal story about where they feel safest to be themselves. These vivid accounts of resistance, critique, hope and vision, from women whose stories are often trivialized by dominant culture, will highlight the reasons that justice — social justice — is imperative for eliminating all forms of oppression.
Please purchase tickets by Wednesday, October 25.
Tuesday, October 31, 9am-4:15pm, Ohio Statehouse
Join Council on American-lslamic Relations [CAIR] Ohio for the First Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol. Participants will receive training, support, and education for a full day of civic engagement and meet with their representatives to discuss issues affecting Ohio’s Muslim community.
Individual attendees may use the ticket link to register now. You must be 15 to attend or chaperoned by a parent (unless you are part of a school, masjid, or youth group).
Deadline to Register is October 13, 2017.
Saturday, October 28, 5-7pm, MCL Kingsdale, 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Come out and join us for dinner and conversation! We’ll be in the back room unless there’s a special event going on in that room.
Wednesday, October 25, 8pm, Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St.
Word Church is a poetry reading held the last Wednesday of every month at 8pm at Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St. Bring your poetry, get your rhyme on, and meet some interesting people.