Community
Saturday, August 12, 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, August 12, 4:30-9pm, Homestead Park, Lakeside Pavilion, 4675 Cosgray Rd., Hilliard, OH
Please join us for our annual Summer Picnic, one of the largest events that HCCO hosts all year!
You may stay at the Lakeside Pavilion until 9pm; however, cleanup will begin at 8:30pm to make sure we are out of the shelter by our designated time.
Saturday, August 12, 7am [free health screenings]; 9:30am [walk/run]; Livingston Park, 760 E. Livingston Ave.
The purpose of the National African American Male Wellness Walk/Run Initiative is to begin the process of helping men to understand that, through prevention, one can live longer. This event allows men and their families across the country to obtain free health screenings and to raise awareness about living a healthier lifestyle.
Tuesday, July 25, 8-11pm, Lincoln Cafe, 740 E. Long St.
Join us for a spoken word / open mic night to fundraise for the #BlackPride4!
Friday, July 21, 3-5pm, 35 E. Gay St., second floor
Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Rob Portman are coming to Columbus on July 22; we want to give them a proper Buckeye welcome. But we need your help!
Monday, July 10, 6:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
Thursday, June 29, 10am, Scioto Audubon Metro Park, 400 W. Whittier St.
As the Trump administration continues pushing a destructive agenda to unravel environmental protections and to slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], Environment Ohio is thrilled to announce that Senator Sherrod Brown and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty have earned our Environmental Champion award for their consistent, strong and effective leadership.
Sunday, August 6, 6pm, Columbus State Community College, Center for Technology and Learning, 290 Cleveland Ave. [northeast corner of Cleveland Ave. and Mount Vernon Ave.].
Central Ohio residents will gather to commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This concert will feature original musical works by Rocco Di Pietro, Columbus State Community College Music Professor, along with Korean, Japanese, and American works, that will focus on the broken world in a quest for wholeness.
Sunday, August 6, 2-6pm, Jeffrey Mansion Shelter, 165 N. Parkview Ave., Bexley, Ohio
Join us for an afternoon of friendship and dialogue — great food (kosher, halal, vegetarian) too!
Contact or RSVP: 614-532-8171 or foco.ohio@sbcglobal.net
Sponsored by Focolare Movement, Interfaith Association of Central Ohio, and Masjid Al Islam Muslim Community Center Columbus.
Thursday, August 3, 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.