Community

Tuesday, March 11, 7-8pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Main Branch], 96 S. Grant Ave.

Transit Columbus is a grassroots advocacy group led by our community.

We are run, first and foremost, by our members and community. While we work directly with the city, COTA, MORPC, and other organizations, it is as constituents and as community leaders.

Join us for our monthly meeting!

Hosted by Transit Columbus.

Monday, March 10, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.

Monday, March 10, 8am-5pm, Ohio Statehouse

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2025 Ohio Brain Injury Advocacy Day that will be happening on March 10, 2025 at the Ohio Statehouse.

This is a pivotal year for brain injury services in Ohio. With a proposal on the table to increase funding, we need your voice to advocate for the thousands of Ohioans impacted by brain injury. Currently, only 5 cents per resident is invested in these vital services — and we must do better.

Breakfast: 8:30-9:30am

Legislator Appointments: Following breakfast

Sunday, March 9, 5:30-6:30pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.

A twenty-to-thirty-minute silent meditation will be followed by discussion and refreshments.

The benefits of meditation are innumerable. These include greater mental clarity, a reduction in stress, improved emotional balance, and increased spiritual development. Meditation benefits everyone.

Different meditation practices will be presented, throughout the year, by practitioners of those traditions.

Enter the church via the rear door.

This group will meet each Sunday, 5:30-6:30pm

Sunday, March 9, 3-4:30pm, RSVP for this event to learn its location and other details

Join Never Again Action’s field director, Shayna Solomon, to explore what fighting for immigrant rights can look like in Central Ohio, to learn about Central Ohio’s new Community Response Hub, and to identify what you and your community can do.

Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, 10am-6pm, Ohio Expo Center (Lausche building), 717 E. 17th Ave.

The Gift of Light Expo is the mind, body, and spirit experience being held on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9, at the Ohio Expo Center’s Lausche building at 717 E. 17th Ave. in Columbus, 10am-6pm both days. Admission is $15 a day by credit card or $13 a day by cash, with children under ten years old admitted for free.

Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, 10am-6pm, Ohio Expo Center (Lausche building), 717 E. 17th Ave.

The Gift of Light Expo is the mind, body, and spirit experience being held on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9, at the Ohio Expo Center’s Lausche building at 717 E. 17th Ave. in Columbus, 10am-6pm both days. Admission is $15 a day by credit card or $13 a day by cash, with children under ten years old admitted for free.

Saturday, March 8, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Overview of Anduril Industries: A defense technology company specializing in AI-driven military solutions, founded by Palmer Luckey.

Key Players and Peter Thiel’s Influence: Examining the role of billionaire investor Peter Thiel in funding and influencing Anduril’s operations.

Zoning Issues in Pickaway County: Potential local resistance and regulatory hurdles that could derail Anduril’s planned expansion in Ohio.

Saturday, March 8, 6:30-8pm, Westerwood Senior Living, 5800 Forest Hills Blvd.

The Worthington Branch of AAUW [American Association of University Women] and the Westerwood Residents’ Association invite you to hear personal journeys from Palestinian and Jewish members of Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio on their fight for Palestinian liberation.

6:30-7pm: Social

7-8pm: Program

Presented by American Association of University Women and Westerwood Senior Living.

Saturday, March 8, 3pm, Upper Arlington Public Library [Friends Theater], 2800 Tremont Rd.

Join us for a presentation on the history of defining fascism and why we need to revive an old definition, one that emphasizes the role that industrialists play in propping up fascism, to better fight it today. We’ll be presenting in the Friends Theater in the Upper Arlington Tremont Branch Library.

Hosted by Columbus Club, Communist Party USA, The Anna Hass Morgan Club.