Meeting
Tuesday, March 21, 7pm, Ohio Wesleyan University [Merrick Hall, Rm. 301, 65 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, Ohio]
Minnesota State Representative Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American Muslim woman in the United States to be elected to a state legislature, will discuss November’s U.S. elections and their implications when she speaks on March 21 at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Thursday, March 16, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Rm. 1-C], 96 S. Grant Ave.
The Columbus Club represents the Communist Party USA (established 1919) in Central Ohio.
Contact: 614-325-1926
Friday, March 31, 1:30-6pm, Ohio Union [Round Meeting Room] [located on the third floor of the Ohio Union], 1739 N. High St.
Schedule
Session 1 (1:30-3pm): “The Particularities of Religious Violence”
Break (3-3:30pm)
Session 2 (3:30-5:30pm): “Studying Religious Violence”
Reception (5:30-6pm)
Participants
• Bruce Lawrence, Duke University, “Rethinking Islam and Violence in Post-Osama, and now Post-Obama, America”
Monday, March 27, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Today’s program: screening of film “Selma”
Monday, March 13, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Today’s program: screening of film “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution”
Thursday, March 9, 6:30-9:30pm, National Museum of the Great Lakes, 1701 Front St., Toledo, Ohio
Defend the Great Lakes and fight for clean water!
Join Clear Water 2, a public-private partnership between Lucas County and National Wildlife Federation, as well as leading conservation groups, including the Ohio Environmental Council, at a Town Hall this Thursday evening in Toledo for an urgent community conversation on federal funding of Great Lakes priorities.
Thursday, March 9, 6pm, Northern Lights Branch Library, 4093 Cleveland Ave.
Join Columbus City Council Member Shannon G. Hardin for a roundtable discussion with the City of Columbus Department of Public Service, COTA, and Smart Columbus. This conversation will provide a platform for community members to ask questions, offer suggestions and collaborate on how to improve transportation in Columbus.
This event will allow residents to engage with traffic engineers, city council members, and transportation officials to talk about the future of transportation in Columbus.
Saturday, April 1, 12pm; to Sunday, April 21, 4pm; Innerwest Priority Board, 1024 W. Third St., Dayton, Ohio
Join the Ohio Student Association for the first-ever Ohio Black Student Summit! This event will be a two-day summit for black students, leaders, and organizations to build a network of support throughout the state. This summit will focus on developing a collective identity of Black Student Resistance on campuses across Ohio and provide a unifying strategic method on how we resist against anti-blackness on campus.
Monday, March 6, 6:30-8pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100
Sunday, March 5, 7-8:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
Join us to mourn the loss of our democratic voice. In recognition of the solemnity of the occasion, we ask attending mourners to wear black and forego bringing signs. The program will feature constituent eulogies capturing what they would have said to Senator Portman had he chosen to listen, and end with a time for silent reflection when all guests will have the opportunity to write and share their messages for the lost Senator.