Meeting
Saturday, January 21, 12-2pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
The monthly meeting of the local affiliate of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech. Find out what can be done locally to restore democracy! Bring a brown bag lunch.
Saturday, January 21, 2-4:30pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.
We are a grassroots organization for poor working-class people. We discuss current events and explore how commons-based transitions, Fab Labs and other models can end class exploitation and transform the capitalist system.
Contact: economictaskforce@gmail.com
Tuesday, January 17, 6:30pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100
Join Ohio Revolution and a long list of interested organizations and parties as we discuss and coordinate strategies to address fracking in Wayne National Forest following the Bureau of Land Management’s auction of leases for 17 parcels of the forest to oil and gas corporations in December.
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Saturday, January 14, 11:30-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]
This month’s program: “Secular Identity and Values”
Ever heard an atheist say they use “Logic and Reason” or that separation or church and state is the only issue the secular movement should care about? This talk goes over the process of identity building, how much of our secular experience is still emotional/illogical, and why our worldview has to expand beyond an antithesis to religion.
Saturday, January 14, 9:30-11am, Parsons Branch Library, 1113 Parsons Ave.
Change is coming to health care in 2017. You need to know what’s happening with your health care and we want to hear about why health care is important to you.
That’s why we’re hosting community meetings across Ohio next month for anyone who has questions about what’s next for health care or who can share their experience with health care, good or bad.
Sponsored by UHCAN [Universal Health Care Action Network] Ohio.
Thursday, January 12, 7-9pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com
Thursday, January 12, 3-4pm, [on-line pre-registration is required for this on-line webinar]
Ohio’s Medicaid expansion has played a key role in decreasing the number of uninsured Ohioans. With talk of repealing the Affordable Care Act, what are the implications on Ohio’s budget process? Join Advocates for Ohio’s Future [AOF] for a webinar on the importance of comprehensive health care and the impact that not maintaining coverage will have on low-income Ohioans.
Tuesday, January 10, 6pm [business meeting]; 7pm [general meeting]; Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100
Join the Franklin County Greens to help our local candidates at 6pm or to plan the Party’s annual events at 7pm. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month.
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com
Monday, January 16, 7pm, The Center on High, 3208 N. High St.
The monthly meeting of the central Ohio chapter of Friends Committee on National Legislation [FCNL], a national lobbying group of Quakers and friends who are working for public policy change on Capitol Hill.
Contact: Greg Pace, gpace67@gmail.com or 614-565-6067
Thursday, January 5, 6pm, Barack Community Recreation Center, 580 E. Woodrow Ave.
Showing Up for Racial Justice [SURJ] Columbus is hosting a Mass Meeting to bring together as many people as possible and to mobilize for the year ahead. This Mass Meeting focuses on learning about SURJ, gaining skills for leading house meetings to get more folks on-board, and talking about the Platform for the Movement for Black Lives. In the coming year, Columbus needs as many white folks on-board to fight racial injustice as we possibly can get. So, come one, come all and bring a friend!