Meeting
Tuesday, July 11, 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
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Today’s program: screening of film “The Lottery of Birth” (77 minutes)
Do you shape the world or does the world shape you? Is freedom something that we are born with or something we must work to attain? Offering a torrent of mind-expanding ideas and information, “The Lottery of Birth” will make you think again about what it means to be free.
Monday, July 10, 7pm, Whetstone Branch Library, 3909 N. High St.
This documentary is the second American health care film produced by Richard Masters, CEO of MCS Industries; this 50-minute film tells why Americans spend so much on drugs and what we can and should do about it.
Free; all are welcome; discussion and a meeting will follow the screening of the film.
Contact: Bob Krasen, bkrasen@twc.com or 614-261-0754
Sponsored by SPAN [Single Payer Action Network] Ohio, Central Ohio Region.
Friday, July 7, 3pm; to Sunday, July 9, 5pm; Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.
Every year at the SSA Annual Conference, hundreds of secular students and community leaders gather to share ideas and learn from each other. The SSA Conference’s primary goal is to train student leaders and activists from across the United States in grassroots organizing and leadership skills.
Wednesday, July 5, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Rm. 3-A], 96 S. Grant Ave.
Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy based on these ideals.
Please note that this is a new meeting location; parking will be available in the library’s parking garage.
Contact: centralohio@jvp.org
Thursday, June 22, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.
Wednesday, June 14, 8:30am-4:15pm, Ohio State Bar Association, 1700 Lake Shore Dr.
The Sixth Annual LGBTQ and Allies Diversity and Inclusion Conference is an invaluable resource for LGBTQ and Allies legal practitioners, diversity leaders in large law firms, human resources professionals, and anyone interested in Civil Rights. The conference features:
• Nationally recognized experts to provide real world, real-time perspectives
Monday, June 26, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Today’s program: “Syria: Imperialism, Dictatorship, and Revolution.”
Sunday, June 11, 3-5pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.
The aim of this monthly reading group is to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) by providing holistic political education. We seek to create community-based interventions to IPV that do not rely on the police or governmental institutions.
We are currently reading “Creative Interventions Toolkit: An Invitation and Practical Guide for Everyone to Stop Violence.”
Wednesday, June 7, 7-8:30pm, King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Ave.
Stonewall Columbus Presents “Love Will Win: From Uganda to Columbus” in collaboration with Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS). “Love Will Win” is created and shared by two Ugandan refugees who escaped religious and governmental persecution of their sexual orientation. Our presenters will share their powerful stories about their journey to the United States in hopes of finding safety, compassion, and acceptance.