Meeting
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.
Thursday, March 9, 12noon-1:30pm, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave., Rm. 120
Saturday, March 4, 11am-4pm, Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place [south of Polaris Pkwy.; east of I-71]
Join us for an Empowerment Conference to learn practical tools to fight back against Islamophobia, recent and expected Executive Orders, and other issues affecting Muslims and immigrants.
There will be four one-hour sessions and a lunch break.
Agenda and Speakers:
11am-12noon: “The Power of Legislative Advocacy,” by Gary Daniels, ACLU of Ohio
Thursday, April 6, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.
We are the Columbus branch of the International Socialist Organization. We are opposed to all oppression and fight for a world centered around human need, not corporate greed. We are students, community members, workers, and activists. We are socialists.
Contact: iso.columbus@gmail.com
Thursday, April 6, 6-8pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.
Join us for our monthly public meeting. SURJ is a multi-racial group organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.
Email SURJColumbusOH@gmail.com with any questions.
Saturday, April 1, 9:30am-4:30pm [registration begins at 8:30am], First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
A statewide gathering of local chapters 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.
Thursday, March 30, 7:30-9pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.
Hemant Mehta is the editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, appears on the Atheist Voice channel on YouTube, and co-hosts the uniquely-named Friendly Atheist Podcast. He is a former National Board Certified high school math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago, where he had taught for seven years. He is also the author of several books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide.
Saturday, March 18, 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
Saturday, March 18, 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.
Wednesday, March 15, 8am-4:30pm, Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.
The 2017 Ohio Concussion Summit brings together experts on the nature of a concussion, changes that take place in the brain that has been injured, how a concussion is diagnosed and treated, as well as recommendations for optimal post-concussion recovery.
This event will include the following: