Meeting
Sunday, May 14, 2-4pm, St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church [UCC], 59 E. Mound St.
Saturday, May 13, 11:30am-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]
This month’s program: “The Why and How of a Plant-Based Diet”
Evan Thomas and Kaylyn Rhoads’ presentation will focus on the ethical reasons for increasing the consumption of plant-based foods and for decreasing the consumption of animal foods. Evan and Kaylyn rely on secular philosophical and empirical arguments to show that the production of animal foods is ethically undesirable because of the way in which it impacts animals, the environment, and human health.
Thursday, May 11, 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, May 11, 11:30am-1pm, YWCA Columbus, 65 S. Fourth St.
Dynamic and passionate speaker Tara Allison shares her powerful story of choosing to transition to a woman from a man instead of reaching for the gun. She offers personal insights to the current debate about public gendered bathrooms and who counts as a woman while celebrating the right to be you.
Tuesday, May 9, 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
Tuesday, May 2, 6-8pm, Martin Luther King Branch Library, 1600 E. Long St.
Wednesday, April 26, 9am-2:30pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Immigrant families in our community are being torn apart by immigration enforcement raids. As a faith community, we are called to walk in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors in this difficult time.
Putting solidarity into action will require new skills and strategic approaches. That is why we are coming together as a faith community to learn and plan how we will support our immigrant brothers and sisters.
Tuesday, April 25, 6:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
For-profit, corporate-run charter schools have been milking public education budgets for years, paying executives huge salaries, making large donations to government officials and providing, in many cases, sub-standard education or little education at all. In Ohio alone, $10 billion has been paid to charter schools since 2000 out of the Public Education Funding system.
Wednesday, April 5, 9am-3pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. Broad St., and Ohio Statehouse
Want to learn how laws get passed at the Statehouse, and how you can have more influence in the process?
The legislature is currently considering the state biennium budget and now is the perfect time to meet with your legislators and let them know what you think should be funding priorities.
Monday, May 8, 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