Meeting
Sunday, April 9, 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.”
Saturday, April 8, 11:30am-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]
This month’s program: “Can Sex Work Be Reasonable and Compassionate?”
The challenges that society faces when dealing with the subject of sex work are numerous and ongoing, especially in today’s modern world, where sexual liberation and sex positivity are taking ever-growing roles as issues of concern.
Thursday, April 6, 7:30-9pm, Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio [inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.
Join us for an engaging and fun introduction to Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), the Language of the Heart, led by Susanna Warren and Pat De Silva or other Compassionate Communication practitioners.
Tuesday, April 4, 12noon-3pm, OSU Moritz School of Law [Drinko Hall] [William B. Saxbe Law Auditorium], 55 W. 12th Ave.
Sunday, March 26, 8-9:30pm, click here to register
Dr. Prince White in this class will explore mass incarceration and the criminalization of black youth. Dr. White will discuss:
• Understanding the school-to-prison pipeline
• Treatment of youth as adults in the criminal (in)justice system
• Efforts to counter the criminalization of youth of color
Hosted by Communist Party USA.
Wednesday, March 29, 3:30-5pm, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave., Rm. 120
Sunday, March 26, 3-5pm, North Congregational Church, 2040 W. Henderson Rd.
Join us on Sunday March 26 at North Congregational Church for an informational forum presented by the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
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”