Meeting
Monday, February 13, 7-8pm, Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] headquarters [William J. Lhota Building], William G. Porter Boardroom, 33 N. High St.
The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee [ATAC] meets quarterly and advises the Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] on matters pertaining to accessible transportation. Members include customers and people in the community who advocate for those with disabilities.
Contact: Tonia L. Pullins, Mobility Coordinator, 614-275-5833 or PullinsTL@COTA.com
Sunday, February 12, 3-5pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S. Grant 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, February 11, 11:30-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]
This month’s program: “Growing Up in and Out of Islam”
“I grew up a Muslim, as my parents did before me and as their parents did before them. The story of my life takes me through growing up in the world of post-9/11 America and frequently being bullied.”
“I never felt like I belonged as either an Arab/Muslim or an American. I just desperately wanted to fit in with anyone who would take me; I was rejected at every turn.”
Thursday, February 9, 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, February 9, 6-7:30pm, The Dempsey Family Education and Resource Center at Riverside Methodist Hospital [first floor of the Silver Tower across from Starbucks], 3535 Olentangy River Rd.
Wednesday, February 1, 7-8:30pm, Bexley Public Library, 2411 E. Main St.
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.
Contact: centralohio@jvp.org
Thursday, January 26, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.
With the specter of Trump looming, the state of the environment worldwide is dire.
Tuesday, January 31, 6:50 p.m., Mershon Auditorium. 1871 N. High St.
Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author, who emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Known for books like Women, Race & Class, she has advocated for gender equity, prison reform, and alliances across color lines.
Tuesday, January 31, 10am, Columbus State Community College Conference Center Ballroom, 315 Cleveland Ave.
Join us for Columbus State’s annual event celebrating the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 31. This event is free and open to the public and will be headlined by activist and academic Angela Davis.
Monday, January 23, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Today’s program: screening of film “Freedom Summer”
During the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over ten memorable weeks in 1964, known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist and segregated states.