Meeting
Saturday, January 14, 11:30-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]
This month’s program: “Secular Identity and Values”
Ever heard an atheist say they use “Logic and Reason” or that separation or church and state is the only issue the secular movement should care about? This talk goes over the process of identity building, how much of our secular experience is still emotional/illogical, and why our worldview has to expand beyond an antithesis to religion.
Saturday, January 14, 9:30-11am, Parsons Branch Library, 1113 Parsons Ave.
Change is coming to health care in 2017. You need to know what’s happening with your health care and we want to hear about why health care is important to you.
That’s why we’re hosting community meetings across Ohio next month for anyone who has questions about what’s next for health care or who can share their experience with health care, good or bad.
Sponsored by UHCAN [Universal Health Care Action Network] Ohio.
Thursday, January 12, 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, January 12, 3-4pm, [on-line pre-registration is required for this on-line webinar]
Ohio’s Medicaid expansion has played a key role in decreasing the number of uninsured Ohioans. With talk of repealing the Affordable Care Act, what are the implications on Ohio’s budget process? Join Advocates for Ohio’s Future [AOF] for a webinar on the importance of comprehensive health care and the impact that not maintaining coverage will have on low-income Ohioans.
Tuesday, January 10, 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
Monday, January 16, 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
Thursday, January 5, 6pm, Barack Community Recreation Center, 580 E. Woodrow Ave.
Showing Up for Racial Justice [SURJ] Columbus is hosting a Mass Meeting to bring together as many people as possible and to mobilize for the year ahead. This Mass Meeting focuses on learning about SURJ, gaining skills for leading house meetings to get more folks on-board, and talking about the Platform for the Movement for Black Lives. In the coming year, Columbus needs as many white folks on-board to fight racial injustice as we possibly can get. So, come one, come all and bring a friend!
Wednesday, January 4, 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 5, 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
Monday, January 2, 7:30-9:30pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200
Columbus Rationality, a part of the Humanist Community of Central Ohio, is a group of secular people dedicated to figuring out how to improve our thinking as a means of most effectively achieving our goals and enacting our values.
We generally begin with introductions and socializing at 7:30pm; the program starts at 7:45pm.
Parental warning: we are a very casual group; there is some swearing and discussion of mature issues.