Meeting
Tuesday, October 18, 5:30-7pm, The Columbus Foundation, 1234 E. Broad St.
Suzanne Roberts and Jim White have been meeting and discussing racism for over five years. As a white woman and a black man discussing race relations in our communities and America, they have educated audiences with a historical and personal perspective on the complexity of these issues. Evenings spent listening to this unique conversation are illuminating and leave you with tools for taking action.
Saturday, October 22, 8am-3:45pm, Bing Cancer Center, 500 Thomas Lane [near Riverside Hospital]
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and Columbus present an epilepsy symposium; CEUs will be available for social workers, counselors, and nurses.
Registration deadline is October 19; however, registration will be available at the door as space allows.
Monday, October 3, 4:30pm, Journalism Building [Rm. 360], 242 W. 18th Ave.
Thursday, September 29, 7-9pm, Campbell Hall [Rm. 309], 1787 Neil Ave.
Friday, September 30, 3:30-5pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.
Learn more about Ohio State history in the 1960s!
Bill Shkurti is a retired employee of Ohio State University and an alumnus. He received both his undergrad (’68) and his Masters (’74) from OSU. Shkurti served the University for 10 years as a Vice President for Finance and then another 10 as Senior Vice President of Business and Finance. He has also written Soldiering on in a Dying War: The True Story of the Firebase Pace Incidents and the Vietnam Drawdown.
Thursday, November 3, 6-8pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.
Join us for our monthly public meeting. SURJ is a group of white people 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.
Thursday, October 27, 12noon-1pm, Derby Hall [Rm. 1080], 154 N. Oval Mall
Monday, October 24, 7-8pm, Thompson Library (Rm. 460), 1858 Neil Ave. Mall
Ohio State University administrators, led by Chief Financial Officer Geoff Chatas, plan to sell off our energy to a private corporation for monopoly control through the Comprehensive Energy Management Plan. This deal has been happening behind closed doors and it will only profit corporate CEOs and OSU administrators.
We, as students, do not stand for our public university being bought and sold. Resist the corporate takeover of our education!
Friday, October 21, 2:30-5:30pm, OSU Faculty Club [Grand Lounge], 181 Oval Dr. S.
Friday, October 21, 7:30am-3:30pm, Hilton Columbus Downtown, 401 N. High St.
The Summit on Sustainability is the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s [MORPC’s] signature environmental conference that will bring together hundreds of community leaders to explore and share sustainable ideas and solutions and to celebrate individual and collaborative sustainability efforts with the Green Region Awards. Join the conversation and learn how we can create a more sustainable future.