Meeting
In most cities, the city budget is usually decided by the mayor but with Participatory Budgeting, ordinary people decide how to spend the budget. This practice originated in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989 and has spread to cities and countries all over the world, including Chicago, New York City, Boston, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Puerto Rico and many others.
The monthly meeting of the local affiliate of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech. Find out what can be done locally to restore democracy! Bring a brown bag lunch.
Friday, September 18, 7-8:30pm; Saturday, September 19, 9:30am-3:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
This two-day workshop will examine the impact that the planetary crisis is having on the soul. We will explore the idea that the global transformation that humanity is undergoing is mirroring and accelerating an equally profound shift taking place inside the soul.
This exploration brings together two lines of inquiry that often appear separately in spiritual and transpersonal consciousness literature:
Friday, September 18, 7-8:30pm; Saturday, September 19, 9:30am-3:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
This two-day workshop will examine the impact that the planetary crisis is having on the soul. We will explore the idea that the global transformation that humanity is undergoing is mirroring and accelerating an equally profound shift taking place inside the soul.
This exploration brings together two lines of inquiry that often appear separately in spiritual and transpersonal consciousness literature:
The Columbus Club represents the Communist Party USA (established 1919) in Central Ohio.
This month’s meeting will include a presentation by representatives from the Ohio Student Association about that group’s work in the student debt crisis and in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Contact: 614-325-1926
Congress will be back in session in September, so you have an opportunity to write letters about those issues for which you long for justice and peace. Paper, pens, envelopes, stamps, and addresses will be provided.
We advocate for alternative economic models that pose serious challenges to the capitalist system. Please join us this month as we explore how FLOK Society, Open Cooperatives and Fab Labs can empower marginalized communities in central Ohio. These meetings are free and open to the public.
Contact: Michael Vinson, 614-843-8721
This month’s program: “Imaginary Friend with Douglas Whaley”
In the novel Imaginary Friend, Douglas Whaley uses fiction to bring to life the experiences, fears, and frustrations of people living as nonbelievers. Through this engaging and often humorous novel, Douglas Whaley uses stories to help build understanding. Douglas Whaley will do readings from Imaginary Friend and invite others to share their stories of life without an imaginary friend.
This meeting will include discussion of the national DSA strategy document and updates and plans for Bernie Sanders work.
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com