Meeting
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
Join us on Wednesday, July 15, for July Green Drinks: How Does the Environment Impact our Health?
How does a polluted environment impact Ohioans’ health? Or you could say, what is the connection between a healthy environment and a healthy city? We often discuss environmental issues and climate change in terms of costs and “the right thing to do.” But a new framework has emerged over the last few years: our health.
This event will include discussions about how to organize for peace and people, in a planet dominated by profit, with several experienced organizers, including John Carlarne, Greg Elich, Connie Hammond, Julie Hart, Ruben Herrera, Kevin Kamps, Janet McLaughlin, Marc Simon, Aramis Sundiata, and Harvey Wasserman.
In conjunction with “For People and The Planet: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” August 6-9, 2015
The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) 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. ATAC meets monthly and twice a year with COTA leadership.
Contact: columbusatac@gmail.com
PFLAG Columbus is a local chapter of PFLAG National. “PFLAG” is Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians And Gays. We are a national support, education and advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, their families, friends and allies. With 200,000 members and supporters and local affiliates in more than 500 communities across the U.S. and abroad, PFLAG is the largest grassroots-based family organization of its kind. PFLAG is a non-profit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institution.
We start with an icebreaker topic for conversation and then move to an open discussion. Our agenda is always open but in general we discuss life and living beyond religious belief.
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.
This meeting will unite the new Ohio Young Communist League, the Friends of the People’s World, and the Columbus Club of the CPUSA and will include a presentation on “The Internationale” and an introduction to the work of the Communist Party USA and the Young Communist League.
Contact: 614-325-1926
A reading group initiated by the Franklin County Green Party has formed to discuss Naomi Klein’s latest book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. The group will meet the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in Room 100 of the Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St. This event will follow the regular second-Tuesday 5:30pm Franklin County Green Party meeting.
Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.
Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com