Meeting

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: ATAC Columbus, columbusatac@gmail.com

This month’s program: “Polyamory: Options to Consider”

Polyamory is an increasingly popular choice among those who are atheist, Humanist, or otherwise non-theistic. But non-theists aren’t the only ones adopting polyamory. Theists and those who are “spiritual but not religious” are also joining polyamory-focused communities such as Poly Columbus and are practicing ethical non-monogamy.

Join us for pizza and socializing at 12:30pm. Pizza from Papa John’s will be available for $1.25 per slice. Program starts at 1pm.

Join more than 240 like-minded individuals in the Columbus area who find that banking on their community helps to save them time and builds a better world! Your time is valuable! Spend it wisely! What is timebanking? Timebanking is a tool by which a group of people can exchange their time and skills rather than acquire goods and services through the use of money. How does it work? Spend an hour doing something for someone, get a time credit, and then use that credit for anything from food preparation to pet care or even transportation for a family member!

A Time Bank is a community of people who support each other. When you spend an hour to do something for an individual or group, you earn a “time credit.” Then, you can use that “time credit” to buy an hour of a neighbor’s time or engage in a group activity offered by a neighbor. It’s that simple. Yet it also has profound effects. You get to know your neighbors and friends and build an old-fashioned extended family of people who take care of each other. A Time Bank changes a whole community. Bring a dish to share and learn about the Care and Share Time Bank.

Rep. Curtin will give us a behind-the-scenes update to develop a new and fair redistricting plan as part of his efforts as a member of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission that had been established by Ohio Revised Code 103.63.

Refreshments; open to the public.

A special presentation by local activist RW Powers. RW will review his political history in Columbus and NYC and some of the work he has done over the past few years including film screenings, workshops and discussion on legal rights for protestors, economic justice, poverty, COINTELPRO and his work at Barack Recreation Center. He will also discuss his Youtube Channel (Big Barking Dog), his website for alternative music, culture, and thought (www.BigBarkingDog.com) and his WCRS radio program.

Buy Local? Sure. Now there is a new way to support our local economy: Invest!

The Economic and Community Development Institute [ECDI], the catalyst for small business growth, is known for their micro-finance services to small businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups. Now, anyone who qualifies, pursuant to the terms of the Offering Memorandum (available upon request), may invest a minimum of $1000.00, thanks to ECDI’s “Invest Local Ohio” fund.

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.

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The monthly organizational 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.

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.