Meeting

Friday, August 14, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The COVID-19 pandemic has major, unprecedented impacts on transportation at all scales. Traffic was gone and is coming back, public transit ridership is struggling, and people have rediscovered walking and biking. How is this disruption affecting mobility in Central Ohio? What are the lessons moving forward to help make our urban transportation systems more sustainable and resilient?

Our panelists include

• Justin Goodwin, Transportation Planning Manager, City of Columbus,

Thursday, August 13, 11:30am-12:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In observance of National Health Care Center Week, the Equitas Health Institute is proud to present “Healthcare at the Intersections: Dismantling Racial, Economic, and LGBTQ+ Health Disparities.” This virtual education series will take place August 11-14, 2020.

“Trauma-Informed Care” will feature expertise from Maria Espinola, PsyD, from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Thursday, August 13, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

What is the Central Committee? Why is it important? How do I get involved? Will it make a difference?

If we want to make a difference, we have to learn how to! Join us and learn why, how, and what it can do.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — Barack Obama

Saturday, August 8, 12noon-2:30pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Don’t believe in God? You are not alone! Join the Humanist Community of Central Ohio [HCCO], a community that values people, emphasizes reason, and focuses on this world.

This will be a virtual meeting; the Zoom event will begin at 11:30am or earlier with music and a splash screen; the program will begin at 12noon.

Tuesday, August 4, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Monday, August 3, 4:30-5:30pm, this event will be occurring via Microsoft Teams

Thursday, July 30, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

• The $60-million bribed H.B. 6 bailout is a national embarrassment and a statewide disaster.

• The “wind set-back clause” must be repealed.

• H.B. 104 [the “Enact Advanced Nuclear Technology Helping Energize Mankind Act”] must be stopped.

Join the strategy session with www.freepress.org and all green activists.

Wednesday, July 28, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In the midst of COVID-19, a lot of routines have been disrupted, especially among parents and caretakers. With the uptick in cases, what are our options for paid leave from our jobs? What happens if I have a baby during a pandemic? Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, Heather Whaling of Geben Communications, and Ohio Representative Janine Boyd for a discussion on the state of paid leave in Ohio.

Tuesday, July 28, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us for a discussion on the steps to defund police and prison systems.

Yvonka Hall, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, will be our host.

Special guests to date:

• Sabrina Jordan, Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality Inc.

• Alex Vitale, Professor, Department of Sociology, Brooklyn College; and Coordinator, Policing and Social Justice Project

• Angelyn C. Frazer-Giles, Executive Director, National Network for Justice (NNJ)

Thursday, July 23, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

The threat from the dangers of fracking continues to build, quite literally, in Central Ohio as the fracking industry plans to construct a power plant on OSU’s main campus. State approval of the proposal would permit the piping in of fracking’s main product, natural gas, and its processing on the grounds of our beloved state university.