Meeting

Thursday, November 1, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

We are the Columbus branch of the International Socialist Organization. We are opposed to all oppression and fight for a world centered around human need, not corporate greed. We are students, community members, workers, and activists. We are socialists.

Contact: iso.columbus@gmail.com

Thursday, November 1, 6-8pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

Join us for our monthly public meeting. SURJ is a multi-racial group 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.

Tuesday, October 30, 9am-4pm; Wednesday, October 31, 9am-4pm; OSU Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Ave.

Refugee integration is a complex and gradual process with legal, economic, social and cultural dimensions. US Together was founded in Columbus, with the purpose to assists refugees and immigrants escaping persecution, violence, tyranny, and extreme poverty. We facilitate their resettlement, provide social/economic integration, and help them to build vibrant communities.

Tuesday, October 30, 9am-4pm; Wednesday, October 31, 9am-4pm; OSU Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Ave.

Refugee integration is a complex and gradual process with legal, economic, social and cultural dimensions. US Together was founded in Columbus, with the purpose to assists refugees and immigrants escaping persecution, violence, tyranny, and extreme poverty. We facilitate their resettlement, provide social/economic integration, and help them to build vibrant communities.

Thursday, October 25, 7:30am-4:30pm, Hilton Columbus Downtown, 401 N. High St.

The Summit on Sustainability is MORPC’s signature environmental conference, bringing hundreds of community leaders together to explore and share sustainable ideas and solutions, and to celebrate individuals and collaborative sustainability efforts with the Green Region Awards.

Monday, October 22, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Peggy Gish will share from her summer’s work in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Hear more about the current situation in Iraq, the work of local people who are working for justice and peace, and how civilians are affected by the Turkish and Iranian Military bombings of their villages.

Join in the question-and-answer conversation time.

Saturday, October 20, 12-2pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

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.

Saturday, October 20, 7:30am-3:30pm, Columbus Downtown High School, 364 S. Fourth St.

Join the City of Columbus and United Way of Central Ohio for the Ninth Annual Neighborhood Best Practices Conference, “where neighborhoods come and share best practices in building healthy communities.”

The keynote address, “Will You Be My Neighbor? Building Bridges Across Communities,” will be presented by inspirational speaker, children’s advocate, former foster youth, and professional international model MelRo [Melissa Roshan].

Thursday, October 18, 7:30am-6:30pm; Friday, October 19, 7:30am-5:30pm; Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

The Equitas Health Institute for LGBTQ Health Equity is hosting the 2018 Transforming Care: LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS Health Equity Conference, October 18-19, at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center. Activists, academics, community members, and health and social service professionals are encouraged to attend this two-day conference that addresses health disparities that affect the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS community.

Thursday, October 18, 7:30am-6:30pm; Friday, October 19, 7:30am-5:30pm; Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

The Equitas Health Institute for LGBTQ Health Equity is hosting the 2018 Transforming Care: LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS Health Equity Conference, October 18-19, at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center. Activists, academics, community members, and health and social service professionals are encouraged to attend this two-day conference that addresses health disparities that affect the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS community.