Meeting

Thursday, October 18, 6:30-8pm, South High Branch Library, 3540 S. High St.

A panel of local activists will address the following questions.

• Is participation in elections important?

• What is the role of leftists/socialists/labor in the upcoming elections?

• What post-election strategies will we pursue?

Hosted by Columbus Club, Communist Party USA, The Anna Hass Morgan Club.

Wednesday, October 17, 7-9pm, Upper Arlington Public Library [basement room B], 2800 Tremont Rd.

Join Equal UA in promoting an inclusive climate that encourages all people to feel welcome and participate fully within our community.

We will be discussing Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, August 18, 2015, by Bryan Stevenson (366 pages). The Upper Arlington Public Library [including the consortium with which the Upper Arlington Public Library shares books] owns 98 copies of this book.

Wednesday, October 17, 9am-3pm, Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

The Ohio Center for Sex Education and Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio will host the inaugural Ohio Sex Education Summit on Wednesday, October 17 at The Fawcett Center at The Ohio State University. Experts from across Ohio and across the country will come together, learn from each other, and explore ways to ensure that every young person in Ohio receives the fact-based, comprehensive sex education that they need to keep themselves healthy.

Sunday, October 14, 10am-2pm, The Childhood League Center, 674 Cleveland Ave.

Program Details

8:30-9am:

• Check-in and registration

9am-12noon:

• “Pathway to Parenthood” learning track for prospective parents. Thinking of starting or adding to your family? Come learn from experts in adoption, foster parenting, assisted reproduction, and more.

• Interpreter(s) will be available for the hearing-impaired. Please make this request on your registration.

12noon-1:30pm:

Saturday, October 13, 11:30am-2:30pm, The Hub on Kenny, 4510 Kenny Rd.

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 month’s program: “Humanism and Chaplaincy”

Thursday, October 11, 7-9pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com

Tuesday, October 9, 6pm (business meeting); 7pm (general meeting); Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Join the Franklin County Greens. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month. Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com

Monday, October 8, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: a screening of “The Arab Americans” (90 minutes)

This documentary depicts the 200-year-old history of Arab-Americans and their contribution to the American fabric and chronicles the Arab-American experience through interviews with prominent Arab-Americans.

Contact: cohioansforpeace@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 3, 7-8:30pm [doors open at 6:30pm], Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S. Grant Ave.

Join the ACLU of Ohio, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute for a panel discussion on the current state of voting rights in Ohio.

Panelists:

• Freda Levenson, Legal Director of the ACLU of Ohio

• Jen Miller, Executive Director of the Ohio League of Women Voters

• Andre Washington, President of the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute

Moderated by Gary Daniels, Chief Lobbyist for the ACLU

Thursday, September 27, 11:30am-7:30pm; Friday, September 28, 8:30am-6pm; OSU Moritz School of Law [Drinko Hall] [William B. Saxbe Law Auditorium], 55 W. 12th Ave.