Meeting

Monday, August 27; Monday, September 10; and Monday, September 17; 6:30-7:30pm; Page Hall [third floor], 1810 College Rd.

If you’re interested in learning more about the prison-industrial-complex, policing, or hyper-incarceration, please join us for a political education series called, “Abolition Study Group.” The purpose of this group is to learn the theoretical frameworks necessary to build an abolitionist practice.

Monday, August 27; Monday, September 10; and Monday, September 17; 6:30-7:30pm; Page Hall [third floor], 1810 College Rd.

If you’re interested in learning more about the prison-industrial-complex, policing, or hyper-incarceration, please join us for a political education series called, “Abolition Study Group.” The purpose of this group is to learn the theoretical frameworks necessary to build an abolitionist practice.

Saturday, September 8, 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.

Join us at 11:30am for free fruit, bagels, pastries, and coffee in the meeting room; the formal program will begin at 12noon.

Parking is in front of the building or across the street in the Staples parking lot.

Please note: the meeting room for this event is on the second floor; this building has no elevator.

Monday, August 27, 6-8pm, Columbus Idea Foundry, 421 W. State St.

Critical observers cannot help but notice that there is a lot of misinformation about currently-illegal psychoactive substances. Some of it is more appropriately called disinformation, i.e. lies. Self-experimentation has a rich history in medicine, and psychedelic research has been effectively thwarted on a global scale until the recent emergence of what is now safe to call the Psychedelic Renaissance.

Monday, August 27; Monday, September 10; and Monday, September 17; 6:30-7:30pm; Page Hall [third floor], 1810 College Rd.

If you’re interested in learning more about the prison-industrial-complex, policing, or hyper-incarceration, please join us for a political education series called, “Abolition Study Group.” The purpose of this group is to learn the theoretical frameworks necessary to build an abolitionist practice.

Thursday, September 6, 7-8:30pm, Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio [inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.

Join us for an engaging and fun introduction to Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), the Language of the Heart, led by Susanna Warren.

People of all experience levels, ranging from beginners to experienced practitioners, are welcome to this gathering. We will have a short explanation, a demonstration, and then we will give everyone a chance to practice giving and/or receiving empathy.

Thursday, September 6, 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, September 6, 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.

Wednesday, September 5, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S. Grant Ave.

Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy that is based on these ideals.

Contact: centralohio@jvp.org

Monday, August 20, 7-8pm, Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] headquarters [William J. Lhota Building], William G. Porter Boardroom, 33 N. High St.

The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee [ATAC] meets quarterly and 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.

Contact: Tonia L. Pullins, Mobility Coordinator, 614-275-5833 or PullinsTL@COTA.com