Meeting

Thursday, June 7, 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, June 7, 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, June 6, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Rm. 1-A], 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 based on these ideals.

Contact: centralohio@jvp.org

Thursday, May 24, 1-10pm; Friday, May 25, 8am-2:30pm; Holiday Inn Columbus Downtown Capitol Square, 175 E. Town St.

This summit is for faith leaders of all traditions and for stakeholders within faith communities. Workshops will examine ways to utilize faith as the foundation of powerful advocacy and whole-person care. During this time, participants will have the opportunity to gain and practice skills to support those navigating reproductive life decisions and the LGBTQ community.

Thursday, May 24, 1-10pm; Friday, May 25, 8am-2:30pm; Holiday Inn Columbus Downtown Capitol Square, 175 E. Town St.

This summit is for faith leaders of all traditions and for stakeholders within faith communities. Workshops will examine ways to utilize faith as the foundation of powerful advocacy and whole-person care. During this time, participants will have the opportunity to gain and practice skills to support those navigating reproductive life decisions and the LGBTQ community.

Monday, May 21, 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

Saturday, May 19, 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.

Monday, May 7, 7pm, The Center on High, 3208 N. High St.

The monthly meeting of the central Ohio chapter of Friends Committee on National Legislation [FCNL], a national lobbying group of Quakers and friends who are working for public policy change on Capitol Hill.

The current focus of the Central Ohio Advocacy team is to reduce the most urgent risk of nuclear war in a generation — with North Korea.

Please note: this group periodically changes its monthly meeting’s date at the last minute without public notice.

Saturday, May 12, 2-3:30pm, Bexley Public Library, 2411 E. Main St.

Following a brief discussion of Lenin’s “Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism,” members will report back on their mass work and we will discuss our party-building activities locally.

Contact: Charlie Atkins, pkdlenin@yahoo.com

Hosted by Columbus Club, Communist Party USA.

Saturday, May 12, 11:30am-2:30pm, The Hub on Kenny, 4510 Kenny Rd.

This month’s program: “How to Reclaim Your Identity and Direction in Life Through Story”

During this month’s Humanist Program, our presenter, Nathan B. Weller, will share some of the key principles of Narrative Therapy and show how an understanding of these principles (and a simple exercise or two) can have a dramatic effect on our identity, sense of self-worth, and purpose in life.

Join us at 11:30am for some free food and drinks in the meeting room; the formal program will begin at 12:00noon.