Meeting

An Act of Love

Wednesday, May 9, 7pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.

An Act of Love tells the story of an unwitting advocate in the fight for equal rights within the Church, Rev. Frank Schaefer, who had his [United Methodist Church] ministerial credentials revoked in December 2013 after officiating his son’s same-sex wedding and refusing to denounce gay marriage rights. He was reinstated on an appeal in June 2014, a ruling that was upheld by the Church’s highest court in October 2014. Pastor Frank has become a national advocate for human rights.

Locked Out: Collateral Sanctions and Barriers to Reentry

Tuesday, May 8, 5:30pm, ACLU of Ohio, 1108 City Park Ave., Ste. 203

Explore challenges and solutions to housing instability for Ohioans with criminal records. Two videos from our new mini-series on collateral sanctions will be featured, following a talk by Policy Manager Robin A. Wright.

To RSVP, please visit our website or call 614-586-1972.

Please contact our office to request ADA accommodations for any event. We hope that you will join us!

“Food Pyramid Scheme,” by Christopher Carter, Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego

Monday, April 16, 1:30-3pm, Thompson Library [11th floor], 1858 Neil Ave. Mall

“Food Pyramid Scheme” explores the structural inequalities that exist in the domestic food system for both producers and consumers, paying particular attention to the underlying sociological and theological assumptions that permit the current food system, whose shortcomings disproportionately affect communities of color, to be viewed as normative. Carter will offer three theologically-grounded food practices that seek to reduce our complicity in the current food system.

International Socialist Organization [ISO]: Building Revolutionary Organization Today

Thursday, April 12, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

The ISO’s “Where We Stand” document, which details ISO’s guiding political principles, reads, in part:

“To achieve socialism, the most militant workers must be organized into a revolutionary socialist party. The ISO is committed to playing a role in laying the foundations for such a party. We aim to build an independent socialist organization, rooted in workplaces, schools and neighborhoods that, in fighting today’s struggles, also wins larger numbers to socialism.”

Symposium on Gun Violence, sponsored by Columbus Chapter of National Organization for Women

Saturday, May 5, 2:30-4:30pm, Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave.

A Cincinnati woman whose granddaughter was murdered during the Parkland School shooting on February 14 will speak at a gun violence symposium on Saturday, May 5, 2:30-4:30pm, at the Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave. Ethel Guttenberg, whose granddaughter Jaime had died in the shooting, which has spurred a national youth movement against gun violence in the United States, will be one of the speakers at this symposium.

International Socialist Organization [ISO] Columbus weekly meeting

Thursday, May 3, 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

Showing Up for Racial Justice [SURJ] Columbus Public Monthly Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 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.

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