Meeting
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.
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.
Monday, September 24, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Today’s program: a screening of “The First Amendment Project” (67 minutes)
Thursday, October 4, 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, October 4, 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, October 4, 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, October 3, 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
Saturday, September 29, 9am-5pm, Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place [south of Polaris Pkwy.; east of I-71]
Are you overwhelmed by the number of issues confronting our communities and our state?
Are you growing tired of putting out fires and putting on band-aids?
Do you wonder why we work so hard with little to show for it and what we can do differently?
Join us for the Ohio Community Rights Conference: Growing Roots and Rights for Just Communities.