Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 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

Saturday, April 28, 9:30am-4pm, Quest Business and Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place [south of Polaris Pkwy.; east of I-71]

SPAN Ohio is a coalition of individuals and organizations working together to achieve fundamental reform of the health insurance system.

Keynote speaker: Dennis Kucinich

When Dennis Kucinich had been in Congress, he had always been a co-sponsor of H.R. 676, the national single-payer bill that often had been referred to as the Conyers-Kucinich bill.

Featured speaker: Yvonka Hall

Saturday, April 21, 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.

Tuesday, April 17, 3-4pm, Derby Hall [Rm. 1080], 154 N. Oval Mall

This presentation will be by OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis [CURA] guest speaker William Hunt, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished University Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University.

Sunday, April 15, 6:30-8:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Saturday, April 14, 11:30am-2pm, Shepard Branch Library, 850 N. Nelson Rd.

This month’s program: “Selfish Jerks? How healthy self-interest is good for you and those around you”

Many of us, growing up, have been taught that selfishness is a bad thing, that selfish people will be bad for you, and that being selfless is the way to be a good person.

Saturday, April 14, 9am-4:30pm, North Congregational United Church of Christ [UCC], 2040 W. Henderson Rd.

What would you do to survive if you were elderly, disabled, and afraid of discrimination or abuse?

Gen Silent is the LGBT documentary from award-winning director and filmmaker Stu Maddux that asks six LGBT seniors if they will hide their lives to survive. Their surprising decisions are captured through intimate access to their day-to-day lives over the course of a year in Boston, Massachusetts.

Friday, April 13, 8:45am-12:30pm, Thompson Library [11th floor], 1858 Neil Ave. Mall

How has religion contributed to the pursuit of world peace? How has it served as a source of global conflict and violence? Does religious belief play an essential role in bringing about moral progress? Are religious conflicts really about religion?

8:45-9am: Welcoming Remarks

• Don Hubin, Director, OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values

9:00-10:30am: Session 1: Religion and Global Conflict

Speakers:

Thursday, April 12, 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

Wednesday, April 11, 8:30am-4pm, Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square, 75 E. State St.

Join us for an exciting day of workshops, advocacy, and inspiration!

This event will include the following and more.

• The Latest on Redistricting

• Updates from Lobbyists

• Meetings with Legislators