Meeting

2018 Transforming Care: LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS Health Equity Conference

Thursday, October 18, 7:30am-6:30pm; Friday, October 19, 7:30am-5:30pm; Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

The Equitas Health Institute for LGBTQ Health Equity is hosting the 2018 Transforming Care: LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS Health Equity Conference, October 18-19, at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center. Activists, academics, community members, and health and social service professionals are encouraged to attend this two-day conference that addresses health disparities that affect the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS community.

Is Voting Important? A Panel Discussion at South High Branch Library

Thursday, October 18, 6:30-8pm, South High Branch Library, 3540 S. High St.

A panel of local activists will address the following questions.

• Is participation in elections important?

• What is the role of leftists/socialists/labor in the upcoming elections?

• What post-election strategies will we pursue?

Hosted by Columbus Club, Communist Party USA, The Anna Hass Morgan Club.

Equal UA monthly book club

Wednesday, October 17, 7-9pm, Upper Arlington Public Library [basement room B], 2800 Tremont Rd.

Join Equal UA in promoting an inclusive climate that encourages all people to feel welcome and participate fully within our community.

We will be discussing Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, August 18, 2015, by Bryan Stevenson (366 pages). The Upper Arlington Public Library [including the consortium with which the Upper Arlington Public Library shares books] owns 98 copies of this book.

The Ohio Sex Education Summit: Healthier Communities through Sexuality Health Education

Wednesday, October 17, 9am-3pm, Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

The Ohio Center for Sex Education and Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio will host the inaugural Ohio Sex Education Summit on Wednesday, October 17 at The Fawcett Center at The Ohio State University. Experts from across Ohio and across the country will come together, learn from each other, and explore ways to ensure that every young person in Ohio receives the fact-based, comprehensive sex education that they need to keep themselves healthy.

LGBT Families and Prospective Parents Fourth Annual Conference and Resource Fair

Sunday, October 14, 10am-2pm, The Childhood League Center, 674 Cleveland Ave.

Program Details

8:30-9am:

• Check-in and registration

9am-12noon:

• “Pathway to Parenthood” learning track for prospective parents. Thinking of starting or adding to your family? Come learn from experts in adoption, foster parenting, assisted reproduction, and more.

• Interpreter(s) will be available for the hearing-impaired. Please make this request on your registration.

12noon-1:30pm:

Challenging Gerrymandering, the Purge, and More: A Panel Discussion on Voting Rights

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

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