Meeting

Friends Committee on National Legislation [FCNL] Central Ohio Advocacy Team meeting

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.

Humanist Community of Central Ohio [HCCO] monthly meeting

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.

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.”

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