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Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? Not according to a new survey by Citrix of 900 business leaders and 1,800 knowledge workers - those who can do their job remotely.
Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard. Yet this belief contradicts the facts.
Sunday, October 2, 1-3pm
934 Gallery, 934 Cleveland Ave.
We are having a Queer Youth Art workshop and Garden Beautification event that we know you will love. Come join us as we give back to our precious community, honor our ancestors and create a safe space for our futures.
So come out and bring the kiddos, & the fam for a day of fun in the sun (while it last).
Visual ASL Interpreters provided for all Columbus Community Pride events.
Please contact cbuscommunityprideinterpreters@gmail.com to request close vision or tactile interpreters for all events
Should we take up a public collection to send Columbus’ “mayor,” at-large unrepresentative city councilors, and non-expert department heads to visit Toronto? Every Columbus resident and voter suspicious of the “Columbus Way” and “Opportunity for ‘a few’ city” should spend time just north of the US-Canadian border in Toronto, Ontario, now the 4th largest city in North America. Canada’s largest city and Ontario’s capital is at once a great city and a challenged city, with countless lessons to teach the much smaller, alienating, undemocratic city with no identity and no history, Columbus, Ohio. We could require our “leaders” to pass a course on cities and urbanism 101 before taking office and for continuing in office.
Two weeks ago, I visited the city where I lived from 1970-1975 while I completed graduate studies at the University of Toronto. To add context, my partner and I were Landed Immigrants, not Resident Aliens, and received free health care instituted not by socialists but by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party. Tuition at one of the hemisphere’s premier public universities was (and is) far less than comparable US institutions.
Saturday, October 1, 2-5pm
Four Seasons City Farm, 931 E. Mound St.
Music, arts and crafts, cooking demos, and a visit from Leo, a miniature Appaloosa horse.
Friday, September 30th, at 7 PM
Social Center of the Lincoln Theater , 769 E. Long St.
A documentary and reflection by David S. Harewood
A work-in-progress based on testimonies taken by the Columbus Police Accountability Project and my own reflections therein. It's part documentary and part magic realism and, as such, feels like a good start. It's easily the most daunting original work I've undertaken in my adult life and I'm eternally grateful to the Greater Columbus Arts Council for entrusting me with this fellowship, which also highlights work done by numerous artists and organizations in Columbus' Near East sid. A reading of portions of the script will be offered this and I'd love it if you could make it. While the reading is free and open to the public. Donations encouraged.
What does surrender look like in the world of geopolitics? To my mind, this gets pretty close:
“President Biden’s national security adviser said on Sunday that the United States had warned Russia that there would be ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the country if Moscow used nuclear weapons in its increasing desperation to hold on to territory in Ukraine.”
Thursday, September 29 at 7:30 pm ET
Peace activists from across the country will discuss strategies for educating the public and for building the Peace Movement at this critical time.
Featuring:
Don Bryant -- Cleveland Peace Action
Kelly Maracle -- Water Protector & Land Defender
Arrested for Civil Disobedience at Line 3
Sarah Campbell - Vets for Peace - Kansas City
Haig Hovaness -- Green Party Peace Action Committee
Rich Whitney -- Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois
United National Antiwar Coalition
Susan Mirsky -- Massachusetts Peace Action
Nuclear Disarmament
David Pack -- Kansas City PeaceWorks
Andre Sheldon -- Global Strategy of Nonviolence
Host Madelyn Hoffman -- Green Party of New Jersey
From Ukraine to Somalia, from Syria to Ethiopia, over a dozen wars are raging across the globe. The planet needs a global ceasefire.
Empath from Philadelphia who releases music from Mississippi’s Fat Possum records played Cafe Bourbon Street Friday. I walked to Hudson and High. I planned on catching the 31. There was an abundance of litter around my stop. I decided I would walk.
I arrived while one of the opening acts was playing.
The band’s singer yelled “Whoop, Whoop” somewhere.
While I purchased a beer a friend told me Shaggy2Dope of the Insane Clown Posse was performing at the Summit next door.
I’ve watched Pains of Being Pure of Heart, and Blank Dogs at The Summit.
I thought either ICP isn’t as popular as they used to be or we were in for a real treat.
I speculated Shaggy2Dope was performing because the Insane Clown Posse’s Ohio festival was this week. While the Gathering was August 3-6, this didn’t stop me from pontificating about Juggalos.
A band consisting of two blonde women and two men took the stage. The women singer sung over up-beat tempos which sounded like if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Unicorns, and Mates of State had heard Columbus’ All Dog’s “That Kind of Girl.”
I thought: this band and looks like Empath who I came to watch.
Homebound Entrepreneurs Against DeWines takes on Justice Pat DeWine for his alleged adultery and two messy divorces
To spice up the general election season, the anti-DeWine PAC Homebound Entrepreneurs Against DeWines has finally released a more straightforward political ad called “Cheating Pat DeWine,” which takes aim at Governor Mike DeWine’s son, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine, who is running for re-election this year.
Wednesday, September 28, 6pm, The Olde Oak, 62 Parsons Ave.
Columbus Community Pride has resumed its fall lineup and we are so excited to be back!
The first event in our fall programming will be “Couldn’t Be Queer Without you! Queer Speed Dating.” LGBTQIA+ folks who are seeking platonic and/or romantic connections are welcome. Come get boo’d up.
ASL Interpreters will be provided. Please contact BQIC at blackqueercolumbus@gmail.com if you plan to use ASL interpreters, to ensure that there will be enough for accessibility for all!
Hosted by Columbus Community Pride.