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Monday, January 20, 8am-12noon, First AME [African Methodist Episcopal] Zion Church, 873 Bryden Rd.
Police Officers for Equal Rights [POER] invites the Central Ohio community to attend our 25th Annual Free Community Breakfast on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
A free breakfast will be served, 8-10am. A community program of gospel music, videos, and a keynote speaker, will be held in the sanctuary, 10am-12noon.
Contact: Tyrone Thomas, 614-668-4837 or tyronetho@msn.com
Please send monetary donations [check or money order] to: Police Officers for Equal Rights [POER], P.O. Box 27040, Columbus, OH 43227.
Saturday, January 18, 2020, 12:30 – 3:30 PM
Saturday, January 18, 2020, 12:30 – 3:30 PM
Before the committee members, volunteers, and organizers begin to hit the doors, we should look at a little bit of what I call “organizing math.” Yes, I know saying the word, “math,” is a trigger alert for many would be activists and organizers, but we’re not talking about anything too complicated, but we are talking about the fact that counting is very important in evaluating and implementing an organizing drive.
A few months ago a Facebook advertisement piqued my interest about how the company was leveraging my user data to target ads in my feed. What began as a passing curiosity about how the company targets advertising, turned into a deep dive at big tech's hidden and unregulated practices. The research led me to construct an experiment that exposed not only a deep level of corporate surveillance into our everyday lives, but also a cross-platform and cross-company effort to integrate our personal data, and use it to manipulate user behavior.
"Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine," Peter Sondergaard of Research at Gartner, Inc, said back in 2011. By 2017 this was true, as data surpassed oil as the world's top commodity. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2017/05/06/the-worlds-most-valuable-r…
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 7:00 PM. Central Ohio Worker Center Immigrant Justice Meeting. The Immigration Justice Committee is responsible for advancing the immigrant rights mission of the organization by proposing projects, policy statements, and inter-organizational relationships to the board for approval, and for providing ongoing up-to-date information about opportunities for COWC. We will be discussing the Wage Theft Clinic and Immigrant Stories Project. Location: Maynard Avenue United Methodist Church, 2350 Indianola Ave.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
In collaboration with OSU Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens, Sustainability at Ohio State, and Great Lakes Brewing Company, we invite you to join us for the first Green Drinks of 2020. We are kicking off the Earth Day Columbus campaign by celebrating volunteerism with many great local nonprofit organizations: 2020 will be a very important year for the environment as Earth Day turns 50. Together we can make a difference in the new year! Beer, non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks will be provided. Donations of $5 - $10 at the door for working professionals are highly encouraged. All proceeds go towards buying tree seedlings for Earth Day. 1 tree= $1. Location: Nationwide& Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus 43210. Free Parking. Facebook.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 9:00 – 11:00 PM
Join us as Bernie Sanders takes on his opponents in the January Democratic primary debate in Iowa. Tickets are free but are limited. Get yours starting at 8 p.m. at the Gateway Film Center. Parking is available at the Gateway parking garage, which you can enter from either 9th or 11th. Bring in your parking stub to get stamped and pay only $2.
Come together with your friends, family members, and neighbors for this fun event and support Bernie during the 2020 Presidential Democratic Primary Debate! Get excited about our historic campaign to transform America and sign up to do the important work of grassroots organizing. Location: Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., Columbus 43201. Facebook.
The deadline for community service and advocacy organizations to apply for funding by ComFest Grants is almost here: January 20 is the last date to apply. Apply here: https://www.comfest.com/committees/grants/. It's also time to be asking graphic artists to start planning their 2020 Logo design contest entries. The contest is Thursday March 12. This year, the ComFest General Planning Committee has chosen the theme "People Power" as the suggested slogan for logo designs.