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Sunday, March 24, 5-8pm
Urban Arts Space, Lazarus building, 50 W. Town St.
#WomensHistoryMonth is HERE, and Black Girl Miracle is celebrating by hosting a pop-up gallery experience! Over the last six months, we've collaborated with some incredible women and artists to curate an intimate and powerful evening of storytelling through art, poetry, and live music.
BGM's interdisciplinary arts approach reflects the multifaceted-nature of the human experience with pieces and performances created to invite you to grapple with your own sense of self - wherever you are on your journey.
Join us on Sunday, March 24th from 5-8pm at the Urban Arts Space for an evening of great art and good company that feels like family. Bring an open heart, and a friend (or two).
Sunday, March 24, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE is an epic film about the human connection to Earth and the cosmos. Renowned scientists, scholars, and award-winning filmmakers weave a tapestry of scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, biology, ecology, and biodiversity with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe. A panel will lead a Q&A after the film and discuss local resources that address issues raised in the film. A discussion of the book version will take place on Sunday, March 31st from 3:30 – 5 pm at Portia’s Cafe, 4428 Indianola Ave, Columbus 43214. $10 donation requested or pay whatever you wish. Location: Northwood High Building, Room 100, 2231 N. High St., Columbus 43201. Facebook.
A global coalition of employees of the Microsoft Corporation is demanding that a contract for work with the U.S. Army be dropped.
Sign your name in support.
The employees have sent an open letter to both the CEO and the president/chief legal officer of Microsoft. Here are some highlights:
■ "We are alarmed that Microsoft is working to provide weapons technology to the U.S. Military, helping one country's government 'increase lethality' using tools we built. We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used."
Thursday, March 21, 2019, 1:05 – 2:25 PM
Want to find out more about the New Green Deal? Come to a panel discussion with Fadhel Kaboub, Economic Dept, Denison University Expert on the GND and building strong local alternative economies; Cathy Cowan Becker, Sierra Club, Head of the Columbus chapter’s “Ready for 100” campaign; Chuck Lynd, Columbus Simply Living Collaborative, and Skype conversations with the national Sunrise Movement. Cookies and punch served. For more information, contact Terry Hermsen at thermsen@otterbein.edu. Location: Otterbein University, Towers Hall, 112.
Featured during this esteemed film festival is a real life example of biased law-enforcement running roughshod over a community of color. A challenge to our solidarity, a plea to donate to the defense fund for 16 years young Masonique Saunders, who is being charged with Felony Murder (and being charged as an adult has been mentioned), for the murder ACTUALLY committed by a Columbus Police officer and his Columbus Police issued gun. ...and his Columbus Police issued training.
Where's the justice? #FREEMASONIQUE
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Tickets: $5 for two drinks. In collaboration with Grange Audubon Center and Great Lakes Brewing Company, we invite you to join us for our March Green Drinks 2018. We will be selling drink tickets at $5 for two drinks. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided for free. All proceeds will go towards Earth Day Columbus supplies (mulch, topsoil, etc). We are excited about what can happen right here in Columbus in 2019. Help us make this event a great success. Bring your friends and family, and we hope to see you there! Stay updated and find out more about our participating tabling partners! For more information regarding Earth Day: http://www.earthdaycolumbus.org/.
Location: Grange Audubon Center, 505 W Whittier St, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
The legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson has been and forever shall be overshadowed by the war in Vietnam. But LBJ’s administration was about more than what he referred to as “that bitch of a war.” In the space of a little more than two years, Johnson’s administration developed the most ambitious and far reaching social policies since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Great Society—the phrase was thought up by his speech writer, the late Richard Goodwin, who had worked for JFK—enlarged and strengthened the miniscule American social safety net and provided, among other things, medical care for the old and the poor; food support; money for public schools; a domestic Peace Corps (VISTA); and community action programs. He also moved JFK’s stalled civil rights legislation through Congress, signing the Civil Rights Act in the summer of 1964; after a year and the four murders of voting rights activists, he signed the Voting Rights Act. He knew full well the political costs of both measures, but he supported them anyway. Johnson accomplished this from scratch and purposefully with a staff that was every bit as good as the vaunted Best and Brightest who worked for John F.
March 17 (1:00 - 3:00 PM), March 20 (5:00 – 7:00 PM), and March 23 (10:00 AM – Noon), 2019
Almost a month ago, we hosted a Medicare 4 All Barnstorm, an initiative of National Nurses United (NNU). Only through an "uprising" of the people, will the Medicare For All Act of 2019, HB 1384, be moved through the Congressional House. Canvassers will be going door to door to ask our neighbors to call their member of the Congressional House to become a cosponsor of Medicare. If you would like to participate or need more information, please email to Bob Krasen, brkrasen@gmail.com. In case these Canvasses are not convenient, go to the medicare4all.org website, click on ACTIONS, and the map will lead you to other Canvasses that are scheduled, hopefully nearby. Location: Meet at Whetstone Library, 3903 N High Street Columbus, 43214.
Saturday, March 16, 2019, 7:00 PM.
Friday, March 15, 12noon
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
On March 15th, students across the world will strike in order to call for radical action on climate change. The strike was inspired by Greta Thunberg, a teen activist in Sweden who began striking every Friday last summer, and who has been joined by more and more students every week. The Student Strike for Climate Action on March 15th will involve students from France, Sweden, Australia, Ireland, the U.S. and other countries. We are calling for every student in Ohio to not attend school and join our protests in order to show their disgust with our government’s failure to combat climate change.
This event is for the Columbus march. Join us at the Ohio Statehouse in front of the William Mckinley Monument. This monument is located on the west side of the Statehouse.
#ClimateStrikeOhio #ClimateStrikeCity #ClimateChangeisReal