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Saturday, April 22 - Earth Day
Here is the official route for the Columbus March for Science:
We will start on the west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse and finish at the Columbus Commons. See you Saturday!
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Here's the plan:
Rally and teach-ins start on the West Lawn of the Statehouse at 10:00 a.m.
We'll step off for the march between 11:00 and 11:30.
We'll march straight down High Street to Rich and enter the commons from the back.
After the March, stick around at Columbus Commons for the Earth Day festivities!
Parking, accessibility and transportation info here: http://marchforscience-columbus.webflow.io/faq
Friday, April 21, 4-8pm
The Acutal Brewing Company, 655 North James Road
Happy Bithday to Us, Happy Birthday to Us, Happy Earth Day Birthday to WGRN! Happy Birthday to Us!
Join WGRN for our Happy Hour Earth Day Birthday Bash! Have a couple on us! From your community radio WGRN Columbus
The Actual Brewing Company
Friday, April 21 4-8 PM
655 N. James Rd Columbus 43219
614-636-3825
$5 suggested donation • 2 free beer tickets at the door. Music from Lydia Brownfield, Bob Sauls, Victoria Parks and others.
FREE RAFFLE TICKETS TO THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER FOR EARTH DAY SERVICE WEEK April 8-15, to plant trees, clean up our ravines or do some community gardening.
Sign up to volunteer in WGRN’s name at http://www.earthdaycolumbus.org/
April 16, 6-11pm
Axis Nightclub, 775 N. High St.
Sunday - Doors: 5pm Pageant: 6pm
Entertainment -
Britney Blaire - Miss Gay Ohio 2016
Hope Sexton - Miss Gay Ohio Emeritus
Nadia Nyce - Miss Gay Ohio 2015
B Sharp - Mr. Gay Ohio 2016
Tabbi Katt - Former Miss Gay Ohio/Missouri USofA
Mary Nolan - Miss Gay Ohio America 2016
Mokha Montrese - Former Miss Gay USofA/Continental/EOY
Michael LaMasters - Former Mr. Gay USofA
Adria Andrews - Former Miss Gay Missouri America
and............our newly crowned Mr. Gay Ohio 2017
Admission - $10 General Admission or $50 for reserved table(includes 4 admissions). Table reservations can be made at thack97@yahoo.com
On April 11, a local anti-corruption group held the Columbus Grassroots Anti-Corruption Forum from 6:30pm-8:00pm EST, at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 850 N. Nelson Rd., Columbus, OH, 43219. Anti-corruption activists, local leaders, and national experts attended the forum to discuss state-based strategies to to pass anti-corruption reform, gerrymandering reform, and open primaries.
“After almost 100 days of a new administration, it’s clear that the government still won’t drain the swamp: we have to fix corruption ourselves.” Said Barbara Eakins, local member of Represent.Us, the nation’s largest grassroots anti-corruption campaign, which brings together conservatives, progressives and everyone in between to pass anti-corruption laws in cities and states around the country. Represent.Us’ local members helped organize the forum. “There is an anti-corruption movement growing in Ohio, and this forum gives local activists what they need to get involved in fighting our corrupt political system, starting right here in Columbus.” continued Eakins.
Speakers at the forum included:
Saturday, April 15, 9am, step-off 10:30am
McFerson Park, 218 West St., downtown Columbus
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The 2017 Robert J. Fass Memorial AIDS Walk Central Ohio will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2017 in Columbus. This year’s tri-city walk/run/ride is slated to be the largest HIV/AIDS awareness event in Ohio.
The mission of AIDS Walk Central Ohio is to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS service organizations through education and promotional activities leading up to the walk and through the participation of corporations, walkers, runners, civic leaders and community members together in this annual event.
Thursday, April 13, 2-4pm
Ohio State University Oval
Rally and vigil for peace in Syria and around the globe. In chaos and trying times coming together for peace of mind vocalizes our solidarity as a community with the people of Syria. We call for actions intent on achieving peace and solutions that improve the human condition.
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Green Columbus
Earth Day Community Service Volunteer Events and Earth Day at the Commons
Volunteer dates: April 8-15, various locations
Earth Day Celebration: April 22, 1-7pm, Columbus Commons, Town and High Streets, downtown Columbus, Free
The largest Earth Day volunteer service project in the nation! Service sites vary in size from 5 to 300 volunteers and range from neighborhood litter sweeps, community gardens, and river-cleanups to tree planting and invasive species removal.
We will cap off Earth Day Volunteer Week with a community celebration on Saturday, April 22, 2017. Join us rain or shine at Columbus Commons downtown for a day-long celebration featuring local music, family-friendly activities, eco-friendly artisans, and Columbus' best food trucks.
Main Stage schedule/line-up:
1:30pm-2:15pm - Joey Hendrickson and The Sleepless Nights
2:45pm-3:30pm – Mr. Eric Music (4 Kids rocks!)
4:00pm-4:45pm - Clemens & CO
5:30pm-6:45pm – Hebdo
The After Party will be indoors at Brothers Drake, 26 E. Fifth Ave., from 9:00pm-9:45pm with Orion and The Constellations, and 10:00pm-1130pm featuring Doc Robinson.
Wednesday, April 12, 7-8:30PM
St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Following his executive orders like the Muslim Ban, which rallied protesters at airports across the nation in opposition, plans for a U.S.- Mexico wall, and the recent bombings in Syria, Trump is vehemently attacking immigrants and refugees in the name of economic nationalism and imperialism. These are tactics the Left vehemently opposes and challenges. Now more than ever is the time to organize.
Join the International Socialist Organization for a panel with Socialist Students OSU and Young Democratic Socialists at Ohio State to discuss Left perspectives on immigration, along with how the Left is organizing around immigration on and off-campus. Presentations will be followed by a discussion with the audience.
When a group of Ohio State University students interrupted an OSU Board of Trustees meeting on April 7, the timing was perfect for causing maximum embarrassment to the university’s administration.
While 22 members of the of the Student/Farmworker Alliance and Real Food OSU waited in the back of the conference room at the Longaberger Alumni House, board members and students gave glowing reports of OSU’s philanthropic programs. The College of Dentistry gives free care to underserved communities with the Ohio Project. The Buckeye Civic Engagement Connection provides tutoring for student athletes at East High School.
Then university president Michael Drake gave his annual report to the board, waxing eloquent about OSU’s service to the community and connecting it to swelling enrollment in recent years. But before he finished, PhD student Henry Anton Peller interrupted him.