Community

Monday, January 29, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.

Sunday, January 28, 2-4pm, Goodale Park Shelterhouse, 120 W. Goodale St.

We’re back in 2024 with a whole new slate of initiatives. Join us on Sunday, January 28 for our annual kickoff meeting. Lend your input and insights into our strategic plan, hear from local operators and advocates, and then join us for a social hour where you can connect with community members.

Until then, give us your thoughts and input through our 2024 Strategic Plan form.

Saturday, January 27, 8pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Complex harmonies, whirling layers, and a special “blend of herbs and spices” — this is how the Lincoln Journal Star’s Best Band of 2022 describes their particular brand of American roots music. Though they call Lincoln, Nebraska their home, The Wildwoods’ have shared both their original works and beautifully pared-down covers with domestic and international alike, and their next show in Columbus is just the thing to help cure some of those on-coming Ohio winter blues.

Friday, January 26, 12noon-1:30pm, Thompson Library [11th floor], 1858 Neil Ave.

Monday, January 22, 6pm, this event will be occurring via “Facebook Live”

Learn from Debra Knapke, The Sage Gardener, what you can do to prepare for your garden during the dormant season.

RSVP for this event by clicking “Going” on this “Facebook event” page [that has a “Join Event” link that is not currently active].

Hosted by Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed (FLOW).

Thursday, October 25, 6-8pm, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St.

Join us for our January Green Drinks on 1-25-2024, 6-8pm, as we kick off the Earth Day Columbus 2024 campaign at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center.

This will be a tabling event with our partners to kick off Earth Day Columbus 2024.

Check in at the Green Columbus table with your valid ID to receive a wristband and two free drink tickets [age over 21 and a valid ID will be required for drink tickets].

Admission to this event is free and is open to the public.

Wednesday, January 24, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us for a conversation about the attack on public schools and the movement toward privatization. The lively discussion will help voters understand what is at stake for democracy with this shift.

Guest Speaker Jack Schneider:

• Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor

• Executive Director, Beyond Test Scores Project

• Director, Center for Educational Policy

• Co-Editor, History of Education Quarterly

• Co-Host, Have You Heard Podcast

Wednesday, January 24, 1-2pm, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission [MORPC], 111 Liberty St.

Wednesday, January 24, 12noon, The Ellis, 777 N. Fourth St.; this event will also be live-streamed on YouTube

Optimal Health Series

Monday, January 22, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAic…