Community

Tuesday, October 24, 4-5:30pm, OSU Colloquia Room [18th Avenue Library, Rm. 340], 175 W. 18th Ave.

CEHV [Center for Ethics and Human Values] is pleased to co-sponsor a talk by Professor Owen Flanagan (Philosophy, Duke) as part of the Center for Historical Research series on “Anger in History.”

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Monday, October 23, 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!

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

Monday, October 23, 4-5:30pm, OSU Faculty Club [Grand Lounge], 181 S. Oval Dr.

Jonathan Friedman, director of education programs at the literary and human rights nonprofit PEN America, will speak on book bans and educational censorship for the annual Zacher Lecture in the Humanities.

Monday, October 23, 12noon-1:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Sunday, October 22, 4pm, Ohio Union [Instructional Kitchen], 1739 N. High St.

Columbus has been consistently identified as a national hotspot for rising and established chefs as well as for top-of-the-line dining options. The annual “Dishin’ for Hunger” event is a collaborative effort between local celebrity chefs and the campus-area food pantry Neighborhood Services, Inc. (NSI).

Sunday, October 22, 8:30am-12noon, Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.

Community Refugee and Immigration Services [CRIS] is a Columbus-based nonprofit whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants in Central Ohio to reach safety and stability, sustain self-sufficiency, and achieve successful integration into the community.

Each year, CRIS hosts a community-wide event, the CRIS 5K! More than just a race, this is an opportunity for refugees and immigrants and their allies to come together in solidarity and celebration.

Saturday, October 21, 1-5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

2023 has been the hottest year in history. Extreme weather events, rising temperatures and economic uncertainty have created a large migration of people from the world’s mid-latitudes to the northern regions.

But the global north is also suffering the effects of climate change. Food and water issues continue to arise as people deal with drought in the American West, while insurance companies refuse to insure homes in areas prone to flooding and fire.

Saturday, October 21, 11am, this on-line event requires advance registration

Reproductive health is on the ballot this year in Ohio, and we want to help voters to make a decision informed by their values and the facts, not by political spin.

Join us for a round of true and false, where we ask an expert to answer some of the most common questions that we’ve been getting about Issue 1.

Hosted by League of Women Voters of Ohio’s Elisabeth Warner, our expert is Sharona Hoffman, Professor of Law and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University.

Friday, October 20, 5:30pm, Church and Community Development For All People, 946 Parsons Ave.

Come enjoy an evening full of the harmonies of bluegrass, gospel, folk, and country music at a free Community Concert, featuring Alum Creek Band, hosted by the Columbus Folk Music Society.

Refreshments: 5:30-6pm

Concert: 6-730pm

The Columbus Folk Music Society Concert Series is produced with financial support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

Friday, October 20, 2:30-4pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.

Please join us to hear Mark Lilla (Humanities, Columbia) speak on “The Open Society Moment.” The idea of an open society has a quite recent history. It was born in the wake of the two world wars, when people were conscious of the evils of nationalism and intolerance and taken with the promise of an economically-integrated free world. What future does this idea have now, in the face of mass migration and uncontrollable economic globalization?