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BQIC [Black Queer and Intersectional Collective] Free Resource Friday

Friday, September 29, 4-6pm, Community Grounds: Coffee and Meeting House, 1134 Parsons Ave.

Free Resource Fridays is our monthly free resource giveaway, hosted on the last Friday of every month! Meet us at Community Grounds from 4pm to 6pm and grab some resources, harm reduction supplies, clothes, hygiene products, and food! We have plenty so please feel free to pick up items for loved ones in need. If you can’t make this time, hit us up for porch/door drop offs!

“Legalize Abortion Once And For All,” hosted by PSL [Party for Socialism and Liberation] Columbus

Thursday, September 28, 6pm, ​The Royal Oak Initiative (ROI), 80 Parsons Ave.

This location is across the street from Upper Cup Coffee at 79 Parsons Ave.

Join us for a community forum and art workshop to demand we legalize abortion once and for all!

Hear from leaders in the movement fighting for reproductive justice at the ballot box, in the prisons, and in the streets! Engage in block printing, collaging, coloring, and drawing in our art workshop as we create pieces of art in support of the movement for abortion.

“Rise Up CBUS! Wedgewood Middle School,” hosted by City of Columbus Department of Neighborhoods and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department

Thursday, September 28, 4:30-7:30pm, Wedgewood Middle School, 3800 Briggs Rd.

Rise Up CBUS! in 2023 is coming to twelve locations around Columbus! Get connected with community resources, enjoy food, and meet your neighbors! Visit columbus.gov/riseupcbus for more information about Rise Up CBUS!

Hosted by City of Columbus Department of Neighborhoods and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.

Bronzeville Growers Market

Thursday, September 28, 3-6pm, 935 Mount Vernon Ave. [near the intersection of Mount Vernon Ave. and N. 17th St.]

Join us each week for fresh, affordable, nutritious produce, local artisan creations, activities for youth, live music, and a food truck. This week there will be a Plant Swap and Recipe Swap; bring a plant and get a plant. And check out tasty plant-based recipes.

Vendors include Local Matters, Cynts Scents, Sankofa Love Designs, R02K, Coffico, and many, many others!

Hosted by Bronzeville Growers Market.

“How Can a Community Become Stronger Than Hate?,” hosted by Religions for Peace USA

Thursday, September 28, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Please join us in a conversation with Ms. Liz Vogel as she talks about the new film Repairing the World: Stories From the Tree of Life. It tells the inspiring story of the Pittsburgh community’s powerful response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Zoom registration is required but is complimentary. Please click here to register.

“Redistricting Reform: Policy Deep Dive,” hosted by League of Women Voters of Ohio, Common Cause Ohio, and Fair Districts Coalition

Thursday, September 28, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

Citizens Not Politicians (CNP) has embarked on a campaign to get a Citizens Redistricting Commission for Ohio on the ballot in November 2024.

This deep dive will be an opportunity to learn about the plan to take line drawing completely away from politicians and put it in the hands of a balanced citizens redistricting commission.

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