Community

Friday, March 24, 12noon-1pm, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St.; this event will also be live-streamed on YouTube

Please note: this is a Friday forum rather than a Wednesday forum.

Thursday, March 23, 7-9pm, 3090 7535 Bellaire Ave., Dublin, Ohio

Life After Belief Groups meet for support, encouragement, and growth in the process of living life without supernatural belief. Our core concerns are Community, Charting a New Course, Compassion, and Coming Out. [Read more about these Core Passions below.]

Thursday, March 23, 9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Thursday, March 23, 4-5pm, Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden, 154 Hawkes Ave.

We provide the nourishment; you provide the company! Come and hang out at the Patrick Kaufman Learning Garden at Teatime.

Take a moment to yourself to be outside in the garden. Take a break from your busy schedule for a hot drink and a chat with a neighbor.

That’s it! This event will be a “no pressure, no request” meet-and-greet for all neighbors.

Thursday, March 23, 3:30-5pm, Ohio Union [Senate Chamber], 1739 N. High St. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies welcomes Melvyn P. Leffler on March 23, 2023. Leffler is the Edward Stettinius Emeritus Professor of American History at The University of Virginia.

Join us for a statewide meeting to discuss and prepare for collecting signatures for Reproductive Freedom in Ohio with Destinee Burse, the State Field Director of Protect Choice Ohio, and learn how you can get involved.

We will hear about a ballot initiative in Shaker Heights for Fair Ticketing.

Plus, Adrienne Hood, candidate for Columbus City Council, and Councilwoman Tara Mosley for Mayor of Akron will be joining us.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Wednesday, March 22, 4-5:30pm, Hagerty Hall [Rm. 198A], 1775 College Rd.

Lynne Gerber, a writer and independent scholar, will present “Dealing with the Sacred and Religious: AIDS, Religion, and Spirituality in San Francisco’s Ward 5B” as part of her week as a visiting scholar for the Center for the Study of Religion.

Tuesday, March 21, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and special guest, Lerone A. Martin, for discussion of “The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover” on March 21 at 7pm. Lerone is Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair, and the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, at Stanford University.

Tuesday, March 21, 8-9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Please join the SPAN [Single Payer Action Network] Ohio Equity Committee on March 21 at 8pm in a discussion on the barriers to healthcare among women and those identifying as women. This will be an all-around discussion from economic barriers to reproductive legislation.

Tuesday, March 21, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In the face of relentless attacks on abortion access and bodily autonomy, abortion pills have become even more essential.

Learn how to share information about why Self-Managed Abortion (SMA) through medication is a safe, effective, and convenient reproductive health option for those in your community.

RSVP for this event by using this link.