Community

Wednesday, May 18, 5:30-8:30pm, beginning and ending at Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.

The Ride of Silence is back for 2022! This is the 20th year for the Ride of Silence. We have a new start location! We will gather at Genoa Park along Washington Blvd. Restrooms will be available at the park; Washington Blvd. will be closed to traffic 4-8 pm.

This year, we will be reading the names of the 73 cyclists who were killed on Ohio roads in 2019 (24), 2020 (21) and 2021 (28).

Tuesday, May 17, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us to figure out how to do your part in helping us fight anti-voter legislation in the state while also calling for the repeal of the “collaboration ban” to protect election officials. This will be an extensive training on how to write a letter to the editor (LTE) to your local newspaper.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by ACLU of Ohio.

Tuesday, May 17, 5-6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Saturday, May 14, 7-8:30pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Since we aren’t getting together in person, we can gather for a couple of hours on the second Saturday night of each month, 7-8:30pm, on Zoom.

Learn about local union organizing at the May Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon

• International Workers Day

• In celebration of May Day

• Union organizers from Starbucks, Amazon, OSU, City of Columbus, and Labor Notes

A question-and-answer period will be included.

Monday, May 16, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Mark your calendars now for this unique opportunity and join Equal UA and Asian American Community Services (AACS) on Monday, May 16, 7-8pm, via Zoom, for an event to mark Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Saturday, May 14, 2-4pm, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.

10th Anniversary Screening and Fundraiser. Tickets available now!

Stay after the screening for a discussion with the film’s writer, director and producer, Jenny Deller, and with additional panelists, on climate change, youth activism and on how environmental justice has evolved over the past decade. Deller will give a brief preview of her new project, The Imposter, set to film in Columbus next year.

About the film:

Saturday, May 14, 12noon-1:30pm, The Magical Druid, 3165 N. High St.

This class will define the word “witch,” where it originally came from, how and why it was used then and now, and what the differences are among “witch,” “Wicca” and “witchcraft.”

Registration cost: $20.00.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by The Magical Druid.

Saturday, May 14, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

Did you know that almost 35% of the city’s budget goes to the Columbus Police Department? That’s 354.2 million dollars! Do you ever wonder what else we could do with that money? How else can we divest from policing, prisons, and harmful institutions that perpetuate white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism? What can we do to meaningfully invest in our communal survival and work to build abolitionist futures?

Saturday, May 14, 12noon-3pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Parsons Branch], 1113 Parsons Ave. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

The Humanist Monthly Program is our longest running event and still a community favorite. In the old days it used to be called “Going to HCCO” and we still like to think of it as our flagship event.

Saturday, May 14, 9am-12noon, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

Join us for our annual “Planting Day” at Goodale Park! We are so excited to plant the gorgeous and well-designed flower beds around the park. Following the workday, we will have free pizza from Donatos Pizza. A huge thank you to Donatos for kindly sponsoring this event!

Help keep Columbus, Ohio’s oldest (and best!) city park looking beautiful. Weeding, watering, litter pickup, and more. Our 13+ gardens are 100% volunteer planted and maintained. We can’t do it without you!