Community

Saturday, October 16, 1-4pm, Hilliard Food Pantry, 4410 Cemetery Rd., Hilliard, Ohio

Your Franklin County Auditor’s office is proud to partner with the Hilliard Food Pantry and the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO), with support from the Hilliard Kiwanis Club and the Rotary Club of Hilliard, to bring shredding and electronic waste recycling services to the residents of Franklin County.

Friday, October 15, 10-11pm, this event will be on-line

Need a check-in before the weekend?

Last Call is an LGBTQ+ affirming space for people who are questioning their use of substances and addiction or are just in need of additional support in their journey towards recovery.

This is not treatment or a 12-step group but it is a space for fellowship that is open to all.

Join us at global.gotomeeting.com/join/487723837.

Password: care4all

Friday, October 15, 3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

On October 15, we will be joined by Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition To Abolish the Death Penalty, and death row exonerees Sunny Jacobs and Sabrina Butler-Smith, for our first webinar in the series, “Women on Death Row.”

They will be discussing their experiences in the criminal justice system, their journey to freedom, and how they have dedicated themselves to ending the death penalty.

Friday, October 15, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Friday, October 15, 8pm-4:30pm, Hilton Columbus Downtown, 401 N. High St.

The Summit on Sustainability is MORPC’s signature environmental conference that brings hundreds of community leaders together to explore and share sustainable ideas and solutions and to celebrate individual and collaborative sustainability efforts with the Regional Sustainability Awards. For more information, please use this link to visit our Summit webpage.

Theme: Moving Forward Together

Thursday, October 14 and Friday, October 15, Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

This year’s conference theme, “We see us!,” challenges the LGBTQ+ community, queer people of color, people living with HIV, caretakers, and activists to hold up one another’s experience, to validate the knowledge that comes from living, doing, and being, and to acknowledge ourselves as relevant witnesses.

Thursday, October 14 and Friday, October 15, Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

This year’s conference theme, “We see us!,” challenges the LGBTQ+ community, queer people of color, people living with HIV, caretakers, and activists to hold up one another’s experience, to validate the knowledge that comes from living, doing, and being, and to acknowledge ourselves as relevant witnesses.

Thursday, October 14, 7-9pm, this Zoom event requires advance registration via Meetup

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.]

Wednesday, October 13, 6-8pm, King-Lincoln Medical Center, 750 E. Long St., Ste. 3000

Positive energy. Shared experiences. Judgment-free. Break through the walls between you and a long, healthy life.

This group meets every second and fourth Wednesday, 6-8pm, at the King-Lincoln Medical Center, 750 E. Long St., Ste. 3000.

For more information, please contact Preston Kindred-Williams, <PrestonKindred-Williams@equitashealth.com>.

Wednesday, October 13, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Do you have questions about legally changing your name and/or gender marker in Ohio? Join us for our free legal clinic. You’ll be able to talk to a trained lawyer over the phone or through Zoom about the name and gender marker process.

Step 1: Complete and submit the intake paperwork below.

Step 2: We will review your paperwork to make sure that it is complete and contact you with available clinic appointment dates and times.