Community

Sunday, September 19, 2-4pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us for our Community Organizing 101 training!

Whether you’re new to organizing or just need a refresher, this training will cover the basics of impactful organizing and the issue campaign cycle. There will be space for discussion and questions.

This training is open and free to all, but we ask non-Black attendees to consider the space they take up and donate to BQIC and/or the trainers, if they can.

A link will be provided via e-mail the day before the training.

Sunday, September 19, 3-6pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Saturday, September 18, 1-4pm, Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden, 154 Hawkes Ave.

We invite all ages to come to our Learning Garden and to garden with us. We will be watering, weeding, planting, singing, reading, playing, and eating. Come visit us.

Hosted by Franklinton Farms.

Friday, September 17, 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

Thursday, September 16, 7-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Thursday, September 16, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us for our Community Organizing 101 training!

Whether you’re new to organizing or just need a refresher, this training will cover the basics of impactful organizing and the issue campaign cycle. There will be space for discussion and questions.

This training is open and free to all, but we ask non-Black attendees to consider the space they take up and donate to BQIC and/or the trainers, if they can.

A link will be provided via e-mail the day before the training.

Thursday, September 16, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Please join us for a webinar on how religious communities and leaders are engaging in this important work and how you can get involved in advancing awareness in your community.

Wednesday, September 15, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

What do you and your Central Ohio neighbors think and believe about our criminal justice system? Do we trust law enforcement? Can we believe in one another? How do we achieve positive change?

Tuesday, September 14, 7pm; Parma Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library, 6996 Powers Blvd., Parma, Ohio; this on-line event [if you plan to attend via Zoom] requires advance registration

Tuesday, September 21, 7:30-10:30pm, Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St.

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of National Geographic’s StarTalk, bestselling author, and director of the Hayden Planetarium, will take us through an entertaining and enlightening review of all the science that our favorite movies got wrong, combined with some of the stuff they got right. From “Star Wars” to “Frozen to The Martian,” this evening will incorporate the latest films as well as some classics that you may not have known had any science in them at all.