Community

Tuesday, September 14, 5:30pm, Whetstone Park of Roses, 3901 N. High St.

Come and enjoy meeting others at the open-air shelter #1 at Whetstone Park.

We will be providing hot dogs, individual packages of chips, and water. You are welcome to bring your own food and drinks. Or just come and see your friends and discuss what is going on in our city.

We will open at 5:30pm and hope to have local office-holders and candidates for local offices join us. We expect to have folks who are guests introduced at 6:15pm.

Tuesday, September 14, 5-6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Columbus faces a serious challenge with developing affordable housing and providing rent subsidies to people with very low income. Most of the affordable housing in development now doesn’t work for people with very low income. The Columbus Coalition for the Homeless is proposing a 3% set-aside of new housing units for people who experience homelessness for any project that receives tax abatement. What other ideas do you have to share about how to develop and sustain affordable housing?

Tuesday, September 14, 4pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us on Tuesday, September 14, at 4pm, for “Power of the Lines: The Redistricting Process: Ohio Redistricting and Map Making for Classrooms,” a webinar for educators about Ohio redistricting and mapmaking curriculum. During this session, we will discuss how our redistricting and map-making educational resources and activities can be utilized in your classroom on Constitution Day (September 17) or anytime during Ohio’s redistricting process.

Tuesday, September 14, 3-4pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Tuesday, September 14, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join the Ohio Environmental Council’s team of experts to learn more about how you can get involved in advocacy to protect our environment. Designed to complement our new Advocacy Toolkit, these trainings will help you to understand some key parts of successful advocacy. These virtual training sessions will take place on three different days through the coming weeks.

“Advocacy Training: Advocacy 101: How a Bill Becomes a Law in Ohio”

Tuesday, September 14, and Tuesday, September 28, 11am-12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

This is a virtual support group for members of the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced intimate partner violence.

For meeting login information, email <SarahTouvell@equitashealth.com>.

Hosted by Equitas Health.

Tuesday, September 14, and Tuesday, September 28, 11am-12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

This is a virtual support group for members of the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced intimate partner violence.

For meeting login information, email <SarahTouvell@equitashealth.com>.

Hosted by Equitas Health.

Monday, September 13, 7-8:30pm, Pure Joy Massage and Yoga, 6260 S. Sunbury Rd., Westerville, Ohio (wearing masks and keeping a proper distance) or you may join us via Zoom

Monday, September 13, 10-11:30am, this on-line event requires advance registration

White Folks (Part I): We Have to Talk About Race

Monday, September 13, 10-11:30am

This virtual workshop will focus on strategies for engaging in racial equity conversations. Through facilitated discussion and activities, participants will explore the social construct of race, recognize and examine our privilege in society based on the intersectionality of our identities, and examine the impact of systemic racism.

Monday, September 13; arrive by 9:45am for a 10am start time, SWACO Resource Center, 4149 London-Groveport Rd., Grove City, Ohio

Simply Living is organizing a field trip to learn about SWACO’s current operation of the landfill and their vision for a future “circular economy” in central Ohio. The presentation will be followed by a tour of the landfill, where questions will be answered by SWACO staff. Field trips are 60 to 90 minutes in length, beginning with a 30-minute presentation at the SWACO Resource Center and concluding with a tour of the landfill site.