Community

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

Dr. Anan Ameri, author, activist, and educator, will discuss her new memoir, “The Wandering Palestinian,” with Professor Dalia Gomaa, a scholar of Arab American literature and feminisms.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio.

Sunday, May 2, 3-5pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of Beltane! We will be honoring Belenos, the “bright one” of Gaul, associated with the sun, the starry cloak of heaven, and this spring fire festival.

Sunday, May 2, 8:00am-12:30pm, Fancyburg Park Shelterhouse, 3375 Kioka Ave.

Help us make a difference for those who are living with — or are at risk for — HIV/AIDS.

This event will include the following.

• Staggered start times

• Masks required

• Prizes from Athleta and Fabtique

• Ice Cream from 11am to 12:30pm

• Children’s Balloon Artist from 10:30am to 12:30pm

Scan this QR code [or click this link] to register.

Saturday, May 1, 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.

Saturday, May 1, 1-4pm, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

Come join Columbus DSA [Democratic Socialists of America] on Saturday, May 1, 1-4pm, as we push to pass the PRO Act [Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021] through the U.S. Congress and remember our roots in labor organizing! We will be meeting at Goodale Park, underneath one of the shelters, from 1pm to 4pm.

Saturday, May 1, 10am-2:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Come join Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio, Unitarian Universalists from around the state, and others from our partner organizations, as we talk about the future of democracy in Ohio and our country, including the threats to democracy and what we can do about them.

We will have a panel of Ohio State Senators and Representatives in the morning who will discuss the anti-democracy bills, the Ohio Equality Act, and more.

Morning panelists will be:

Friday, April 30, 2-3:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join OSU students from English 5612 (the History of the Book in Modernity) for a guided tour of their digital exhibition “Women’s Storied Lives.” Drawing from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library’s collections, this exhibit features books and archival material that explore being a woman in the Western World over the last 200 years. Students will also discuss the joys and challenges of curating a digital exhibit.

Thursday, April 29, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The Ku Klux Klan rallying in support of a Black man’s execution in Texas. The North Carolina death row warden wheeling a gurney into the execution chamber. Georgia’s execution of an innocent man. Weeping family members at the moment of a loved one’s execution.

These are just a few of the images captured in one of our co-founders, Scott Langley’s chilling death penalty photo documentary project, which is the most comprehensive collection of original death penalty photographs available from one source.

Thursday, April 29, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join Columbus Socialist Alternative and the Black Caucus of Socialist Alternative to discuss how we can build a mass movement to win real, lasting change against racism. Register for this event here.

In a sickening turn of events, just as the Chauvin verdict was announced, Columbus Police murdered another black child, this time a sixteen-year-old girl named Ma’Khia Bryant.

Thursday, April 29, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Amy McCrory, Digitization Program Manager in the Preservation and Digitization department, will discuss her work digitizing items from the Libraries’ collections. She will show how she ensures that the digital images are accurate, meaningful, and compliant with national standards for cultural heritage digitization. Examples of items from the collections will be featured.