Community

Saturday, April 17, 8:30-11:30am or 11am-1pm, All People’s Fresh Market, 945 Parsons Ave.

The All People’s Fresh Market distributes fresh produce to anyone who meets the income eligibility requirements. People are able to receive food once a day, every day, that the market is open! The market is adapting to a hybrid model that will include in-store shopping and a drive-up option.

Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”

Superstar bassist and New Jersey Performing Arts Center Jazz Advisor Christian McBride will host a free virtual event with acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni. They’ll explore social justice themes in both conversation and live performance. Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, activist, educator, and winner of the Langston Hughes Medal, seven NAACP Image Awards, the Presidential Medal of Honor, a Grammy nominee, and among Oprah’s 25.

Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”

Superstar bassist and New Jersey Performing Arts Center Jazz Advisor Christian McBride will host a free virtual event with acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni. They’ll explore social justice themes in both conversation and live performance. Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, activist, educator, and winner of the Langston Hughes Medal, seven NAACP Image Awards, the Presidential Medal of Honor, a Grammy nominee, and among Oprah’s 25.

Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”

Superstar bassist and New Jersey Performing Arts Center Jazz Advisor Christian McBride will host a free virtual event with acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni. They’ll explore social justice themes in both conversation and live performance. Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, activist, educator, and winner of the Langston Hughes Medal, seven NAACP Image Awards, the Presidential Medal of Honor, a Grammy nominee, and among Oprah’s 25.

Friday, April 16, 4:30-6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Throughout the past two decades, thousands of people have died or disappeared in the U.S. desert borderlands north of the U.S.-Mexico international border. Meanwhile, families of the missing and dead have had to fight for the inclusion of their loved ones as legitimate members of society with rights to forensic services, care, and remembrance.

Friday, April 16, 1-2:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This performance piece engages with the Oral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio (ONLO) archive and finds common ground on the stories/histories of other Latina/o/x by creatively devising a piece that is centered on our collective experiences during COVID-19, as it relates to language, culture, and mental health.

Saturday, April 10, 7-8pm, 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 of each month, 7-8pm Eastern Time, on Zoom.

Salon presentations:

• Brian Clash, opening and closing music

• WGRN producers Annie Warmke and Herbert Ndeki II.

• Cathy Cowan Becker, Columbus Climate Action Plan and Simply Living

Thursday, April 15, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

During the past two years, the Ohio Legislature has introduced law after law restricting abortion or reproductive health, with the most recent being the “telehealth ban” and the “fetal tissue” bill. Meanwhile, our communities are reeling from COVID-19, unemployment, police brutality, Black infant and maternal mortality, and institutional racism throughout every system. We know that the extremist-controlled Ohio Legislature isn’t working for the people.

Thursday, April 15, 2-3:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This event will be a conversation about the role of art in activism.

Presenters:

• Tanya Aguiñiga, Contemporary artist, designer, and craftsperson based in Tijuana and in Los Angeles, California

• Jackie Amezquita, contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, California

This program will be introduced by Luke Stettner, Lecturer, Department of Art, The Ohio State University.

Thursday, April 15, 11am-12:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This event will be a conversation with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio about her groundbreaking book The Undocumented Americans.

About The Undocumented Americans: