Community

Friday, April 9, 12noon-1:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Memorials are powerful mechanisms in transitioning societies from mass atrocity to more peaceful ones. This talk investigates the ways that memorials can shape the experiences of survivors’ decades after the violence has ended. Dr. Nicole Fox examines how memorialization can both heal and hurt, especially when they fail to represent all genders, ethnicities, and classes of those afflicted.

Thursday, April 8 and Thursday, April 22, 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.]

Thursday, April 8 and Thursday, April 22, 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.]

Thursday, April 8, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

During Ohio’s lame duck session, legislation to prohibit the death penalty for those with “serious mental illness” finally passed. Ohio has not carried out an execution since July 2018. In fact, Governor DeWine entered his first term with seven scheduled executions and reprieved all of them. Public opinion is souring due to Ohio’s history of botched executions. Ohio’s not alone — a Gallop Poll found that the majority of Americans now support life in prison (60%) over the death penalty (36%).

Thursday, April 8, 11am-12:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Wednesday, April 7, 8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join Interfaith Power and Light in celebrating 20 years of a religious response to global warming. Thanks to the commitment, passion, and generosity of people like you, Interfaith Power and Light is a national movement with 40 state affiliates and a network of 22,000 congregations.

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

Wednesday, April 7, 4-5:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Tuesday, April 6, 7:30-8:30pm, this event will be occurring via GoToMeeting

Join us for an overview of the HIV status-neutral framework and how it will help us end the HIV epidemic. This event is for anyone, regardless of HIV status, to learn this new approach to increasing awareness of effective treatment and prevention strategies!

Please use this link to join this event.

Tuesday, April 6, 6pm, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

One of Goodale Park’s best features is its grove of Magnolias that are starting to bloom! Join us as we celebrate this very special collection of trees. We will discuss all things Magnolia; the different kinds in the park, their history, their lore, and why we love them so.

Cross your fingers that no frosts which will damage the flower buds and join us on April 6 at 6pm with a rain date of April 8 at 6pm.