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Saturday, March 20, 1-4:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join the Ohio Green Party for the first in a series of online workshops and educational forums featuring guest speakers and conversations about important current political issues!

Be sure to invite your friends and family; see you there!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Ohio Green Party.

Saturday, March 20, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us on Saturday, March 20 at 12noon for a webinar featuring a discussion around the latest in emerging stem-cell therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, including therapies in, or moving toward, clinical trials.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Saturday, March 13, 7-8:30pm, 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.

Pathways to a Sustainable Columbus

Speakers include:

• Lynn Stan on helping locally owned businesses be more sustainable, promote small business in our community.

• Mayda Sanchez on how an Ohio public banking system would be more sustainable for the local economy.

Friday, March 19, 1-2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In the absence of a coordinated national policy, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has largely been handled by states and local governments and has varied substantially from place to place. To what extent did the decentralization of our political system help or hinder the pandemic response?

This webinar is presented as part of the 2020-2021 COMPAS Program on COVID-19.

Thursday, March 18, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join CLDC staff and fellow movement lawyer Moira Meltzer-Cohen to learn more about how you can improve your digital and physical security practices to minimize the risk of corporate and government snooping, misinformation, and other interference.

Thursday, March 18, 5:30-7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

It’s no secret that Ohio’s congressional and state legislative district maps are gerrymandered. Because of these maps, our legislators often fail to respond to Ohio voters on our most pressing issues, especially renewable energy, and the fight against climate change.

Fortunately, in 2015 and 2018, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted for new redistricting processes.

Wednesday, March 17, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

How can we reach more people and convince them of the benefits of inclusive and accessible walkable communities? We have incredible data on how they improve health, the climate, the economy, and our quality of life, but data alone often doesn’t carry the day.

Tuesday, March 16, 8-9:30pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Join us for BQIC’s monthly fundraiser, BQIC speak Up! Spoken Word and Open Mic. Come out and share your poems, songs, monologues, inner musings, and good encounters, bad days, good dates, etc. on the digital mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority.

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