Community

Thursday, November 12, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Civil Liberties Defense Center [CLDC] staff and our colleagues from the Protect the Protest coalition will discuss how corporations and the State try to silence dissent through legal attacks on activists.

Our moderator will be CLDC advisory board member Graham Clumpner from Mosquito Fleet.

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Thursday, November 12, 4-5:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Tuesday, November 10, 1-2:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

What would a public bank option do for Columbus?

The Public Banking Institute, with Ohio sponsors and advocates, invites you to explore and learn about the Public Banking Movement.

Friday, October 30, 1-2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous policy-making powers in the hands of public health professionals. What is the proper role of expertise in a democracy? How should elected officials balance the claims of experts against the weight of public opinion? To what extent can the public be trusted to evaluate scientific evidence? How can experts be made democratically accountable?

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

Join the Anti-Racism Team of the Ohio Council of Churches in a virtual study of the New York Times 1619 Project featuring a facilitated discussion with Dr. Latrice Washington of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on “How Systemic Racism and White Privilege Became The American Way After 1619.”

Thursday, October 29, 12noon-1:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Thursday, October 29, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Learn how to use Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] to better understand the inner workings of the U.S. government.

Civil Liberties Defense Center [CLDC] staff will provide tips to help you navigate the FOIA process and increase your likelihood of getting the information you’re looking for.

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Thursday, October 29, 3:30-5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The United States faces a more serious and diverse threat landscape than any point since 9/11. What’s worse, our enemies are evolving at a fiber optic pace, while the U.S. government is reacting at dial-up speeds. We must dramatically reform how we approach homeland security by taking a global perspective: shape the world around us, or get shaped by it.

Thursday, October 29, 10-11:30am, this on-line event requires advance registration

Homelessness is increasing everywhere in America. This webinar will explore how homelessness and the housing crisis are exploding in Columbus, Ohio and across the nation. The program will look at historical factors that contributed to homelessness, who is homeless, why people become homeless, systemic racism, and what we can do to help with homelessness, both individually and collectively.

Wednesday, October 28, 4-5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Please join the OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values [CEHV] for a timely discussion of Catholic social ethics. This panel will address the prospects for a broad movement of “Social Catholicism” to work collaboratively to solve the social, political and economic challenges of our time, both nationally and here in Columbus. This virtual event is free and open to the public.