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CANCELED: Meet Your Muslim Neighbor

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Friday, March 27, 6-8pm, Turkish American Society of Ohio [TASO] Columbus, 2885 W. Dublin-Granville Rd.

Would you like to learn more about Islam and your Muslim neighbors? This will be a social time where you can meet members of TASO [Turkish American Society of Ohio] and enjoy traditional food and refreshments.

This will be a free event; seats are limited.

Please RSVP by March 24 to info@tasoohio.org.

CANCELED: Second Annual Hunger Run!, fundraiser for Neighborhood Services, Inc. Food Pantry

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Sunday, March 22, 9am-1pm, Scioto Audubon Metro Park, 400 W. Whittier St.

Please join us at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, just south of downtown, at 9am on Sunday, March 22 to participate in The Hunger Run 5K and help chase hunger out of Central Ohio! Every dollar raised for NSI provides four meals, which means that, by participating in The Hunger Run 5K, you will help to provide 120 meals. In 2019, Neighborhood Services served 654,352 meals.

BQIC [Black Queer and Intersectional Collective] Speak Up! Spoken Word and Open Mic

Tuesday, March 10, 8-10pm, Art Outside the Lines, 485 E. Livingston Ave.

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 mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority within the space!

Entry is $5 suggested donation! We will have beverages and snacks for suggested donations as well! Please also consider donating to Art Outside the Lines which provides great art programs for people with disabilities.

Public Forum on Ohio’s Death Penalty

Monday, March 9, 7-9pm, St. Francis DeSales High School, 4212 Karl Rd.

This event will feature the following participants.

• Murder Victim Family Member George White

• Murder Victim Family Member LaShawn Ajamu

• Exonerated Ohio Death Row Survivor Kwame Ajamu

• Death Penalty Abolitionist Abraham Bonowitz

• Columbus Diocese Office of Social Concerns Director Jerry Freewalt

POSTPONED: The Columbus Crossing Borders Project: Art Gala to benefit Community Refugee and Immigration Services [CRIS]

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Saturday, April 4, 6-10pm, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St.

While millions are fleeing war, terror and persecution, 34 artists and a film crew have engaged in a mission to inspire understanding, compassion, and support. This mission, called the Columbus Crossing Borders Project, is currently touring the United States as an art exhibit and documentary film.

CANCELED: Humanist Community of Central Ohio “The Last Saturday Supper”

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Saturday, March 28, 5-7pm, MCL Kingsdale, 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Don’t believe in God? You are not alone! Join the Humanist Community of Central Ohio [HCCO], a community that values people, emphasizes reason, and focuses on this world.

Come out and join us for dinner and conversation! We’ll be in the back room unless there’s a special event going on in that room.

POSTPONED: Palestine Children’s Relief Fund [PCRF] Columbus Seventh Annual Benefit Dinner

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Sunday, March 22, 4:30-8:30pm, Hilton Columbus/Polaris, 8700 Lyra Dr.

We are pleased to announce our Seventh Annual Benefit Dinner for the PCRF Columbus Chapter.

Please help by attending our dinner to learn more about our ongoing work for the children in the Middle East and supporting our important cause. We hope that you will be able to join us on March 22 to enable us to continue to heal the children of the Middle East through the PCRF.

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