Community

Wednesday, January 15, 6-8pm, Ohio 4-H Youth Development, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr.

In collaboration with OSU Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens and Great Lakes Brewing Company, we invite you to join us for the first Green Drinks of 2020. We are kicking off the Earth Day Columbus campaign by celebrating volunteerism with many great local nonprofit organizations: 2020 will be a very important year for the environment as Earth Day turns 50. Together, we can make a difference in the new year!

Wednesday, January 15, 6-8pm, Roosters, 3370 Olentangy River Rd.

Join us as we write to registered progressive voters who have moved but haven’t updated their voting address. We’ll also chat about upcoming opportunities to register voters and other activities.

We’ll be in the back room of Roosters, 3370 Olentangy River Rd., and will have plenty of postcards, stamps, and markers. We just need you to help us write!

Hosted by Indivisible: Ohio District 12.

Tuesday, January 14, 5:30-7:30pm, The Old Bag of Nails Pub, 66 N. Sandusky St., Delaware, Ohio

Executive Director, J. Bennett Guess, is teaming up with other ACLU of Ohio leaders and hitting the road for a 20-city immersion tour across Ohio! We’ll be hosting Happy Hours from Toledo to Athens, from Youngstown to Oxford, and everywhere in between, starting in January 2020.

Thursday, February 6, 7-8:30pm, Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio [inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.

Join us for an engaging and fun introduction to Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), the Language of the Heart, led by Susanna Warren.

People of all experience levels, ranging from beginners to experienced practitioners, are welcome to this gathering. We will have a short explanation, a demonstration, and then we will give everyone a chance to practice giving and/or receiving empathy.

Saturday, January 25, 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.

Saturday, January 25, 9-11am, Polaris Fashion Place, 1500 Polaris Pkwy.

Monday, January 20; doors open at 4pm, East High School, 1500 E. Broad St.; march kicks off at 4:45pm on Taylor Ave. north of E. Broad St.; program begins at 5:30pm, East High School, 1500 E. Broad St.

Join us as we celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during our annual celebration and march.

Contact: Gale A. Gray, 614-645-1950 or GAGray@columbus.gov

Sponsored by Columbus Department of Neighborhoods.

Monday, January 20, 8am-12noon, First AME [African Methodist Episcopal] Zion Church, 873 Bryden Rd.

Police Officers for Equal Rights [POER] invites the Central Ohio community to attend our 25th Annual Free Community Breakfast on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

A free breakfast will be served, 8-10am. A community program of gospel music, videos, and a keynote speaker, will be held in the sanctuary, 10am-12noon.

Contact: Tyrone Thomas, 614-668-4837 or tyronetho@msn.com

Monday, January 20, 7:30-10am, Greater Columbus Convention Center [Exhibit Hall C], 400 N. High St.

Sunday, January 19, 6:30-8:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.