Community

Tuesday, November 12, 7-8pm, Art Outside the Lines, 485 E. Livingston Ave.

Our next Black Power Book Club meeting will be November 12 at 7pm at Art Outside the Lines (the hour before “BQIC Spoken Word”). We will be discussing Chapters 5-10 of Assata: An Autobiography.

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Read up and come ready to speak your mind on Tuesday at the Black Power Book Club! Even if you don’t finish, the conversation will still be an insightful one!

Saturday, November 9, 1-3:30pm, Capital University [Student Union], 2199 E. Main St.

Are you wanting to get involved with legislation and policy, but not sure how? That’s okay, ’cause we’re still learning too!

Saturday, November 2, 10am-12noon, 2180 Eakin Rd.

Help us plant 200 trees!

This land has historically been used as an illegal dump site; during March, volunteers went in and removed 1.5 tons of trash! Now, we will focus on planting beneficial trees. In the rear portion of the property, there is a wetland that serves as a resting area for waterfowl along a fly-over migratory route. This site is in poor shape and requires a tremendous amount of attention. The goal is to, over time, create a vibrant space for wildlife to thrive.

Saturday, November 2, 10am-12noon, Central Ohio Community Improvement Corporation, 1142 E. 17th Ave.

Register your free tree today and pick it up on November 2 at 1142 E. 17th Ave.

As part of our tree nursery campaign with American Forests and supported by J.P. Morgan Chase, we are giving away hundreds of trees in three-gallon containers in partnership with the City of Columbus.

We will have our second tree giveaway on November 2 in Linden and will give away about 300 free trees to people who are living in Columbus.

Saturday, November 2, 8am-12noon and 12noon-4pm; Sunday, November 3, 1-5pm; Monday, November 4, 8am-2pm; Tuesday, November 5, 6:30am-9:30am, 9:30am-1pm, 1pm-4:30pm, and 4:30pm-7:30pm; Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd. and polling locations around Columbus

Saturday, November 2, 8am-12noon and 12noon-4pm; Sunday, November 3, 1-5pm; Monday, November 4, 8am-2pm; Tuesday, November 5, 6:30am-9:30am, 9:30am-1pm, 1pm-4:30pm, and 4:30pm-7:30pm; Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd. and polling locations around Columbus

Saturday, November 2, 8am-12noon and 12noon-4pm; Sunday, November 3, 1-5pm; Monday, November 4, 8am-2pm; Tuesday, November 5, 6:30am-9:30am, 9:30am-1pm, 1pm-4:30pm, and 4:30pm-7:30pm; Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd. and polling locations around Columbus

Saturday, November 2, 8am-12noon and 12noon-4pm; Sunday, November 3, 1-5pm; Monday, November 4, 8am-2pm; Tuesday, November 5, 6:30am-9:30am, 9:30am-1pm, 1pm-4:30pm, and 4:30pm-7:30pm; Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd. and polling locations around Columbus

Thursday, October 31, 6pm [doors open at 5:30pm], Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long St.

Are online social networks and chat groups among recently arrived residents to the Near East Side a new form of “redlining?” Do they reflect an internet-age tactic designed to exclude “the other?” Is it the civic responsibility of community residents, both long-time and new, to learn and preserve the history of the neighborhood they inhabit?

To be blunt: Is gentrification the enemy of historic preservation, not only of edifices, but also of culture?

Saturday, October 26, 11am-12noon, Washington Gladden Social Justice Park, northeast corner of E. Broad St. and Cleveland Ave.

The 200th birthday of the Rev. Dr. James Preston Poindexter, Columbus abolitionist and civil rights leader, will be celebrated on Saturday, October 26, from 11am to 12noon in the new Washington Gladden Social Justice Park on E. Broad St. at Cleveland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.