Community

Thursday, June 27, 6-7:30pm, St. Stephen’s Community House, 1500 E. 17th Ave.

Join us at one of the following Community Forums (doors open at 5:30pm)

• Wednesday, May 29, 6-7:30pm, Whetstone Community Recreation Center, 3923 North High St.

• Tuesday, June 4, 6:30-8pm, Westgate Recreation Center, 455 S. Westgate Ave.

• Tuesday, June 18, 6:30-8pm, Reeb Avenue Center, 280 Reeb Ave.

• Wednesday, June 19, 6-7:30pm, Marion Franklin High School, 1265 Koebel Rd.

• Tuesday, June 25, 6-7:30pm, The Columbus Urban League, 788 Mt. Vernon Ave.

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Tuesday, June 25, 6-7:30pm, The Columbus Urban League, 788 Mt. Vernon Ave.

Join us at one of the following Community Forums (doors open at 5:30pm)

• Wednesday, May 29, 6-7:30pm, Whetstone Community Recreation Center, 3923 North High St.

• Tuesday, June 4, 6:30-8pm, Westgate Recreation Center, 455 S. Westgate Ave.

• Tuesday, June 18, 6:30-8pm, Reeb Avenue Center, 280 Reeb Ave.

• Wednesday, June 19, 6-7:30pm, Marion Franklin High School, 1265 Koebel Rd.

Thursday, June 13, 9pm-12midnight, Skate Zone 71, 4900 Evanswood Dr.

This is the fourth Community Pride event and the last one before the Community Pride Festival!

This event is 18+!

We are partnering with Skate Zone 71 on their Pride Skating Party to bring you Skate Against State Violence! Come through with your cutest looks and show us what you’ve got on the floor! We plan on having an area at the rink dedicated to letter-writing to incarcerated trans folks, as well as collecting donations for the Marsha P. Johnson Institute.

Sunday, March 9, 3-5:30pm, 1311 Summit St.

Mirror Memoirs and Zora’s House are collaborating to offer a healing circle to women (transgender and cisgender), femmes and non-binary Black and indigenous people and other people of color who have survived sexual violence.

Friday, June 7, 10pm-2am, The Olde Oak, 62 Parsons Ave.

This is the second Community Pride event!

Remember how lit our kickoff club night, The Get Down, was last year? Well, it’s time for us to do it all over again. Turn up with your friends at Bash Back! We’ll have DJ Aloha, DJ Obi Wan Shinobi, and DJ Honee Brown providing the tunes all night long.

Event accessibility details will come shortly!

Saturday, June 8, 6:30-11pm, 1021 E. Broad St.; parking will be available in side driveway, on street, or in rear parking lot

Come to network and socialize with progressive friends with refreshments; there will be live music and a presentation by Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station.

Tuesday, June 4, 8-10pm, The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St.

This is the first Community Pride event that we have lined up for y’all, so come on out and let’s start this thing right!

We have an exciting line-up of primarily LGBTQIA+ people of color sharing their talents on the mic, live art, as well as a discussion led by some of the artists about their work!

Didn’t sign up to perform? Don’t fret! There will be an open mic that you can sign up for at the event.

ASL interpretation will be provided; more event accessibility details will come shortly!

Tuesday, July 2, 10am; Tuesday, July 9, 10am; Thursday, July 11, 4pm; Tuesday, July 16, 10am; Thursday, July 18, 4pm; Tuesday, July 23, 10am; Thursday, July 25, 4pm; Tuesday, July 30, 10am; Thursday, August 1, 4pm; Franklin County Board of Elections Voting Lab, 1700 Morse Rd.

The new Franklin County voting machines use paper ballots that may be marked with a “touch-screen” machine that prints a paper ballot [that the voter may examine before casting]; voters may also use a pen to mark their paper ballot.

Tuesday, June 4, 10am; Thursday, June 6, 4pm; Tuesday, June 11, 10am; Thursday, June 13, 4pm; Tuesday, June 18, 10am; Thursday, June 20, 4pm; Tuesday, June 25, 10am; Thursday, June 27, 4pm; Tuesday, July 2, 10am; Franklin County Board of Elections Voting Lab, 1700 Morse Rd.

The new Franklin County voting machines use paper ballots that may be marked with a “touch-screen” machine that prints a paper ballot [that the voter may examine before casting]; voters may also use a pen to mark their paper ballot.

Tuesday, June 4, 10am; Thursday, June 6, 4pm; Tuesday, June 11, 10am; Thursday, June 13, 4pm; Tuesday, June 18, 10am; Thursday, June 20, 4pm; Tuesday, June 25, 10am; Thursday, June 27, 4pm; Tuesday, July 2, 10am; Franklin County Board of Elections Voting Lab, 1700 Morse Rd.

The new Franklin County voting machines use paper ballots that may be marked with a “touch-screen” machine that prints a paper ballot [that the voter may examine before casting]; voters may also use a pen to mark their paper ballot.