Community

Wednesday, March 8, 9am-3:30pm, Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center [Martin Luther King Jr. Lounge], 154 W. 12th Ave.

Join the OSU Coalition for the International Women’s Strike for a day-long teach-in to honor International Women’s Day on March 8! We stand with the Platform of the International Women’s Strike, which is available in full here, and dedicate ourselves to fighting these same injustices on our own campus.

Monday, March 6, 11:30-1:30pm, Ohio Statehouse Atrium

On behalf of the Center for Somali Women’s Advancement, we are honored to invite you to the International Women’s Day 2017 celebration at the Ohio Statehouse. This event will bring together diverse women leaders, including elected officials and members of the large New American community in Central Ohio. The ceremony will be held at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium, located at 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Saturday, April 8, 6:30-11pm, 1021 E. Broad St. [east side door]

Join progressive friends for food, drink, and great music.

Wednesday, April 5, 11:30am-1pm, Greater Columbus Convention Center [Battelle Grand Ballroom], 400 N. High St.

Each year for the last 32 years, we’ve gathered over lunch to honor a select group of Columbus women who have made extraordinary contributions to their families, workplaces, and communities.

Contact: Jessica Wichtman-Will, 614-253-3916 or jw-will@ywcacolumbus.org

Monday, April 3, 8am-5pm, Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd.

Contact: Franklin County Board of Elections, 614-525-3100

Wednesday, March 29, 8pm, Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St.

Word Church is a poetry reading held the last Wednesday of every month at 8pm at Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St. Bring your poetry, get your rhyme on, and meet some interesting people.

Sunday, March 26, 2-4pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Saturday, March 25, 5-7pm, MCL Kingsdale, 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio

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.

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

Friday, March 17, 6:45pm, Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Rd., Delaware, Ohio

Put on your mud boots and grab your flashlight! It’s time for the spring awakening in the wetlands. Bring the whole family for a night hike to the vernal pool, listen for mating calls and look for salamanders, frogs and egg masses. You will be participating in a state-wide preservation effort of one of Ohio’s disappearing ecosystem.

Cost: $5 per family or $3 per person.