Community

Tuesday, August 2, 6:30am-7:30pm, many locations in Columbus

Only Columbus voters may vote in this special election; the only issue on the ballot will be a proposal to amend the City of Columbus Charter to create City Council districts, to provide for the election of City Council members from those districts, and to change the number of City Council members elected at-large to three.

Saturday, July 30, 5-8pm, 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.

Saturday, July 30, 8am-6pm, Flannagan’s, 6835 Caine Rd., Columbus, OH 43235

This event will be a fundraiser for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and Columbus.

Registration: http://columbus-sand.com/

Tuesday, July 26, 5:30-7pm, The Columbus Foundation, 1234 E. Broad St.

Suzanne Roberts and James White will engage in a thoughtful and candid conversation about race relations in our communities and America. This talk is inspired by the current political climate in the U.S. and will address current dialogues being held all around the country.

Join us for an interactive, fireside chat. Bring your questions, observations and curiosity so that we can all grow from this intimate conversation.

Free admission; light refreshments will be provided.

Sunday, July 17, 6:30-8:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Saturday, July 16, 5pm, North Congregational United Church of Christ, 2040 W. Henderson Rd.

Saturday, July 9, 6:30-11pm, 1021 E. Broad St. [east side door]

Join progressive friends for food, drink and great music.

Contact: colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571

Sunday, July 9, 4:30-9pm, Blendon Woods Metro Park [Dogwood Reservable Shelter], 4265 E. Dublin-Granville Rd.

Wednesday, July 6, 11:30-1pm, Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St.

The Commuter Challenge had been a competition, during June 2016, in which individuals could win prizes by replacing Single Occupancy Vehicle trips with alternative modes of transportation. Eligible commute modes had included: ridesharing (both carpool and vanpool), transit, biking (including CoGo bikeshare), walking, or car2go.

Tuesday, June 14, 6pm, Trinity Episcopal Church on Capitol Square, 125 E. Broad St.

In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting incident in American history, we invite you to come together with others in a vigil in solidarity with the Orlando community.

Speakers:

• Rev. Dick Burnett, Trinity Episcopal Church

• Alex Shanks, Project and Field Director, Equality Ohio

• Imran Malik, Outreach Director and Interfaith Leader, Noor Islamic Center

• Rev. Deniray Mueller, Legislative Liaison at Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio