Community

Contact: 614-525-3100

A community conversation, in partnership with the Columbus Public Health LGBTQ Health Initiative, on healthcare disparities focused on expanding the definition of "minority" and moving us forward to a place of full inclusion.

Sponsored by the Columbus Public Health Office of Minority Health in conjunction with [Ohio] Minority Health Month.

Contact: Ryan Johnson, 614-645-7335

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.

Various forms and styles of Tai Chi and Qigong will be performed together and in groups and taught for free. All Tai Chi and Qigong teachers, students, and practitioners, plus other healing artists and those who are interested; are invited and encouraged to participate. Free.

Contact: Darryl or Ro-z Mendelson, 614-263-9022 or mendarryl@yahoo.com

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A Time Bank is a community of people who support each other. When you spend an hour to do something for an individual or group, you earn a “time credit.” Then, you can use that “time credit” to buy an hour of a neighbor’s time or engage in a group activity offered by a neighbor. It’s that simple. Yet it also has profound effects. You get to know your neighbors and friends and build an old-fashioned extended family of people who take care of each other. A Time Bank changes a whole community. Bring a dish to share and learn about the Care and Share Time Bank.

Join us for the 2015 Ohio Memory Day at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Wednesday, April 15th. Now in its 17th year, the Ohio Memory Day is one of the longest-running and successful Alzheimer’s advocacy events in the nation. Memory Day offers participants the unique opportunity to meet other Alzheimer’s advocates from across the state as well as share their personal stories and concerns related to Alzheimer’s Disease with their elected representatives and their staffers.

Join progressive friends for food, drink and great music.

colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571

Gospel Fest will be an event for the OSU community and the Columbus community to bond through the various facets throughout the African American church. This will be a spiritual and cultural experience, and all religions are welcome. In its 37th year, The African American Heritage Festival’s theme is Love. Love will be incorporated in their performance whether in song, dance, or however they would like to express it. This will be a great time to share testimonies with others who have overcome spiritual struggles.

Doors will open at 5:30pm; the event will begin at 6pm.

B.L.A.C. is a new event to the OSU African American Heritage Festival but it is not new to the university. It made its debut last year as a United Black World Month event. The purpose of this event is to shine light on some of the many cultures within the African diaspora. This year, we will have a variety of special performances by musical guests, dancers, drummers, and others. We are so excited to share this wonderful event with the OSU and Columbus communities.

In conjunction with OSU African American Heritage Festival.

Contact: 614-688-8449

What’s the tea? Who did what? What’s the latest Word On The Street?

Traditionally, The OSU African American Heritage Festival has hosted a Town Hall Forum for students to educate themselves on current social issues. This year, we have switched gears and have created “Word on the Street,” an entertaining and engaging night of social commentary that you can watch on a local channel (or campus) near you! Join us for a live taping of our pilot episode as we recap the topics that left us in blank stare news and set our timelines on fire.