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Performance poetry is an integral part of the OSU African American Heritage Festival. It provides an environment for artists to share their personal experiences through the use of their own words. In its 37th year, the OSU African American Heritage Festival’s theme is love. The Poetry Showcase will display love’s many forms through the words of poets throughout Ohio. In three distinct sections, poets will be challenged to creatively convey the love of family, friends and romantic partners.

This year’s 37th Annual OSU African American Heritage Festival’s Kick-Off Celebration hopes to inform Ohio State’s community about the OSU African American Heritage Festival and to encourage that community to support the whole week of events the festival has to offer. In the Great Hall Meeting Room, this year’s celebration will be featuring a plethora of great food and desserts, exhilarating performances, exciting games, cool prizes, and so much more. We invite you to come celebrate with us!

Contact: 614-688-8449

Wednesday, March 25, 6-7:30 pm, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 N. High St.

The BRAVO LGBTQI Street Safety program offers participants an interactive opportunity to gain tools to increase awareness, identify boundaries, practice assertive verbal communication, and receive an overview of basic physical self-defense skills. We will share information on local LGBTQI resources and self-defense programs. A great intro class for those who may be considering a self-defense course.

In conjunction with Stonewall Columbus Health & Wellness Month 2015.

Kick cabin fever to the curb and enjoy a day out! This large show will feature nearly 100 artists and crafters selling their original handmade items! Admission is $3 to the public, children under 12 are free. A portion of proceeds will benefit the local non-profit, Hope Hollow, “a place of welcome, hospitality, and hope that will provide lodging for cancer patients and their families and friends who are coming to Columbus, Ohio for treatment.”

http://www.avantgardeshows.com/

An opportunity to meet Dwayne Steward, the Columbus Public Health LGBTQ health advocate, as well as others who are working towards health in the Columbus LGBTQ community; this event will also be a “recruitment event” for the Greater Columbus LGBTQ Health Coalition.In conjunction with Stonewall Columbus Health & Wellness Month 2015.

http://www.stonewallcolumbus.org/ or 614-299-7764

This 90-minute, multi-media presentation will explore the prose, poetry, and politics of words — how they inspire us, tell our story, and provide an outlet to express ourselves. The evening will include performances by local poets IsSaid, Keith “Speak” Williams, Sierra Leone, Cynthia Amoah, and others, who will also serve as panelists in a conversation which will follow.

Doors open at 5:30pm; the presentation will begin at 6pm; admission is free.

Contact: Rolanda Copley, 614-719-6624

Are we really the best potluck in town? You decide! If you have dietary restrictions, rest assured that ingredients will be listed, and if you are eating gluten free or vegan, no problem! Prepare to share the foods you love, and bring your own tableware — but we’ll have some if you forget.

Ohio erupted in 2014 when John Crawford III was killed in a Walmart for attempting to purchase a toy gun. Young people across the state, led by Black youth, built a movement to win justice for John Crawford and to create a fundamental shift in the relationship of power between law enforcement and our communities. We called on our Attorney General Mike DeWine to overhaul the training and protocols related to use of force and racial bias. If he or our Governor had taken action in a meaningful way they could have maybe prevented any further unjust officer-involved shootings.

Join us at Stonewall Columbus (upstairs) to learn more about alternative health in Central Ohio.

The following organizations will be present to share information and to answer questions: Urban Acupuncture, American Institute of Alternative Medicine, Pamer Family Chiropractic, Inner Connections & Holistic Center, and Healing Streams.

In conjunction with Stonewall Columbus Health & Wellness Month 2015.

Contact: stonewallcolumbus.org or 614-299-7764

Remember the fourth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster by joining a worldwide boycott of grid power as a protest against nuclear energy.

There are four Levels of participation: Level 1: Turning off extra lights and electronics; Level 2: Using only essentials like furnaces or sump pumps; Level 3: Disconnecting completely from the grid for 24 hours; and Level 4: Putting more power onto the grid using solar or wind than is used that day.