Community

Wednesday, January 29, 8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This virtual event, scheduled for Wednesday, January 29, at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern, will bring together experienced organizers to share tactics for mobilizing people on campuses and elsewhere in your community, while understanding your legal rights amid rising repression.

We will be joined by these speakers:

• Linda Sarsour, Organizer, Strategist, Author and Co-Founder of Until Freedom, Women’s March, and MPower Change;

• Rachel Small, Canada Organizer for World BEYOND War

Tuesday, January 28, 7pm, Old Worthington Library, 820 High St., Worthington, Ohio

Tilahun Tesfaye was born and raised in Ethiopia by a single mother during most of his childhood. A child sponsorship program meant an opportunity to go to school. These early experiences led to a passion about Africa and Africans and the plight of orphaned and vulnerable children.

Tilahun is co-founder of Give Hope Ethiopia (2010), and founder and current board Director of Give Hope Africa (registered in Ohio in 2018 to mobilize resources for children in need in Ethiopia, Zambia and beyond).

Friday, January 31, 6pm, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Annex, 628 E. Long St.

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, 695 E. Long St., will present the “Film Noir Theatre,” a six-week series of African Americans in cinema, beginning Friday, January 24.

Thursday, January 30, 6-7:30pm, The Citadel, 1761 Parsons Ave.

Join us for the final Climate Justice Talk Series on January 30! Let’s unite for action, equity, and a sustainable future.

Climate change affects us all, but its impacts are not felt equally. This event centers the voices of communities most affected by environmental injustice while working toward solutions that benefit everyone.

Thursday, January 30, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Happy New Year Comrades! We are back with another fabulous “Lunch and Learn” on January 30 at 12noon! We hope that you can join us.

Planning a retreat soon to figure out next steps or what your organization is doing in 2025? Maybe it’s a convening space, long half-day meeting, or a series of spaces, but your organization doesn’t know where to start to plan for the future. Worried about the right process? This “Lunch and Learn” will help with that!

Wednesday, January 29, 12noon-1pm, The Ellis, 777 N. Fourth St., this event will also be live-streamed on YouTube

Wednesday, January 29, 8:30am, Ohio Statehouse Atrium

In recognition of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking is hosting an advocacy day along with its partners from across Ohio.

Tuesday, January 28, 2pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

In Tech Agnostic, humanist chaplain Greg Epstein explores how technology has overtaken religion as the chief influence on our lives and community. He shows why we must maintain a freethinking critical perspective toward innovation until it proves itself worthy of our faith or not and better serves humanity.

Monday, January 27, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.

Monday, January 27, 3:30-5:30pm, Derby Hall [Rm. 1039], 154 N. Oval Mall