Community

Sunday, November 17, 1:30-3pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Main Branch] [Rm. 3-B], 96 S. Grant Ave.

For decades, the State of Ohio has underinvested in public transit, by its own accounts, by hundreds of millions of dollars. Our communities need that funding to support transit improvements and to help secure matching federal funding for major projects or services. We build on what we learned in Transit Advocacy 101 as we plan for the 2025 Ohio State Budget and make a plan to bring Ohioans transit investment they long deserve.

Attend if you:

Sunday, November 17, 1pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Main Branch] [Rm. 1-B], 96 S. Grant Ave.

Are you interested in building a better world through collective action? Then this program is for you!

Unlike many of our prior political education initiatives, this one is focused on sharpening our collective strategic analysis — our ability to create campaigns capable of articulating a clear vision for the future, identifying the strategy and tactics most likely to deliver a victory, and adapting to changing political-economic conditions.

Sunday, November 17, 1-2pm, Washington Gladden Social Justice Park, northeast corner of E. Broad St. and Cleveland Ave.

Please join us as we remember victims of traffic crashes and their loved ones, as well as first responders and medical professionals.

Traffic crash rates in Columbus are still increasing, unfortunately — up 14% in 2021 and rising — despite the “Vision Zero” traffic safety strategy that had been adopted by the City of Columbus four years ago.

Saturday, November 16, 1:30-4pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Main Branch], 96 S. Grant Ave.

Students, Parents, Caregivers and Friends:

Level-up your future at the Kaleidoscope Youth Center Education and Employment Resource Fair. Explore opportunities, join hands-on workshops and start your journey to success!

Join us on Saturday, November 16 from 1:30pm to 4pm. The Columbus Metropolitan Library (Main Branch), located at 96 S. Grant Ave., is graciously hosting this event.

Saturday, November 16, 12noon, Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.

In anticipation of the holiday shopping season, for November we are screening several short films about the pitfalls of unfettered consumerism.

• Forget Shorter Showers: A video adaptation of the famous essay of the same name by Derrick Jensen.

• Consumerism and the Limits to Imagination: A video essay by Justin Lewis on how capitalism has become unsustainable.

Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16, this on-line event requires advance registration

The second African virtual peace conference is taking place on Zoom, 15-16 November 2024, after a successful first edition held last year. This annual event is aimed at showcasing the opportunities that World Beyond War chapters in Africa have to end wars and contribute to world peace-building efforts.

Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16, this on-line event requires advance registration

The second African virtual peace conference is taking place on Zoom, 15-16 November 2024, after a successful first edition held last year. This annual event is aimed at showcasing the opportunities that World Beyond War chapters in Africa have to end wars and contribute to world peace-building efforts.

Friday, November 15, 12noon-4pm, Blackwell Inn and Pfahl Conference Center [Rm. 140], 2110 Tuttle Park Place

This symposium assembles an international, multidisciplinary group of specialists to assess the impact of 21st-century challenges on treaties and security institutions shaped for 20th-century risks. A first panel compares U.S. debates to those taking place in South Asia, the European Union, and the Koreas. The second panel considers the gaps, contradictions, abuses, and unintended consequences of the current international regime.

Friday, November 15, 12noon-1:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Housing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.

Friday, November 15, 11:15am-12:45pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.

Considering the current state of affairs, is a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict still possible? If so, what moral considerations bear on whether stakeholders should favor it? If not, what alternative options are available for pursuing peace, and how should we evaluate those options? In this Forum, Dr. Ian Lustick (University of Pennsylvania) and Dr. Hussein Ibish (Arab Gulf States Institute) will present differing perspectives on these questions.