Meeting

Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

Join us for our monthly public meeting. SURJ is a multi-racial group organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.

Email SURJColumbusOH@gmail.com with any questions.

Sunday, February 26, 2-4pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Saturday, February 18, 2-4:30pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

We are a grassroots organization for poor working-class people. We discuss current events and explore how commons-based transitions, Fab Labs and other models can end class exploitation and transform the capitalist system.

Contact: economictaskforce@gmail.com

Saturday, February 18, 12-2pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

The monthly meeting of the local affiliate of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech. Find out what can be done locally to restore democracy! Bring a brown bag lunch.

Wednesday, February 15, 7pm, Hagerty Hall [Rm. 180], 1775 College Rd.

Come help us welcome Matt Dillahunty from The Atheist Experience to OSU! Matt will be talking about his experiences and things he’s learned while debating atheism with religious apologists. Food will be provided.

Sponsored by the Secular Student Alliance at The Ohio State University and OSU Student Activities.

Tuesday, February 14, 6pm [business meeting]; 7pm [general meeting]; Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Join the Franklin County Greens to help our local candidates at 6pm or to plan the Party’s annual events at 7pm. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month.

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com

Monday, February 13, 7pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

Monday, February 13, 7-8pm, Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] headquarters [William J. Lhota Building], William G. Porter Boardroom, 33 N. High St.

The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee [ATAC] meets quarterly and advises the Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] on matters pertaining to accessible transportation. Members include customers and people in the community who advocate for those with disabilities.

Contact: Tonia L. Pullins, Mobility Coordinator, 614-275-5833 or PullinsTL@COTA.com

Sunday, February 12, 3-5pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S. Grant Ave.

The aim of this monthly reading group is to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) by providing holistic political education. We seek to create community-based interventions to IPV that do not rely on the police or governmental institutions.

We are currently reading “Creative Interventions Toolkit: An Invitation and Practical Guide for Everyone to Stop Violence.”

Saturday, February 11, 11:30-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]

This month’s program: “Growing Up in and Out of Islam”

“I grew up a Muslim, as my parents did before me and as their parents did before them. The story of my life takes me through growing up in the world of post-9/11 America and frequently being bullied.”

“I never felt like I belonged as either an Arab/Muslim or an American. I just desperately wanted to fit in with anyone who would take me; I was rejected at every turn.”