Meeting

Tuesday, July 12, 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, July 11, 7pm, The Center on High, 3208 N. High St.

The monthly meeting of the central Ohio chapter of Friends Committee on National Legislation [FCNL], a national lobbying group of Quakers and friends who are working for public policy change on Capitol Hill.

Contact: Greg Pace, gpace67@gmail.com or 614-565-6067

Monday, July 11, 6-7:30pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

Once each month at the Driving Park Branch Library, central Ohio residents, city and state leaders, non-profit organizations, community professionals, activists, Columbus City Schools professionals, law enforcement, faith-based communities, and leading thinkers come together to discuss central Ohio’s current issues and solutions. This event is coordinated by the emerging non-profit, State Of The Community.

We will be discussing the following:

Saturday, July 9, 2-4:30pm, Linden Branch Library, 2223 Cleveland Ave.

We advocate for alternative economic models that pose serious challenges to the capitalist system. Please join us this month as we explore how FLOK Society, Open Cooperatives and Fab Labs can empower marginalized communities in central Ohio. These meetings are free and open to the public.

Contact: Michael Vinson, 614-843-8721

Saturday, July 9, 10am-12noon, Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave.

The Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers (dba All Aboard Ohio) exists to achieve for the citizens of Ohio a modern, consumer-focused, statewide passenger transportation network that provides people with real travel choices they want and can use.

Contact: 844-GO4-RAIL or Larry Robertson, robertson.9@osu.eduSaturday, July 9, 10am-12noon, Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave.

Monday, June 13, 7pm, South High Branch Library, 3540 S. High St.

Represent Columbus is a bipartisan, grassroots, citizen driven group working to change the Columbus City Council to a representative form of government to give every community a voice!

Wouldn't it be nice to have a City Council member who lived in your neighborhood and represented you?

Thursday, June 9, 7pm, Parsons Branch Library, 1113 Parsons Ave.

Represent Columbus is a bipartisan, grassroots, citizen driven group working to change the Columbus City Council to a representative form of government to give every community a voice!

Wouldn't it be nice to have a City Council member who lived in your neighborhood and represented you?

Thursday, June 2, 7pm, Livingston Branch Library, 3434 E. Livingston Ave.

Represent Columbus is a bipartisan, grassroots, citizen driven group working to change the Columbus City Council to a representative form of government to give every community a voice!

Wouldn't it be nice to have a City Council member who lived in your neighborhood and represented you?

Saturday, June 11, 11am, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave., Rm. 120

The “Know NATO” workshop will explore the historic and actual impacts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO].

Before the upcoming NATO summit that is scheduled to take place July 8-9 in Warsaw, Poland, the “Know NATO” workshop will enable peace researchers, educators, and activists to gain and share knowledge of that summit, which will be taking place during heightened global instability and conflict.

Tuesday, May 31, 6:30pm, Upper Arlington Public Library [Friends Theater], 2800 Tremont Rd.

Upper Arlington Progressive Action [UAPA] is collaborating with the Franklin County Young Democrats (FCYD) to present a panel on transportation in Central Ohio, how transportation options affect you, and our opportunities for the future. The panelists will speak for about an hour and then will respond to your questions. Join us and find out how Ohio moves today and tomorrow.

• Elissa Schneider is Board Chair of Transit Columbus