Meeting

This event will include three panels, “Exploring Hizmet Movement,” “Turkey’s Human Rights Challenges and Hizmet Movement,” and “Declining Democracy in Turkey and Political Persecution against Civic Movements,” followed by a screening of the documentary film “Love is a Verb.”

This is a free event; lunch will be served.

Kindly RSVP by April 23 to ohio@niagarafoundation.org or to 614-220-0280.

RootsCamp is a chance for Ohio’s progressive activists, organizers, leaders, techies, fundraisers and bloggers to dialogue with each other. We’ll share innovations, failures, old wisdom and new discoveries.

RootsCamps are participant-driven, using the “unconference” or “open space” format that is born from the desire for activists, organizers, leaders and politicians to share and learn in a productive, fast-paced, open environment. RootsCamp is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.

Stop the Carbon-Nuke Bailouts! Win a Carbon/Nuke Free Ohio. Move to Renewables and Efficiency.

Agenda

• 1:10pm: Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog with Beyond Nuclear in Takoma Park, MD. Topic: “Davis-Besse nuclear reactor, a threat to Ohio and the Great Lakes.”

• 1:50pm: Carolyn Harding, Organizer with Radioactive Waste Alert and the Columbus Community Bill of Rights. Topic: “Challenging fracking in Columbus and Ohio — from injection wells to community rights.”

• 2:30pm: Break

Dr. Quinn Capers IV, Associate Dean of Admissions, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, will review racial disparities in the delivery of quality heart and vascular care in this country and will lead a discussion on potential causes for these disparities. This will include a discussion of racial bias in the healthcare system and several historical atrocities in healthcare delivery. Finally, Dr. Capers will discuss potential solutions for these disparities.

Contact: 614-292-3922

Join us for a discussion with Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian Christian farmer and the director of the Tent of Nations Project. Located on the Nassar family’s 100-acre farm and orchard outside of Bethlehem in the West Bank, The Tent of Nations has become an international peace center attracting hundreds of visitors annually. International visitors, including many Israelis, join together to plant trees, harvest olives and fruit, teach at the Women’s Education Center, lead activities in Summer Children’s Camps, and work together in pursuit of a just peace through non-violent action.

The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) 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. ATAC meets monthly and twice a year with COTA leadership.

Contact: columbusatac@gmail.com

2800 Tremont Rd.

We start with an icebreaker topic for conversation and then move to an open discussion. Our agenda is always open but in general we discuss life and living beyond religious belief.

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.

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

Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com

This month’s program: “Climate Activism: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We Need to Get To”

Humanists see “a planetary duty to protect nature’s integrity, diversity, and beauty in a secure, sustainable manner.”

David Scott, President of the Sierra Club, will share his thoughts and experiences about the environmental movement and efforts to get action on climate change.

David Scott is a Columbus resident who has served as the elected president of the national Sierra Club since May 2013. He was elected to the Sierra Club’s national board of directors in 2009.