Meeting

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

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A roundtable discussion of legal issues surrounding immigration enforcement and the epidemic of mass incarceration featuring:

• Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow and a faculty member at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

• César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, Capital University and University of Denver

• Silky Shah, Co-Executive Director of Detention Watch Network

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.

A statewide gathering of local chapters 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.

We will gather for coffee and tea beginning at 9am.

Contact: Sandy Bolzenius, sbolzenius72@hotmail.com or Michael Greenman, mgreenmanoh@gmail.com

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

Today’s program will be a discussion on the causes of war. We will identify the reasons why nations and peoples resort to violence to solve a conflict. Julie Hart, Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace and Justice Studies at Ohio Dominican University, will provide an introduction with a presentation of the theoretical model she uses in a class on violent conflicts and the causes of war. We will continue the discussion by noting how the U.S. manages internal conflicts that in other nations result in violent conflicts.

Please join The Ohio State University College of Social Work, the Wexner Medical Center and interdisciplinary partners as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. We will bring together national and local experts to review the current and future status of healthcare in the United States.

We welcome Senator Tom Daschle, one of the country’s most respected and influential voices regarding healthcare reform in the country, and Barbara Edwards, former Director of Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

PFLAG Columbus is a local chapter of PFLAG National. “PFLAG” is Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians And Gays. We are a national support, education and advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, their families, friends and allies. With 200,000 members and supporters and local affiliates in more than 500 communities across the U.S. and abroad, PFLAG is the largest grassroots-based family organization of its kind. PFLAG is a non-profit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institution.

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.

Special Program: The CWA Campaign to Stop the Trans Pacific Partnership and Fast Track Authority. Communications Workers of America [CWA] organizer Tom Lee will explain the problems with the TPP [the Trans-Pacific Partnership] and the CWA campaign. Simone Morgen will discuss the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). These agreements are designed to put control of the global economy directly in the hands of the multinational corporations.