Meeting

Sunday, May 17, 2-4:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Are you an aspiring or new farmer planning your dream farm?

OEFFA’s popular half-day “Farm Vision” workshop is headed online this year!

It can help you map out your farm vision, clarify your goals and values, and assess your strengths, resources, and needs before beginning a farming enterprise.

Monday, May 11, 6-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

In this month’s workshop, “Art and Quarantine: Legal Tips for Creatives,” Demetrius Robinson will be providing legal advice for creatives who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus.

Friday, May 8, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration via Zoom

The “2020 Census and COVID-19: Implications for Communities” panel discussion will be the first in a series of events on “Cities and Regions in the Post-Coronavirus Era,” initiating community conversations on what lessons we can learn from this crisis to create a more resilient and sustainable world.

Wednesday, May 6, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

We will continue our regular monthly meetings on Zoom. During May, we will be discussing chapter 2 of Alice Rothchild’s book, Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine. This book can be ordered directly from the publisher, Just World Books.

Wednesday, May 6, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

With a massive vote by mail effort needed for the November 2020 election, how should Ohio proceed?

This on-line event will be a video forum with voting rights experts from Colorado, Oregon and Ohio.

• Amanda Gonzalez Executive Director, Colorado Common Cause

• Jen Miller Executive Director, League of Women Voters Ohio

• Kate Titus, Executive Director, Common Cause Oregon

• Catherine Turcer, Executive Director, Common Cause Ohio

Friday, April 24, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Are you a renter in Columbus? Did you struggle to pay rent on April 1 or will you struggle on May 1? Join us on Friday, April 24 for a virtual Zoom meeting to discuss how renters in Columbus can fight to stay in our homes, defeat evictions, and avoid going into debt from missed payments.

Thursday, April 23, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists [CORS] this Thursday for a public Zoom meeting! “Unionizing 101: How to Unionize and the Philosophy of Power” will feature Puja Data and Boyd McCamish with CMRJB Workers United [Chicago and Midwest Joint Board of Workers United, SEIU], where we will learn how to organize with our co-workers and analyze systems of power!

Wednesday, April 29, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Ohio’s reliance on the cash bail system has created a two-tiered system of justice: one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us. Being locked in jail can lead to job loss, housing instability, and precious time away from family and loved ones. Cash bail is the entrance into the beast of mass incarceration. Join Melekte Melaku, lead organizer for the ACLU Ohio’s Campaign for Bail Reform and member of UUJO to learn more about this issue and what you can do.

Saturday, April 25, 10am-12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join us for a presentation by our keynote speaker, Wendell Potter.

The mission of the Single Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio) is to educate the citizens and legislators of Ohio to the need and advocate for a fundamental change in our healthcare system so that all residents have affordable access to healthcare through a publicly funded, privately delivered comprehensive system that fulfills the basic human right to health care.

What Does “Single-Payer” Really Mean?

Tuesday, April 28, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The reality of COVID-19 has made health care a primary concern for all of us. And how we vote this November will impact the future of healthcare for everyone. Come and talk about current health issues that keep us up at night as well as the future of policy with people from a variety of non-profit groups focused on Ohio health.

Presenters include the following:

Graham Bowman: Ohio Poverty Law Center

Maria Bruno: Ohio Votes