Meeting

Friday, October 11, 8am-4pm, Hilton Columbus Downtown, 401 N. High St.

The Summit on Sustainability is MORPC’s signature environmental conference, bringing together hundreds of community leaders to explore and share sustainable ideas and solutions and to celebrate individuals and collaborative sustainability efforts with the Regional Sustainability Awards.

Thursday, October 3, 7-8:30pm, Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio [inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.

Join us for an engaging and fun introduction to Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), the Language of the Heart, led by Susanna Warren.

People of all experience levels, ranging from beginners to experienced practitioners, are welcome to this gathering. We will have a short explanation, a demonstration, and then we will give everyone a chance to practice giving and/or receiving empathy.

Thursday, October 3, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

Living in Columbus, it’s not hard to see that the system is broken. We live under a reign of police terror where working-class black and brown youth are targeted for execution and imprisonment; Ohio State University and the city of Columbus have been working together to gentrify neighborhood after neighborhood; tens of thousands of students are getting into life-long debt for an education; ICE harasses undocumented immigrants with impunity; landlords and capitalists exploit and oppress us.

Wednesday, October 2, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Main Branch], 96 S. Grant Ave.

Note: please check the facebook.com/JVPCentralOhio/ Facebook page to confirm that this meeting will indeed be held at this location.

Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy that is based on these ideals.

Saturday, September 21, 3-4pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Northside Branch], 1423 N. High St.

Saturday, September 21, 12noon-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.

Monday, September 16, 6-7:30pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

We have launched our fourth campaign to protect Columbus water from toxic, radioactive frack waste dumping in our water supply. We are an all-volunteer group gathering signatures to put the Columbus Community Bill of Rights on the Columbus Ballot by November 2020.

Come learn what’s going on and sign the petition at the following Columbus Metropolitan Libraries.

• Monday, September 16, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

Saturday, September 14, 11:30am-2:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Northside Branch], 1423 N. High St.

Don’t believe in God? You are not alone! Join the Humanist Community of Central Ohio [HCCO], a community that values people, emphasizes reason, and focuses on this world.

This month, we will be hosting a discussion panel comprised of community members, board members, and humanist celebrants on how to have and plan and secular wedding.

Thursday, September 12, 7-9pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

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

Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com

Sunday, September 8, 1:30pm, Martin Luther King Branch Library, 1467 E. Long St.

Meetings begin with a brief introduction to Moms Demand Action, the work we do, and the evidence-based policies that we advocate for. There will be updates on pending legislation, school board and community group outreach, and information on upcoming events. Membership meetings are a great opportunity to learn about gun violence prevention efforts in Columbus and opportunities to get involved. Children are always welcome.