Meeting

Wednesday, April 4, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Rm. 1-A], 96 S. Grant Ave.

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 based on these ideals.

Contact: centralohio@jvp.org

Tuesday, April 3, 4-6pm, OSU Faculty Club [Grand Lounge], 181 S. Oval Dr.

This event, the third in a series of events hosted by the OSU Center for the Study of Religion during the 2017-2018 academic year on the theme of “Religion, Narrative, and Media,” will present a conversation between Diane Winston [University of Southern California] and Krista Tippett [host of “On Being”].

All events in this series begin at 4pm at the OSU Faculty Club and are free and open to the public.

Friday, March 30, 12noon-1pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.

Tuesday, March 27, 6-8pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Cathy Cowan Becker will describe the local Columbus team’s effort to inspire our city’s leadership to take ambitious steps and commit to the transition to 100% renewable energy by the year 2035.

Free; light refreshments will be provided; bring a favorite snack or dessert if you would like to.

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

Contact: Chuck.Lynd@gmail.com or call 614-354-6172.

Wednesday, March 21, 7pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.

Topic: “We Are The People Of God: The Life Of Dorothy Stang,” with David Stang, a former Maryknoll Priest. This talk is part of the “Justice in the Catholic Church Series” of talks with prominent Roman Catholic priests. The movie “They Killed Sister Dorothy” is a powerful documentary recommended for anyone who might be able to find this movie.

Saturday, March 17, 1-3pm, Panera Bread, 4519 N. High St.

We will be discussing Marxist concepts of exploitation and surplus value, planning for the 2018 elections, and other local struggles for justice.

The Columbus Club represents the Communist Party USA (established 1919) in Central Ohio.

Contact: Charlie Atkins, pkdlenin@yahoo.com

Saturday, March 17, 12-2pm, 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.

Wednesday, March 14, 8am-5pm, Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.

Traumatic Brain Injury [TBI] is defined by the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data Center as follows: “Damage to the brain tissue caused by an external mechanical force.” Each year, almost 120,000 Ohioans will be treated in emergency rooms or hospitalized due to a TBI. In addition to this, TBI is the “signature injury” of the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and is responsible for bringing thousands of new cases of TBI home to Ohio.

Tuesday, March 13, 6pm (business meeting); 7pm (general meeting); Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Join the Franklin County Greens. 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, March 12, 7-9pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.