Meeting

Monday, March 12, 7pm, The Center on High, 3208 N. High St.

The monthly meeting of the central Ohio chapter of Friends Committee on National Legislation [FCNL], a national lobbying group of Quakers and friends who are working for public policy change on Capitol Hill.

The current focus of the Central Ohio Advocacy team is to reduce the most urgent risk of nuclear war in a generation — with North Korea.

Please note: this group periodically changes its monthly meeting’s date at the last minute without public notice.

Saturday, March 10, 11:30am-2pm, South High Branch Library, 3540 S. High St.

This month’s program: Jim Helton, of American Atheists, will speak on “The Future of Atheist Activism.”

We will discuss what are “atheist” issues. You may be surprised. Which issues should we take on as individuals and as organizations? What can we do about them?

Does it all matter and can we make a difference? In a movement that often finds itself divided, how do we unite under one banner and have our voices heard by those in power?

Thursday, March 8, 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

Wednesday, March 7, 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, March 6, 3:30-5pm, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave., Rm. 120

Max Boot is a historian, a best-selling author, and a foreign-policy analyst who has been called one of the “world’s leading authorities on armed conflict” by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a national-security columnist for the Washington Post.

Friday, February 23, 6pm, Sullivant Hall [Rm. 220], 1813 N. High St.

The European witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have long been a standard paradigm for the official repression of divergent minorities (witness the common characterization of the House Un-American Activities Committee’s actions in the Fifties as “a witch hunt”), and early-modern historiography has understandably had far more to say about the oppressors than the oppressed.

Tuesday, February 20, 6-8pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Are you ready to see the city of Columbus commit to 100% renewable energy? Join us to make it happen!

The Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Columbus team will be holding its Volunteer Kickoff Meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 6pm, at the Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Come learn why we are undertaking this campaign and four ways you can get involved: Grassroots, Grasstops, Communications/Media, and Digital.

Friday, February 16, 12noon-1pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.

The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), in cooperation with the OSU Office of Energy and Environment and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), is pleased to present the first of three events for Spring 2018, focusing on cities, water, and green infrastructure.

Panel Discussion: “Water and Cities in Ohio: Are We Prepared for Climate Change?”

Panelists:

Tuesday, February 13, 5-8pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

Cages are disabling and traumatizing environments. As a result, prisoners suffer from low morale. They also suffer from a variety of human rights abuses committed by jail and prison officials such as torture and “extremely-poor-quality health care.” These forms of violence are state-sanctioned. Therefore, we can’t expect meaningful oversight of Ohio’s concentration camps to come from the state.

Wednesday, February 7, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave., Rm. 23

Join Cesar Vargas and other activists/allies across Ohio to help champion a Clean Dream Act and fight for justice for the 11 million undocumented immigrants. Cesar Vargas will share his story; a short training will follow.