Meeting

Saturday, February 24, 9:30am-1pm, Parsons Branch Library, 1113 Parsons 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 14, 7pm, Page Hall [Rm. 020], 1810 College Rd.

Public discourse on Islam often opines that Islam still stands in need of a Reformation similar to the Reformation of European Christianity. What this discourse misses, however, is that early modern Muslim societies did witness the rise of Reformist thought. This talk examines the most important Sunni expression of Reformist thought in modern Sunni Islam — Salafism — and explores some of the reasons why it failed to achieve much of its political program and reformist aims.

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

This month’s program: “Building Community and Protecting the Vulnerable: The Power of Fact-based Communications and the Pro-Truth Pledge.”

Saturday, February 10, 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>

Thursday, March 1, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

We are the Columbus branch of the International Socialist Organization. We are opposed to all oppression and fight for a world centered around human need, not corporate greed. We are students, community members, workers, and activists. We are socialists.

Contact: iso.columbus@gmail.com

Thursday, March 1, 6-8pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

Join us for our monthly public meeting. SURJ is a multi-racial group organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice.

Email SURJColumbusOH@gmail.com with any questions.

Monday, February 26, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: Greg Pace will talk about the current work 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 FCNL Central Ohio Advocacy team is to reduce the most urgent risk of nuclear war in a generation — with North Korea.

Contact: cohioansforpeace@gmail.com

Monday, February 26, 7-8pm, Central Ohio Transit Authority [COTA] headquarters [William J. Lhota Building], William G. Porter Boardroom, 33 N. High St.

The Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee [ATAC] meets quarterly and 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.

Contact: Tonia L. Pullins, Mobility Coordinator, 614-275-5833 or PullinsTL@COTA.com

Monday, February 26, 3:30-5pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.

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

Topic: a presentation by Zack Johnson, the Executive Director of Call To Action.

Sponsored by Call To Action (CTA), a national organization of Catholics working together to foster peace and justice in our world, our church, and ourselves. Call To Action is the country’s largest church reform organization.