Meeting

Saturday, September 2, 2:15-4pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Central Ohio Street Medic Collective is hosting an information session and light training on how to protect yourself and treat others when exposed to chemical weapons.

You will learn about

• gaining consent

• the types of weapons and their effects

• the proper tools and tactics to decontaminate

• how to ground yourself within chaotic situations

Saturday, September 2, 7pm, Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Ave.

Columbus provides security, safety, and opportunity to many of its residents — but not to all. There is a clear pattern in Columbus, in Ohio, and across the country, of unjustifiable violence and killing of young black men. We need accountability and we need a new direction.

Thursday, October 5, 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, October 5, 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.

Wednesday, October 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.

Please note that this is a new meeting location; parking will be available in the library’s parking garage.

Contact: centralohio@jvp.org

Sunday, October 1, 7pm, King Ave. United Methodist Church, 299 King Ave.

Talking about race, faith, and sexuality isn’t always easy but it’s needed now more than ever. King Ave. United Methodist Church is proud to welcome social justice activist and LGBT worship leader Darren Calhoun to Columbus on Sunday, October 1 at 7pm to share his personal journey to bridge the divide that exists between racial and sexual inclusivity.

Tuesday, September 26, 5:30-7pm, ACLU of Ohio, 1108 City Park Ave., Ste. 203

Monday, September 25, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: “Thou Shalt Not Kill: Courage to Resist,” with guest speaker Robert Weilbacher

Robert Weilbacher will tell us about his background that had led to his military service, his service as a combat medic stationed in South Korea, his transition to Conscientious Objection, and the life that came afterwards.

Friday, September 22, 7pm, Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church, 2350 Indianola Ave.

Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17, Howard University [Armour J. Blackburn University Center], 2397 Sixth Street, NW, Washington, DC

The United States Congress does not represent the people who live and work in the United States. Given the threat posed by the Trump regime, the people must take matters into our own hands, together, and claim the power we already have.