Meeting

Friday, May 26, 7pm, Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church, 2350 Indianola Ave.

Saturday, May 20, 9:30am-3:30pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Why should workers organize? How can we build a diverse and inclusive economic justice movement? How does international trade policy hurt workers in Ohio? What is the Central Ohio Worker Center doing to address worker rights here in Columbus?

Workers of all industries and identities are under attack like never before — but we can build collective power through workplace organizing.

Thursday, June 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, June 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, May 22, 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

Saturday, May 20, 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.

Sunday, May 14, 3-5pm, Driving Park Branch Library, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.

The aim of this monthly reading group is to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) by providing holistic political education. We seek to create community-based interventions to IPV that do not rely on the police or governmental institutions.

We are currently reading “Creative Interventions Toolkit: An Invitation and Practical Guide for Everyone to Stop Violence.”

Sunday, May 14, 2-4pm, St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church [UCC], 59 E. Mound St.

Saturday, May 13, 11:30am-2pm, 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Ste. W200 [Secular Student Alliance office]

This month’s program: “The Why and How of a Plant-Based Diet”

Evan Thomas and Kaylyn Rhoads’ presentation will focus on the ethical reasons for increasing the consumption of plant-based foods and for decreasing the consumption of animal foods. Evan and Kaylyn rely on secular philosophical and empirical arguments to show that the production of animal foods is ethically undesirable because of the way in which it impacts animals, the environment, and human health.

Thursday, May 11, 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