Community

Friday, September 11, 2-3pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

We Are Not Afraid is the second film in the National Museum of American Religion’s “Religious Thought During Times of National Crisis” series. This film explores how religious thoughts animated the responses of some Americans, mostly in New York City, on September 11, 2001, as they experienced the terrorist attacks that killed over 3,000 people on that day alone.

Saturday, September 13, 3-5pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.

Speakers

• Ramon Obey, Local Mutual Aid campaigns

• James Hayes, Columbus Safety Collective

• Discussion of Israeli State Bond Divestment Campaign

Schedule

2-3pm: Voter Registration training

2:30-4pm: Potluck meal and presentations/updates

4-5pm: Conversation and clean up.

Potluck dishes are welcome!

Come early at 2pm and participate in a voter registration training.

Co-hosted by Simply Living.

Saturday, September 13, 12noon-2pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Parsons Branch], 1113 Parsons Ave. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

Saturday, September 13, 11am-1pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Northside Branch], 1423 N. High St.

Friday, September 12, 6:30-11pm, Creekside Conference and Event Center, 101 Mill St., Unit 300, Gahanna, Ohio

Tickets include reception, dinner, dance, silent auction, one raffle ticket, and a cash bar.

The meal will include the following items.

• Buffet entrees

• Salad

• Chicken Marsala

• Pan Seared Filet

• Seared Salmon

• Vegetarian [chef choice]

• Dessert

Music [with a D.J. and dance] will follow the program.

Thursday, September 11, 8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join Heather White and author Brian Blackmore in discussion of the newly published To Hear and to Respond: The Quakers’ Groundbreaking Push for Gay Liberation, 1946-1973 (Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2025).

Thursday, September 11, 4:30-7:30pm, Weinland Park, 1280 Summit St.

We’re visiting Columbus communities to connect you — our neighbors — to vital resources, delicious food, live music, and so much more. Best of all, the Rise Up CBUS! events are free! Visit Columbus.gov/RiseUpCBUS for other events and more information.

Hosted by City of Columbus Department of Neighborhoods.

Wednesday, September 10, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Listen in to our webinar about radioactive oil and gas waste brine road spreading, an issue that has come up in Ohio’s Legislature. What do Ohio’s state agencies have to say on the matter? Learn how you can help us speak to the Representatives on the Natural Resources Committee who need to hear about this!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Wednesday, September 10, 6-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Do you have questions about legally changing your or your child’s name and/or gender designation on various identity documents in Ohio? Join us for a free legal clinic!

Through the partnership of TransOhio and Equitas Health, with support from local community groups, the Ohio Name Change Legal Clinic offers confidential virtual discussions with trained volunteer attorneys to help navigate the process! Come with all of your questions and leave with the paperwork you need.

Wednesday, September 10, 4-6pm, OSU Research Commons [18th Avenue Library, third floor], 175 W. 18th Ave.