Community

Tuesday, April 22, 10am, Salt Fork State Park, 69007 R-15, Cambridge, Ohio

GPS: 40.09143779308417, -81.488046018878

Note: Follow signs to Eco-Discovery Center on Park Road 15.

Join the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to celebrate the grand opening of the Eco-Discovery Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a tour of the new, sustainable center.

Save Ohio Parks is observing Earth Day by encouraging supporters to attend the official opening of Salt Fork State Park’s Eco-Discovery Center on Tuesday, April 22, at 10am.

Monday, April 21, 6:30-7:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

The Amos Project’s Black Women’s Health Initiative (BWHI) will host a special town hall featuring Congresswoman Joyce Beatty on Monday, April 21 at 6:30pm. This important community event aims to address critical health issues affecting Black women in Ohio.

Congresswoman Beatty, a longtime advocate for healthcare equity and women’s health issues, will discuss recent legislative efforts and will answer questions from community members about the ongoing healthcare challenges facing Black women.

Monday, April 21, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.

Sunday, April 20, 11am-1pm, Vida’s Plant Based Butcher, 1724 Northwest Blvd.

Join us for Easter lunch/brunch at our favorite vegan butcher, Vida’s Plant Based Butcher, for a dining experience on their patio! It looks like the weather will still be warm enough [fingers crossed].

Check out Vida’s menu here.

Vida’s has done a lot of good things for our community so let’s support them while enjoying a great brunch/lunch and socializing with friends.

Saturday, April 19, 5-7pm, Open Door Art Studio and Gallery, 1050 Goodale Blvd.

Celebrate the creativity of our community with our annual exhibition, “This Inspired That.” This year, we invite artists of Phoenix Rising to draw inspiration from the inspired works of Open Door artists. After selecting an Open Door work that speaks to them, Phoenix Rising artists will create a response piece. The two works will be displayed side by side in this collaborative exhibition.

Saturday, April 19, 2-4pm, El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant, 3230 Olentangy River Rd.

Every year, WGRN 91.9FM radio commemorates our Earth Day Birthday to celebrate our first broadcast in April 2016.

This year, we will partner with WCRS 92.7/98.3FM community radio to hold a special celebration at El Vaquero with food, drinks, an awards ceremony, and more!

This event is free and open to the public.

We will honor the following people.

Producer of the Year:

Saturday, April 19, 12noon, Eldorado’s Food & Spirits, 4968 N. High St.

The LBA [Lesbians Benefitting the Arts Ohio] is once again partnering with Eldorado’s Food & Spirits to bring you a celebration of Lesbian Visibility Month!

Schedule of Events:

• 12noon: Tracy Walker

• 1pm: Made of The Mist

• 2pm: Kitchen Table Players

• 2:20pm: Line dance and instruction

• 3pm: Lucky Blu

• 4pm: Donna Mogavero

• 5pm: Whitley Jean

There will also be vendors, art cars, a 50/50 raffle and more!

Friday, April 18, 6-9:30pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Friday, April 18, 4:30-7:30pm, Ground x Grind, 1106-1108 E. Main St.

In solidarity with and in honor of Black Maternal Health Week, running from April 11 to April 17, we invite you to join us for a screening of Aftershock, a free resource fair, and fundraiser for Ohio-based organizations that empower Black women and femmes! Aftershock centers the communities of Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac after their preventable tragic experience with the failure of the medical system.

Friday, April 18, 2pm, Thompson Library [on front of the William Oxley Thompson statue on the east side of the building], 1858 Neil Ave.

Speak Out for Free Speech: Hands Off International Students!

Free Mahmoud Khalil.

• Stand with immigrants

• Stand with Palestine

• Stand for free speech

• Resist police terror

• ICE: Hands off our students!