Friday, January 20, 11:30am-1:30pm, OSU Oval
Join us on the OSU Oval at 11:30am on Inauguration Day, Friday, January 20, to stand strong against Donald Trump’s racist, sexist, anti-immigrant agenda.
Students and non-students alike are welcome! Donald Trump and the Republican Party are preparing to unleash a storm of attacks on women, immigrants, the Muslim community, LGBTQ people, workers, and the environment. We must stand together in solidarity against Trump’s attempts to divide us! A huge national student strike will send a clear message to Trump, the billionaire class, and the Republican Party, that we reject their agenda of bigotry, hate, and division; that we reject their corporate policies to gut our social services and education. Hosted by Socialist Students Columbus. 
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Friday, January 20, 3:30-5pm, Bicentennial Park, 233 Civic Center Dr.
Help #disruptJ20 by demonstrating that the people of Columbus will not stand for local officials nor the President of this country continuing to militarize police forces. Meet at Bicentennial Park at 3:30pm for a brief march to the Columbus Police Department, 120 Marconi Blvd.; we will then take our demands to City Hall, 90 W. Broad St. We will then march back to Bicentennial Park at 5pm and will have a very short debriefing. Banners and signs will be covered by Showing Up for Racial Justice [SURJ] Columbus!The people of Columbus have seen firsthand the devastating results of a police department that is unaccountable to its residents with the killing of Henry Green and Tyre King this past year. Now, with the Columbus Police Department’s addition of LRAD (Long Ranging Acoustic Device) to their arsenal of military grade weapons, we are further experiencing the local effects of the national crisis of police militarization. LRAD is a military grade “sonic weapon”; its uses have been almost universally to silence the people and to protect the state. We find this movement towards a further militarized Columbus Police Department reprehensible and demand that our city return LRAD and reject additional federal funding for military-grade equipment. This event has been organized by a working group of Showing Up for Racial Justice [SURJ] Columbus, a local chapter of a national network of groups and individuals 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 justice with passion and accountability. SURJ provides a space to build relationships and skills and political analysis to act for change
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Rise/Resist Diversity World Cafe 
4:30 pm, Whetstone Community Shelterhouse, 3901 North High Street
We, of the Columbus United #GoFromHere - Diversity and Inclusion Community are building an education and collective conversational forum to direct the goals of diversity education and engagement. We begin with a forum to determine what (3) questions we need to ask each other and how we assess our direction as a result of responses. We're committed to opening and building a community table that represents everyone and seek to develop a deeper connection and understanding. Hosted by our Community Director Troy Anthony Harris and Facilitated by Dr. Melissa Crum of Mosaic Education Network, we will hold our conversation in Word Cafe format . Attendees are participants and will directly engage in evolving table discussions answering questions that help us define our motives and objectives for educating our selves and define our level of engagement with diverse communities.RSVP to participate is required for this event. This is a free event, yet donations are welcomed and the opportunity is offered online and at the event. Pre register: https://gfhdiocafe.eventbrite.com/

Exhale: Artist Talk
7 pm, Wild Goose Creative
an art talk along with Wildgoosecreative and Jamie Abbot. The topic is: How do current events and politics (primarily the election and Standing Rock) affect us as artists and our work.
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Rise Up And Resist: Counter inauguration event 
7:30 pm, Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Gird yourself for the coming struggle to preserve basic human rights and equal justice. The Kate Schulte Foundation presents Warriors for Justice in an inauguration day benefit for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the ACLU.
Many of Columbus’s finest performing artists will help support the SPLC's and ACLU's efforts fighting anticipated assaults on equal rights by the federal government. Featuring the Jazz Poetry Ensemble, Mark Lomax II, Donna Mogavero, Warriors for Justice a Capella (Debra James Tucker, Vicki Saunders, Tia Harris-Roseboro), Miller-Kelton Redux, Paisha Thomas, the Columbus Liberation Music Orchestra, and more. 
Rise Up and Resist is the first of many Kidd Jordans Place events! We want these events to be accessible to people of all income levels. Door tickets will be be Give What You Feel with no minimum donation. https://www.facebook.com/events/1816386318650300/

Reading the Taming- Inauguration Project
8 pm, Summit on 16th UMC, 82 E. 16th Ave.
We are part of The Inauguration Project. Lauren Gunderson invited theatres around the country to stage her play - The Taming - royalty free on Inauguration night. 25 theatres took her up on it. Sonda Staley, Jill Taylor Barnes & April Olt will participate in the reading. Don't sit at home & mope - come laugh with us. It's a 90 minute HILARIOUS show! (Aide to Senator Peter Baxter (R-GA) and A hipster activist and Miss Georgia are locked in a hotel room overnight - hilarity ensues.) Organizations such as Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Pro-Choice Cats of Central Ohio, and Summit on 16th UMC will be present if you are ready to get involved.
There is no charge for this event, but the organizations above and Summit on 16th UMC will gladly accept freewill offerings!
NOTE: This show is not appropriate for children.
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