Monday, March 6, 6:45pm
Northwood-High building, 2231 N. High St., parking in "R" spots in rear
We will watch the award winning film "Peace Officer" and follow up with a group discussion on the abuse of SWAT teams and how should majority white communities deal with their own experience of police violence? How can these communities find the proper way to build solidarity with other over policed and marginalized groups?
Peace Officer is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigative skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer-involved shootings in his community while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.

Sunday, March 6, 6pm
2120 E 5th Ave, Columbus, OH 43219-2577
Join the Central Ohio Worker Center (COWC) for an evening of community and great food.
The COWC has a simple but bold vision: to create a city where all laborers and immigrants are respected, valued, and included.

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