Upcoming Events.

We have moved our meetings to the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:00pm at St. Paul's Episcopal, 2651 California St. Columbus, Indiana.  Please check the home page for the exact day and time of our next meeting as we something have to move things.  See below for additional events/marches throughout the year. 

Upcoming Events

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Saturday Sept. 19 – Suffragette Centennial Car Parade:   From The Republic: As part of its annual participation in Constitution Day, this year IUPUC is honoring the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment by sponsoring a one-hour car parade on Saturday.  Beginning at 12:30 p.m., the parade is co-sponsored by the Centennial Suffrage Society, a small non-partisan group of Bartholomew County women and the IUPUC Constitution Day Committee.  The Suffrage Centennial Car Parade will start in the IUPUC parking lot, wind its way through Columbus touring several neighborhoods and senior care facilities, and end at Mill Race Park. The parade route can be found at http://bit.ly/suffrage-parade-columbus.  The lead car will be decorated to honor the first women to register to vote in Bartholomew County, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hubbard and Fanny Davis Johnson. They were members of Second Baptist Church of Columbus at the time.  The event organizers are inviting student groups, local organizations and businesses, and the general public to commemorate this historic event by decorating their car with flags, banners, sashes or costumes of some sort, and joining the parade. United States suffragette colors were purple, white and gold, and yellow roses also played a symbolic role in the movement.  “Voting rights are important for all people,” said Dr. Pamela Morris of the Centennial Suffrage Society. “As our country continues to evolve as a democratic society, we must remain vigilant in our efforts to ensure that all citizens receive and maintain their right to vote.”  Those interested should bring their decorated cars to the IUPUC parking lot no later than 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, or contact the Centennial Suffrage Society by emailing Dr. Pamela Morris (pammorri@iupuc.edu) or Cate Hyatt (catehyattiu@gmail.com).

Wednesday Sept. 23 – Sen. Mike Braun’s Mobile Office in Columbus  From Braun’s office: United States Senator Mike Braun's staff will be in your area soon!  We are here to assist you with any issues you are having with federal agencies, listen to concerns about pending or future legislation, and help address any other topics you may want to discuss.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we are asking anyone wishing to attend the Mobile Office RSVP and work with our staff to schedule a time to discuss how our office can be of assistance.  You may do so by emailing Regional Director John Moton at John_Moton@braun.senate.gov. Our staff will be wearing face coverings for your safety and theirs and we encourage you to consider doing so as well to remain consistent with Indiana’s “Back on Track” Phase 4 recommendations.  Further, we ask you to respect social distancing recommendations with staff during your meeting and with other attendees while coming or going.     Please see below for details:  Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020  Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM  Location:   Columbus City Hall  123 Washington Street  Columbus, IN 47201  If you need immediate assistance with a federal agency, please complete, print, and sign the attached Privacy Release Form. You may bring this form to one of our mobile office hours or you can send it to the Senator’s state office by mail at 115 N. Pennsylvania Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46204 or via email to braun_casework@braun.senate.gov. You may also contact the Senator about any casework issues by visiting our federal agency assistance page. 
 
If you have an opinion regarding legislation before the Senate or a policy concern, you may also contact the Senator directly by visiting our website.  Thank you!     Office of Senator Mike Braun  P: (317) 822-8240

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Saturday, July 11th, 8pm, Mill Race - Solidarity Rally

Monday, Feb 10th, 7:30 AM, Donner Center - Third House Session  Bills for the 2020 Session 

Monday, Feb 10th, 7-8:30 PM, Democratic Headquarters 1417 Chestnut Street - BCSC Referendum Q & A 


Tuesday, Feb 11th, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Summerville Room, Columbus Learning Center - The End of Policing -  Alex S. Vitale Professor Sociology Brooklyn College

Monday, February 17th, at 6:30 pm. North Christian Church. Indiana Gubernatorial Town Hall with Dr. Woody Myers.   For info.

Tuesday, February 24th, 1-3 pm. UUCI Sanctuary, 7850 W. Goeller Rd. Video Interview with Nikole Hannah Jones, New York Times lead reporter on the 1619 Project.

Thursday, February 26th, 6-8 pm. Red Room at the Library Video Interview with Nikole Hannah Jones, New York Times lead reporter on the 1619 Project.


Monday, March 9th, 7:30 AM, Donner Center - Third House Session Bills for the 2020 Session

Monday, January 13th, at 9:30am. Indiana State Library Moms Demand Action Advocacy Day. We will go over the bills that we support and oppose, and how to speak to your legislators or their staff about the legislation. We will then walk to the State House, meet with legislators, and take part in a day of visibility.

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 6:30 pm, at the Red Room of Bartholomew County Library - Presentation by and Discussion with Jeff White, IU Bloomington Professor of Environmental Science and Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, sponsored by Sierra Club, Winding Waters Group; Bartholomew County Indivisible; Energy Matters; CNHS Environmental Club.
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Thursday, Oct 24th, Doors open at 6:45, film to start at 7:15,  at the Yes Cinema.  A free public viewing of the film, Right to Harm.  The even features Bucetto's Pizza - grab dinner (and support our local independent theater) and join the discussion of the public health consequences of factory farms on their neighbors.


Friday, Sept. 20, 5:30 – 8 pm, at the art exhibit “Thank U Next”, Washington Street between 6th and 7th Streets, hosted by Cooking Across Cultures - an outdoor pitch-in picnic on Washington St. between 6th and 7th street.

Saturday, Sept. 21, 6 – 8 pm, at First Presbyterian Church, 512 7th Street, Columbus – “Faithfully Moving from Crisis to Response: Climate Change and Creativity”. An interactive workshop with Abby Mohaupt. Childcare and light lunch provided. More information at www.beaneventseries.com

Sunday, Sept. 22, 4 – 6 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Bloomington (2120 Fee Lane) - Charlie vs Goliath, an entertaining and thought-provoking documentary sponsored by Common Cause. Free-will fundraiser to help raise the resources needed to reform Indiana's redistricting process to reflect fair maps in 2021. 

Saturday, Sept 14th, 9-10:30 am, in the basement conference room of Blackerby’s Hangar 5 Restaurant at Columbus Municipal Airport, 4770 Ray Boll Blvd. - City Candidate Forum, sponsored by the Bartholomew County Landlord Association. Doughnuts and coffee provided.
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Saturday, Aug 24, 3pm, Columbus City Hall - Soft Civic Exhibit Columbus "We the People"
Link to the Preamble.  The Preamble 

Saturday, May 18th, 12pm, Columbus City Hall - Rally to amend the recent Hate/Bias Bill

Sunday, May 19th, 2pm (doors open at 1:15), Factory 12 Event Loft - Register here

Monday, April 22nd, 7:30 AM, Columbus City Hall - Third House Session

Saturday, April 13th, 12:00 - 4:00 PM, Columbus Pride Festival, 5th Street, Library Plaza

Monday, March 25th, 7:30 AM, Columbus City Hall - Third House Session

Thursday, March 14,  5:30 - International Women's Day. Presented by IUPUC Liberal Arts Division & Zonta
Where: Columbus Learning Center (Summerville Room).

Thursday, March 7, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 pm  Brown County Public Library, lower level  - Join us for a presentation (Julia Vaughn, of Common Cause, will be the featured speaker) and workshop on ending the practice of Gerrymandering in the State of Indiana.  Members and the general public are welcome. 

Thursday, March 7, 6:30 PM, St. Pauls Episcopal Church, - Gabriel Filippelli speak on behalf of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute
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​Monday, February 25th, 7:30 AM, Columbus City Hall - Third House Session

​Monday, January 28th, 7:30 AM, Columbus City Hall - Third House Session - This was a good BCI presence at this show up event.

Tuesday, January 8th 11:30, Indiana State House  -  Indiana Forward (formally the Indiana Alliance Against Hate) Press Conference. 

​​Thursday, Nov 8th 5:30 PM - Rally, City Hall, Response to Sessions Firing new AG appointment.   

Thursday, Oct 18th 6:30 PM - Local Candidate Forum - More to come.
Where: IUPUC Learning Center

Saturday, Oct 20th 1:00-5:00 PM - Human Library
Where: Bartholomew Country Library Red Room

​Thursday, Sep 6th 6:30 PM - BCI Meeting - Dr. Roberto Garcia & Dr. Lawrence Davidson, “Effect of Trade & Tariffs on Indiana”
Where:  Columbus Learning Center (IUPUC)

​Wednesday, Aug 29th at 6:30 - Just the Facts “A Conversation on Current Immigration Law and Policy”
Where: First Presbyterian Church 512 7th Street.

Thursday, Aug 16th at 6:30 - BCI Meeting - Mr. Fran Quigley  Come listen to Mr. Quigley as he demystifies statistics and terminology and offers solutions to the problems that block universal access to medicines.  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2651 California St. 
More information similar to Fran's presentation  http://www.pnhp.org/pharmamedia

​Tuesday, July 10th at 6:30 informational meeting about the impact of a proposed 11,000-hog CAFO on water quality and property values.  Hope United Methodist Church ,  432 Washington Street Hope, IN  
(Make a note to also attend: The Bartholomew County Board of Zoning Appeals is scheduled to hear the appeal for conditional use and variance for this CAFO on Monday, July 23rd at 7:00 (location to be determined))

June 27, 5:30 - Gen Silent "A Documentary Film About LGBT Seniors"  This award-winning documentary shares the stories of six lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors, exploring how they deal with and often conceal their sexual orientation, gender identity, spouses, and friend in order to survive in the care system.  Call MRC to register 812-376-9241.  Free and Open to the community.

June 20th 5:30 - , Rally for the Refugees, City Hall (Columbus IN) 
Hosted by Bartholomew County Indivisible Immigration Subcommittee.
Come with signs to let Sessions, Mike Pence and Donald Trump know that separating children from their parents at the border is unacceptable and is crossing a moral line.  (Event Video)

June 18th, 6:00 - 9:00 PM Screening of the film 13 followed by a panel discussion, presented by Nadia Lomax.   Columbus Learning Center.
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​June 16th, Juneteenth 4:00 - 7:00 PM   NAACP sponsored event, 4th Street, Downtown Columbus.

May 4, 6:00 - 10:00 PM, Inside /Outside Art Show - A collection of visual, audio,  and written works by both free and incarcerated artists.  Rabble Coffee 2119 E 10th 


May 2 at 6:00 pm – In the Voice of a Child: from Grief to Hope at North Christian Church. Featuring area elementary school choirs, the Columbus Children’s Choir & the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, as well as children in grades 5 & 6 who will express through poems and creative writing their feelings and concerns following the school shooting in Florida.
April 25, 7:00 PM, Indiana Climate Change Impact Assessment. Dr. Jeffrey Dukes, Director of Purdue's Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC) Columbus Learning Center Auditorium.

April 21 at 2:00 - Black Lives Against Gun Violence, a vigil and march at City Hall.

April 14 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Columbus Pride event on 4th Street, Erin Bailey’s senior project featuring vendors, food and music.

April 9 at 6:30 pm in the Red Room of the Library - a Local and State Candidate Forum, sponsored by BCI, the Sierra Club, and Energy Matters Community Coalition.

April 5, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - Sensible Solutions for Safety: a Community Forum at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

April 4 at 4:00 – 6:30 pm – Young Voices: Creatively Expressing What We Have No Words For at the Commons. Students in grades 7 – 12 express through music, art and drama their concerns for school safety.

March 24 at 11:00 am - March for Our Lives rally at the *Indiana Statehouse (*this is a change from previous plans in order to accommodate a larger crowd).

Link to Past Events:

Link to Feb 2018 Dreamer Rally
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