Our friends at Trinity invite you to attend this vital workshop on Saturday.

Saturday, January 31 from 9:00am – 12:15pm

Trinity on Capitol Square

Do you find yourself asking the following questions?

• As Christians how do we take the principles we hear from the pulpit and apply them in a Christlike way to our shared public life in Ohio?
• How do we counter the extremism operating in our state without cultivating hate for others?
• How can the church be a place of healing and liberation for both the oppressor and the oppressed?
• How does the Ohio statehouse work?
• How can we begin to organize for the dignity of our neighbors and affect meaningful policy change at the state level now?

Join us on Saturday, January 31 to explore each of these questions and more as we welcome guest speakers Maria Bruno, Rachel Coyle and the Rev. Nick Bates to inspire, inform and catalyze our commitment to loving our neighbors in Ohio.

• Keynote Speaker, Maria Bruno, Executive Director of Ohioans Against Extremism, will offer a compelling vision of how we fight extremism in Ohio’s state and local government by building community, holding out hope for transformation and not spreading hate.
• Workshop Leader, Rachel Coyle, policy director at Honesty for Ohio Education and programs director for Ohioans Against Extremism, will lead her fabulous seminar “How Things Work at the Ohio Statehouse?” for a non-partisan nuts and bolts look at both the political process that results in bills being passed and how to advocate effectively for issues in Ohio.
• Small Group Facilitator, Lutheran Deacon, the Rev. Nick Bates, Executive Director of The Hunger Network and Interim ED of The Ohio Council of Churches, will share how people of faith are currently organizing at the state level and facilitate small group discussions for how we can leave this gathering ready to engage as Episcopalians.

PLEASE INVITE ANYONE INTERESTED AND RSVP HERE: https://forms.gle/GvorxkEtRPEtgeUD6