Tag: Community Engagement

Wednesday, February 25, 2026  7:00pm to 8:30pm

ORBITAL is a Booker Prize-winning novel about six astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) during a single 24-hour period, offering a lyrical, meditative look at Earth from space, exploring themes of life, humanity, loneliness, climate change, and our place in the cosmos through their observations and reflections as they orbit the planet.

In person at  Congregation Beth Adam,
10001 E. Loveland Madeira Rd, 45140
In-person RSVPs to
anne@bethadam.org

OR

To attend on Zoom,  please REGISTER HERE (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Fooc9AErS3G4JT3YOyRgSA#/registration)

Bring a dish to share and learn about how we can push back against authoritarianism using noncooperation tactics.

Peace Potluck
Wednesday, January 21
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Peaslee Neighborhood Center

Join us! Bring a dish to share or just yourself.

RSVP HERE

Free parking available

Bring a friend and sign holiday cards for people on death row!

Holiday Card Signing for People on Death Row
Monday, December 15, 2025
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Ignite Peace Office*
*Free Parking in the Peaslee Lot next to the building

This event seeks to recognize and celebrate all who work for peace and justice in our region. Everyone from Ignite Peace’s immigration justice, criminal justice, nonviolence and anti-racism work is invited!

Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Potluck
Friday, December 5, 2025
3:00-5:00PM
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
RSVP here

Learn how to canvass businesses in your neighborhood to share information about immigrant’s rights.

Business Canvassing Training
Tuesday, December 2
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Zoom – Register here

The World Affairs Council is partnering with the Contemporary Arts Center for a special Educator Workshop on Wednesday,  November 5th.

 

 

Saturday, October 4 @ 9 – 1pm at the Marianist Environmental Education Center at Mount Saint John in Beavercreek – Hosted by the Marianist Environment Education Center, this bus/car pilgrimage visits a variety of gardens in East Dayton, addressing how communities unite in being stewards of creation. This pilgrimage includes mass.

Saturday, September 27 @ 9 – 1pm at Bellarmine Chapel – Organized by the Healthy Earth Team of the Jesuit Parish Family (Bellarmine Chapel and St. Xavier Church), this bus/car pilgrimage will visit locations along the Mill Creek, once the most polluted urban stream in the United States, to learn about the impact of environmental degradation on local communities and successful mitigation and reclamation efforts. Stops include the Yellow Bridge, Beekman Corridor, and the Lick Run Greenway.

Saturday, September 13 @ 9 – 1pm at Aullwood Nature Center – This bus/car pilgrimage visits several locations in northwest Dayton ranging from a nature center, solar field, parish garden, and regenerative family farm. Learn how God has inspired communities and individuals to be loving stewards of God’s Creation.