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Travel the world without leaving Columbus – If you’re looking for fun things to do in Columbus, this guided culinary tour will introduce you to some of the best international food in the city. We’ll experience Filipino cuisine, eat Vietnamese sandwiches, sample Yemeni food, try some Brazilian delicacies, enjoy Mexican bakery desserts… and more. This unique city tour centers on the thriving immigrant neighborhoods near Cleveland Avenue, where much of Columbus’ new American community lives, eats, and plays.

Join us in our comfortable 14-passenger van and learn about the cuisines and cultures of some of Columbus’s finest immigrant kitchens. If you’re a food lover, this tour is not to be missed!

This food tour is priced at $76 and includes: tastings at five stops; air-conditioned van transportation and an experienced guide with plenty of local culinary knowledge. This tour runs on Friday evenings at 6pm. If you would like to be wait listed for a tour date that is sold out please email waitlist@columbusfoodadventures.com

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A spectacular group of artistic voices takes the stage. Yin Yue, director of YYDC and founder of FoCo technique, creates a World Premiere. Ma Cong returns to BalletMet with the Columbus debut of Flight of Fancy, featuring music by Oliver Davis. Edwaard Liang's highly acclaimed Seasons captivates audiences once more with its beautiful organic shapes and music from Vivaldi's Four Seasons as reimagined by Max Richter. Together these Asian Voices dance out loud.

Fri, Mar 15 8:00 - 9:30 PM

Sat, Mar 16. 8:00 - 9:30 PM

Sun, Mar 17. 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Thu, Mar 21. 7:30 - 9:00 PM

Fri, Mar 22. 8:00 - 9:30 PM

Sat, Mar 23. 8:00 - 9:30 PM

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FREE EXHIBIT
See the first museum exhibition dedicated to Sarah Maldoror (1929–2020), a trailblazing French filmmaker hailed as the “mother of African cinema.” A survey of Maldoror’s multifaceted career, the exhibition includes film projections and archival documentation that highlight her involvement with anti-colonial and anti-racist movements across Africa, the Caribbean, and metropolitan France. The exhibition also features works by modern and contemporary artists.

Location:
1871 N. High Street

Columbus, OH 43210

Dates available:
3/19/2024, 3/20/2024, 3/21/2024, 3/22/2024, 3/23/2024, 3/24/2024, 3/26/2024, 3/27/2024, 3/28/2024, 3/29/2024, 3/30/2024, 3/31/2024, 4/2/2024, 4/3/2024, 4/4/2024, 4/5/2024, 4/6/2024, 4/7/2024, 4/9/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/11/2024, 4/12/2024, 4/13/2024, 4/14/2024, 4/16/2024, 4/17/2024, 4/18/2024, 4/19/2024, 4/20/2024, 4/21/2024, 4/23/2024, 4/24/2024, 4/25/2024, 4/26/2024, 4/27/2024, 4/28/2024

By way of stunning photographs and stories, meet a group of Central Ohio residents who were once forced to flee their homes and become among the millions of refugees who have found hope and resilience in the face of adversity.

Through the lens of award-winning photographer Tariq Tarey, discover how these individuals endured their arduous journeys to find a place to rebuild their lives. They aren’t just numbers. They are people with stories to share.

Admission is FREE!

145 East Main Street

Lancaster, OH 43130

740-681-1423

Time:

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Recurrence:

Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Works by Kristin Capp, Claudia Esslinger, John Ganis, William Garnett, Bruce Linn, Nick Stull, Tariq Tarey, and Ricky Weaver.

This exhibit supports Ohio Wesleyan University’s first year seminar, How to Change Your World. The interdisciplinary course examines wide ranging issues impacting global society today. This companion exhibition offers unique perspectives on social change and human adaptation. The 8 artists assembled for Move raise awareness and challenge viewers to reimagine the future.

60 S. Sandusky St.

Delaware, OH 43015

740-368-3606

The Grange Insurance Audubon Center and Columbus Audubon teamed up in 2021 to create the Native Plant Backyard Challenge. Over 500 households have taken the challenge. We’re looking for new and returning households in central Ohio to transform or develop their outdoor spaces into native habitats. The NPBYC will include access to resources, workshops to provide information about the world of native plants, gardening, and biodiversity, and plenty of opportunities to engage with the community.

Grange Insurance Audubon Center

505 W. Whittier St.

Columbus, OH 43215

An Interactive Abstract Painting workshop with artist Mah Leah Cochran

These two consecutive Abstract Painting workshops will introduce you to the mission of Audubon, inspire you to create an abstract painting, and provides an opportunity for you to display your paintings in a community exhibition. All paintings created in these workshops are eligible to be on display at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center May 11-12 to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day.

With a passion for expressing life through art, Mah Leah Cochran's works feature themes involving nature and the human condition. Her art is characterized by its broad diversity of subject, symbolism, color, texture and form. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mah Leah Cochran holds degrees in Economics and Political Science with a minor in International Affairs from Hofstra University in New York. She has devoted much of her energy to helping others both in her career and in her humanitarian work around the world.

Mah Leah has traveled extensively to work with NGOs including Doctors for Life International in Africa and also with many other organizations in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas. For additional information visit www.mahleahart.com.

WORKSHOP FEE FOR BOTH PAINTING DATES IS $60/PERSON AND INCLUDES ALL SUPPLIES. WORKSHOP FEE FOR ONE WORKSHOP IS $40/PERSON AND INCLUDES ALL SUPPLIES

Saturday, March 9, 2024 11A-1P Saturday, April 6, 2024 11A-1P COMMUNITY EXHIBITION WITH PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY: May 11-12, 2024

*PLEASE NOTE: WORKSHOPS ARE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION IF PARTICIPATION IS LESS THAN 8 PARTICIPANTS PER WORKSHOP.

Past Events

The Making African America symposium brought together fifty-three scholars, journalists, activists, curators, filmmakers and writers to discuss how immigration has shaped and is continuing to reshape what it means to be Black in the United States.

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Location: Otterbein University Campus Center
100 W Home St, Westerville, OH 43081

Your ticket includes a handcrafted bowl made by Columbus Academy students, a bowl of soup (served in a disposable bowl), bread, cookie, and beverageThe Westerville Habitat Partnership group raises funds for Habitat for Humanity of Delaware and Union county homes construction. This event provides monies to purchase the materials used to construct the walls of the homes built.

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Location: Burke HallGranville, OH 43023
Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Dear Ukraine: A Global Community Poem Dear Ukraine is a global community poem that provides a space for individuals around the world to speak to the unfolding atrocities of the war against Ukraine and its people.Olga Morozova and her students from the College of Arts and Design of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design continue to create and study art while under fire. Despite the days and nights of shelling, the piercing howl of sirens, and anxiety of from this unjust war.

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Accra! The Rise of a Global Art Community showcases the work of 19 artists who have deep connections to Accra, Ghana and their impact on global art discourse. Over the past five years the ‘Ghana School’ has emerged as an influential group of artists who have reshaped the contemporary art landscape. The exhibition features 28 works by artists such as Amoako Boafo, Gideon Appah, Zohra Opoku, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Kenturah Davis and Derek Fordjour. Portraits, abstraction, textiles, works on papers and sculpture explore cultural identities, political histories, mythology, trauma and healing. The works challenge and redefine traditional art historical narratives, inviting viewers to engage with a new perspective.

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Undesign the Redline is an interactive exhibit that explores the history of structural racism caused by the 1938 redlining maps and how this inequality continues to impact our communities today, focusing on the ways in which we can come together to “undesign” these systems with intentionality.

Systemic challenges today, like inequalities in housing, education, income, criminal justice, and health are far from separate issues. These challenges are rooted in a deep and entangled history of policies, practices, and processes that remain hidden and misunderstood. Undesign the Redline explores these challenges, reframes them as opportunities, and grounds discussions about race, wealth, opportunity, and power in an honest context that is not about guilt and blame.

This allows everyone to contribute value to the design and development of new projects, partnerships, and decisions that seek to transform communities and move beyond the challenging – and often clouded – situation of our entangled past. The Undesign the Redline exhibit travels nationally to cities, towns, and communities.

It has been localized for Columbus by a committee of local experts and historians, and it will be here for the next several months so that we can learn together, activate, and mobilize into a strong “we” capable of transformation.

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Manna’s film Wild Relatives (2018) follows the rebuilding of a seed bank after the Syrian war forced its relocation from Aleppo, via the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, to neighboring Lebanon. In Foragers (2022), Manna moves between fiction and documentary to chronicle the confrontations between Palestinian pickers of the wild-growing herbs ’akkoub and za’atar and the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority, which has classified these plants as endangered. The foragers’ refusal and the punishments they face, from large fines to potential jail time, at times take on an absurdist and comical tone that raises key questions around the politics of extinction—namely who determines what gets to live on and how.

Break, Take, Erase, Tally brings together nearly 20 works and presents both films, Foragers and Wild Relatives, in conversation with a new installation of sculptures that take inspiration from the fragmented remains of khabyas, traditional and now-obsolete structures for grain storage in the Levant (historically, the region along the eastern Mediterranean shores, roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas.).

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USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) plays a leading role in Federal research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households. In this webinar, ERS Economist Matthew Rabbitt provided an overview of USDA’s annual report on the prevalence and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households in 2022.

The report includes changes in food insecurity from previous years, the prevalence of food insecurity by selected household characteristics, and food insecurity among children.

Food-insecure households are defined as having had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. Food-secure households are defined as having had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.

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Tackle football has been primarily viewed as a male sport, but at a time when men’s participation rates are decreasing, an increasing number of women are entering the gridiron-and they have a long history of doing so. Women’s American Football is a narrative history of girls and women participating in American Football in the United States since the 1920s, when a women’s team played at halftime during an early NFL game. The women’s game became more organized in 1974, when the National Women’s Football League was established, with notable teams such as the Dallas Bluebonnets, Toledo Troopers, Oklahoma City Dolls, and Detroit Demons.

Based on extensive interviews with women players and focusing closely on leagues, teams, and athletes since the passage of Title IX in 1972, Russ Crawford illuminates the rich history of the women who have played football, breaking barriers on and off the field.

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Innosanto Nagara is best known as the founder of Design Action Collective. His work is grounded in the philosophy: “do not design in a vacuum.” As a lifelong activist embedded in organizing communities, he always insists that the power of design be harnessed in the service of social change, and in partnership with boots-on-the-ground organizing efforts: “The other side spends millions of dollars annually pushing their agenda.

As a part of his wide-ranging career as a graphic artist and activist, Nagara has written numerous books for kids, including A is for Activist, C is for Community, The Wedding Portrait, M is for Movement, and Oh, The Things We’re For! You’ll get to hear Nagara read from his book My Night at the Planetarium, then participate in a kid-friendly Q&A with the author.

Pick up a free Nagara book and bring it to the book signing after the talk from 11 AM to noon. Additional Nagara books will be available for purchase in the Wexner Center Store.

Parents, if you have any questions about Zoom activities and films or their content, please email Wexner Center Community, Youth, and Family Programs Manager Jean Pitman at jpitman@wexarts.org.

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Kwanzaa is a 7 - day celebration that honors community, family and heritage of African American culture and African traditions. Kwanzaa comes from the Swahili word that means “first harvest” and is based on the principles of Nguzo Saba. Ohio History Connection and TAWI Family Village will present two days of Kwanzaa that will feature music, dance, storytelling and hands-on art activities.

The events at the Ohio History Center with be part of events that are taking place throughout the community. Activities at the Ohio History Center will only be held on December 29th and December 30th. The program is free but advance registration is recommended.

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The National Museum of the American Indian’s Native Cinema Showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film.

The National Museum of the American Indian’s Native Cinema Showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film. This year’s theme highlights films of Indigenous perseverance that inspire, uplift, and triumph against adversity—stories that prevail against the judicial system, generational trauma, and cultural appropriation through love and complex relationships, self-worth, and humor. The showcase provides a unique forum for engagement with Native filmmakers from Indigenous communities throughout the Western Hemisphere and Arctic.  

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Join us for a book talk with Mayor Steven Reed, first Black Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, and son of Joe Reed, civil rights leader. His recent book, First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today’s Civil Rights Movement, weaves the lessons Reed’s father taught him with those he learned the hard way, making his name in a world not built for him. Mayor Reed will be joined in conversation by Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Morning Edition. Signed books will be available courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises.

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Donna James is among Ohio’s most successful and admired executives. Her current challenge may be among the most significant of her accomplished career: helping a storied Ohio-based global fashion and style icon re-imagine and re-invent itself after decades of both astounding growth and calls for change. As board chair of Victoria’s Secret & Co., James is helping set the VS&Co. ship on a new course toward far greater inclusivity while working to win over new generations of younger customers who have their own diverse definitions of beauty. Join us for an in-depth conversation with Donna James and VS&Co.’s Chief Diversity Officer, Lydia Smith, plus industry expert Kimberly Minor as our moderator, as we reflect on career journeys and dive into the challenge of setting a globally-recognized brand up for success with a new generation of customers in an ever-changing fashion world.

Featuring Donna James, Board Chair, Victoria’s Secret & Co., and Managing Director, Lardon & Associates LLC, and Lydia Smith, Chief Diversity Officer, Victoria’s Secret & Co., with host Kimberly Minor, CEO, Bumbershoot, LLC.

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Franklinton Farms is a two acre, 12 site, scattered urban farm operating year-round in Columbus, Ohio.We currently manage; eleven food production sites, twelve high tunnels, a fruit tree orchard, a berry patch, a microgreens grow-room, a seedling start house, and a learning garden.

Franklinton Farms AUTUMN Tour Registration

We're so glad that you are interested in a Farm Tour!

On the day of your tour, please park at Franklinton Farms' office at 867 W. Town St. Columbus, OH 43222. We will meet outside the office doors and leave for a one-hour walking tour of our 12 scattered farm sites! We will have herbal tea ready to share with you :)

To register for more than one person, please submit the form once for each person who plans to come.

You will receive a Google Calendar invitation to the tour date you have selected; please accept the invitation to confirm your spot! If more than 15 people sign up for one slot, you will be notified that you're on a wait list for your selected date/time. If you are unable to attend your tour, please let Emma know by emailing emma.gardner@franklintonfarms.org.

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Community Ofrenda
October 17, 202310:00 AM–5:00PM Location: Columbus Museum of Art
480 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215

An ofrenda is an altar, built to honor lost loved ones. Visitors may add a memento, photo, or word to remember and celebrate someone special from their lives. The ofrenda was created by Renee Zamora, a Columbus artist who works with printmaking, mixed media and found objects. Artist Renee Zamora shares her story and one of her favorite parts about Día de los Muertos, the ofrenda.

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Represent YOUR High School!

Teams are composed of four to seven high school students and one advisor.
One team member is designated "Team Captain" and is in charge of a majority of the communication with the Zoo.
Advisors can be any faculty member of the school and not necessarily a science teacher.

The Teen Eco Summit (TES) is held in November at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and will host over 200 students as they prepare Conservation Action Plans for their schools and communities. Global experts will talk about conservation, sustainability, and leadership, and students will work with peers from around Ohio to brainstorm potential solutions to real world conservation problems.

This program continues throughout the year with participants connecting with community partners to learn vital skills that will help their projects, the ability to apply for grant funding, and touch points with the Teen Eco Summit team. The Summit concludes in the spring with a celebration event.

NEW THIS YEAR: To accommodate more schools, teams can choose to participate on either November 7th or November 8th!

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Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, will be walking through Columbus as part of her 6,000-mile journey through the United States this fall.

Her journey spans through more than 35 U.S. cities and towns over a two-month period of time, according to the Columbus Association for Performing Arts. She arrives in Columbus on Sept. 22.

“Anyone who has entered a foreign world knows the power of a warm welcome. We’re thankful to our hundreds of cultural partners who have thoughtfully organized events of welcome for Amal, allowing this young girl to learn about her new home and make new friends along the way,” said Nizar Zuabi, artistic director for The Walk Productions. “We invite Americans from every corner of the country to join us in not only welcoming Amal, but also empathizing with the millions of other migrants who have bravely entered this country in search of a better future.”

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LEGO competitions, math challenge, spelling bee, robotics, carnival game competitions, art challenges, and more!

We are excited to invite your family & friends to KidsLinked 9th annual Greater Columbus STEM & Arts Expo presented by Mater Academy Preparatory (11/5/23). This is your family's resource fair to find neat things to help grow your children's education. It includes LEGO competitions, math challenge, spelling bee, robotics, carnival game competitions, art challenges, and more. Plus education resources, products, technology, computers, science, financial planning and more items! Sign up soon, will fill up fast! -- First 200 receive special treat from Tim Hortons! –

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Represent YOUR High School!

Teams are composed of four to seven high school students and one advisor.
One team member is designated "Team Captain" and is in charge of a majority of the communication with the Zoo.
Advisors can be any faculty member of the school and not necessarily a science teacher.

The Teen Eco Summit (TES) is held in November at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and will host over 200 students as they prepare Conservation Action Plans for their schools and communities. Global experts will talk about conservation, sustainability, and leadership, and students will work with peers from around Ohio to brainstorm potential solutions to real world conservation problems.

This program continues throughout the year with participants connecting with community partners to learn vital skills that will help their projects, the ability to apply for grant funding, and touch points with the Teen Eco Summit team. The Summit concludes in the spring with a celebration event.

NEW THIS YEAR: To accommodate more schools, teams can choose to participate on either November 7th or November 8th!

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World Affairs Institute 2021

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Interview with TIME's Kid of the Year 2020

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Alt Eats Food Tour

Travel the world without leaving Columbus. This tour will introduce you to some of the best international food in the city.

Asian Voices

A spectacular group of artistic voices take the stage at Ballet Met.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AT THE OHIO HISTORY CENTER

Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema

Art of Bangladesh

From Struggle to Strength: Inspiring Journeys of Central Ohio's Refugee Community

Move: Mobility, Migration, and Belonging

2024 Native Plant Backyard Challenge Registration

Spring Migration Abstract Painting Workshops & Community Exhibition

Walk With a Doc

Past Events

Making African America Symposium

Available online for a limited time!

Westerville Habitat Partnership Soup for Shelter

Friday, December 5th

Art in a Time of War & Dear Ukraine: A Global Community Poem

Dates: September 6, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Accra! The Rise of a Global Art Community

Art Exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art

UNDESIGN THE REDLINE EXHIBIT

Hosted by Otterbein University & Westerville Public Library

Jumana Manna: Break, Take Erase, Tally

Hosted by Otterbein University & Westerville Public Library

Virtual Presentation: Household Food Security in the United States in 2022

Available online for a limited time!

Parting Words for the Parting Year

Discussions presented by the Harriet Beecher Stowe House: Focusing on moments in American history when eloquent voices arose, often from the margins, to address important issues, usually related to social justice, in culture and society.

OHIO - CHAMPION OF SPORTS BOOK TALK: WOMEN'S AMERICAN FOOTBALL: BREAKING BARRIERS ON AND OFF THE GRIDIRON

Sat, December 9th, 2pm-3pm

Participate in a kid-friendly artist talk with illustrator and author Innosanto Nagara.

Dec 09, 2023 10:00 AM

Kwanza 614 Celebration

December 26th - January 1st

ONLINE | Native Cinema Showcase 2023 by the American Indian Museum

Stream showcase films on demand beginning November 17, 12:01 AM ET, through November 24, 2023, 11:59 PM ET, on the Native Cinema Showcase 2023 website.

FREEHistorically Speaking: Steven Reed: First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today’s Civil Rights Movement (Virtual)

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 7 – 8 PM EST

Reimagining A Style GiantLive on Youtube

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 @ 12pm

Interested in sustainability!? Join the Franklinton Farm Tours and learn about urban farming!

November 14th

Community Ofrenda

Dates:October 17, 2023 - November 5, 2023

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Teen Eco Summit

November 7th and 8th

Little Amal Comes to Columbus!

September 22nd

Greater Columbus STEM & Arts Expo

Event Admission Free. November 5th 2023

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Teen Eco Summit

November 7th and 8th

Leading with Generosity with Paul Ninson, Photographer

On Feb. 15, Global Citizen's Australia team is bringing together incredible changemakers for their 'Seizing The Moment: Our New Path To A Poverty-Free World' virtual event! Don't miss this opportunity to learn, alongside Hugh Evans about how to make the world a better place!

World Affairs Institute 2021

Interview with TIME's Kid of the Year 2020

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Historically Speaking: Steven Reed: First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today’s Civil Rights Movement (Virtual)

Reimagining A Style Giant
Live on Youtube

Interested in sustainability!?
Join the Franklinton Farm Tours and learn about urban farming!

Dates:
October 17, 2023 - November 5, 2023

Event Admission Free.
November 5th 2023

Leading with Generosity with
Paul Ninson, Photographer

On Feb. 15, Global Citizen's Australia team is bringing together incredible changemakers for their 'Seizing The Moment: Our New Path To A Poverty-Free World' virtual event!

Don't miss this opportunity to learn, alongside Hugh Evans about how to make the world a better place!

More to be found on our Optional Events page!
New Opportunities Await!