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Ohio students unite to reject Project 2025 and rally against hate

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WHAT: Students, faith leaders, and Ohioans are coming together for a powerful rally in Columbus to oppose Project 2025 and its architects, convening in the city for the Essential Summit--an effort to co-opt faith in the name of hate. Our diverse coalition is making it clear: hatred and attempts to undermine our freedoms have no place in our state.

WHEN: Thursday, October 3rd, 4:00 PM

WHERE: Outside the Columbus Convention Center located at 400 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215 

WHO:  

Students from colleges across Ohio organized by the Ohio Student Association

Interfaith coalition of religious leaders led by the Amos Project

Concerned citizens from Springfield, Portage County, Columbus, and beyond

Advocacy groups fighting to preserve freedoms

Tell Congress to Act Now on Federal Cannabis Reform

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There are several promising incremental reform bills that if enacted would move federal cannabis policy in a positive direction — and benefit millions of Americans. Most recently, the Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment (DOOBIE) Act, a bill that would prevent federal agencies from considering past cannabis use in employment suitability or security clearance decisions, passed a Senate committee and is now headed to the full Senate for consideration. 

In addition to the DOOBIE Act, there are also several other key incremental cannabis reform bills circulating in Congress. Passing these bills would be a major step forward for our movement and further build the momentum for comprehensive federal cannabis legalization.

Looking for Progressive candidates in Columbus? Look no further than the West Side

Christine Cockley

Some neighborhoods on the West Side are in dire need of compassionate, empathetic and shared experienced leadership. Welcome news is how a fresh-faced progressive Democrat – Hilltop resident Christine Cockley – is poised to win Ohio House District 6 this November, which encompasses most of Columbus’s West Side.

If anyone has any doubt whether a progressive is best qualified to take on the disheartening and daunting challenges of some West Side neighborhoods, just take a drive down Sullivant Avenue where poverty and despair continue to besiege several neighborhoods. Where the numbers of addicted and houseless keep growing – in lock step with the rising cost of housing, spurred on by landlord greed and the gentrification of some West Side neighborhoods.

Certainly, few from the Ohio GOP care much about the West Side, if rarely a thought. Local establishment Democrats, such as Mayor Ginther, have had plenty of time to affect change, but little has on Sullivant Avenue over the previous decade.

City Divestment Training

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Monday, September 30, 2024, 8:00 PM
Over the last few months, activists have gained unprecedented achievements in pushing their cities to divest from genocidal Israel’s war machine. Join us for a training session with experts at American Friends Service Committee on how divestment works, what to consider before launching a campaign in your city, and how to win.

Hoodwinked in the Hothouse

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The title is Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Resist False Solutions to Climate Change, and it is now in its third edition and can be accessed—for free—online. The book was put together by “an international coalition of organization and activists,” relates the “Hoodwinked Collaborative” that “was convened to produce and distribute the groundbreaking publication on false solutions to the climate crisis.”

Tell your Senators: No more weapons to Israel

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When you click "Call me" below, you will receive a phone call on the number you provided and be patched through to your Senator. You will be able to view a script at this time. After you deliver a message, press * (star) to be connected to your next Senator. If you don't get through, please leave a voicemail.

For the first time in U.S. history, there will be a vote in Congress to block weapons to Israel. Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch, and Jeff Merkley have introduced Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to stop a $20 billion weapons shipment approved by the Biden administration. 

The Israeli military has massacred over 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza. The grief, sorrow, and pain is endless. And it is funded and enabled by the Biden administration as it continues to arm the genocidal Israeli government. Congress must intervene. 

Call your Senators immediately and tell them to block these weapons, and to support a full arms embargo on the Israeli government to save Palestinian lives.

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