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Mondays, 10/20/2025 and 10/27/2025 @ 6pm
Northern Lights Shopping Center, 3569 Cleveland Ave, Columbus.
Join local Moms Demand Action members to galvanize the residents to help stop gun violence and share the resources that organizations have to help the community.
Register for each date individually.
The No Kings Downtown Columbus protest was slated for 4:00 pm during an OSU football game Saturday. No Kings is a nationwide protest which rejects Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. Around the country, seven million people attended No Kings Saturday 10-18-2025.
The importance of these No King’s protests is simple: We don’t want a fascist government. Trump is using secret police in an attempt to intimidate free speech. At No Kings, people protest in rejection of Trump’s opposition of constitutional promises we were taught in elementary school.
No Kings protests fill the streets in every major city with people who don’t like a campaign promise Trump kept: Trump’s vow to act like dictator.
Under Donald Trump ICE works as gestapo secret police force that kidnaps people and ships them into for profit prisons indefinitely. Trump fired people for working while black. Trump opposes free speech unless it’s a complete lie for white supremacy.
On October 7, the Center for Constitutional Rights endorsed an amended and expanded legal complaint filed by
Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of ReadyNow!, a free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of crisis. The app empowers users to create an emergency plan to notify pre-selected contacts; arrange emergency plans for childcare, medical needs, legal support, and more.
Sunday, October 19, 2025 - 2:30–5:30 pm
The Columbus home of a long time Simply Living Member (address provided to ticketholders)
Celebrate autumn with Simply Living at a warm, community-centered gathering filled with connection, good food, and inspiration for sustainable living.
Enjoy:
Lovingly prepared vegan fare (food ready at 3:00 pm)Non-alcoholic drinks served in a charming farm stand A menu of fun, hands-on activities to explore and connect (optional)A chance to wander and relax on this beautiful, unique, “in progress” eco-conscious property featuring: Ground-mounted solar PV and a geothermal HVAC systemA peaceful labyrinth for reflectionRainwater catchment and a recently drilled water wellBEAM composting systemsA “shared” garden with a modified 3D-fence systemShed for processing garden foodWalking paths, rain garden plans, and a fragrant herb spiralPlenty of sitting areas to unwind, connect, and share the afternoon with friendsAdditional details:
October 18
Various locations during the day culminating at 4pm at the Ohio Statehouse
Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush fund and just passed the largest wealth giveaway in the history of the US. The money they take from our families, they put in their overstuffed pockets.
Just like any bad boss, the way we stop the takeover is with collective action. We are working people rising up to stop the billionaire takeover–not just through the ballot box or the courts, but through building a bigger and stronger movement. We are fighting for a country that is more fair, just, equitable, and free for all of us — not just a chosen few.
Thousands of communities across the country are taking a stand to demand #NoKings and #NoBillionaires this October 18th. We will be in the streets, outside the offices of the corporate criminals who are behind the attacks on our freedoms, and at congressional offices. Together we will demand a country that puts workers over billionaires.
OUR DEMANDS TO BUILD THE SOCIETY WE ALL DESERVE:
Stop the billionaire takeover corrupting our government.
Friday, October 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
King Avenue Methodist Church, 299 W. King at Neil in Columbus 43201
Bill Cohen and friends will lead a candlelit, musical, year-by-year journey through the era, with live and familiar 1960’s folksongs, “news reports” of sixties happenings, displays of anti-war buttons and posters, and far-out sixties fashions. Plus, Bill will also challenge the audience with sixties trivia questions.
Special guest performers – LaJoyce Daniel-Cain, Joanne Blum, and Joe Lambert -- will be on hand to add beautiful vocal melodies, harmonies, and extra energy. And Ann Fisher will add elegant touches on her flute. Proceeds from the suggested $15 donations (at the door) will go to the Mid-Ohio Food Collective. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. in the church basement but get there early for a good seat. The program is suitable for ADULTS and MATURE TEENS.
Free parking mis also available in the lots just South and West of the church.
October 16, 8pm
The movement against nuclear weapons is at least as old as the weapons themselves. The movement had huge impacts during the Cold War, with massive popular demonstrations and a high degree of public awareness of the issue. Today, there is a persistent, increasingly vibrant movement – using a range of approaches – to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. This teach-in invites experts and advocates with a diverse range of experiences, strategies, and analyses of the current political environment to talk about their work, their commitment to working on arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues, and their view of the future of the movement.
Speakers will include Norman Solomon, National Director of RootsAction and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy; Jessica Sleight, Research and Strategy Consultant; and Seth Shelden, General Counsel and UN Liaison for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
This article first appeared on Reel Time with Richard Ades.
Two of the bravest movies I’ve seen in the past couple of years have taken aim at Iranian authoritarianism. In 2024, there was The Seed of the Sacred Fig, followed this year by the judo-centric Tatami.
Now, add a third flick that raises a middle finger to Iran’s Islamic dictatorship: It Was Just an Accident, a ballsy effort written and directed by Jafar Panahi. The low-budget thriller deftly creates tension leavened with flashes of humor, all the while wading through moral quagmires and asking questions that defy easy answers.
The tale begins on a dark highway, where we meet a family man (Ebrahim Azizi) who’s driving home with his wife and young daughter when his car breaks down in front of a garage that’s closed for the night.
Luckily for him, the mechanic agrees to take a look at his vehicle anyway. Unluckily for him, the mechanic’s assistant thinks he recognizes this stranded motorist.
Catch up with Simply Living’s founding member Chuck Lynd — a lifelong advocate for local economies, sustainability, and the power of community to shape a just future.
The Early Years
Few people embody Simply Living’s mission as fully as Chuck Lynd — longtime board member, community organizer, and local economy advocate. Chuck’s journey from small-town Ohio to the frontlines of social and environmental change offers a model of what it means to “live simply so that others may simply live.”
“I was very lucky to grow up in a loving family in Ironton, a small town on the Ohio River. My parents grew up during the depression and my brother and sister and I were all born during WWII, while my dad worked double shifts at Armco Steel. Later my dad owned the Ironton Book Store, which also sold office supplies, typewriters, gifts and dishware. From age 11 though high school I worked at the store and learned everything about running a retail store, and even kept the books. This experience gave me a good work ethic and influenced my love of local economics and my involvement in helping start the Clintonville Community Market.”