Action Alerts
Saturday, January 14, 10am on Zoom
Clean air and clean water are critical to our health. The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 25 declares a clean and safe environment as part of our Human Right to Health.
How does air pollution impact our respiratory health?
How does polluted water impact our health?
Have we moved forward in safeguarding our health or backwards?
Who is most impacted by our neglect of the environment?
Join us on Saturday, January 14th at 10:00 am as we explore those issues. Register here.
Sat, January 14, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Join us for our annual Palestinian cultural night Raise the Kuffiyeh 2023 featuring guest host Fathi @falas6eeni, and more performers TBA!
By Students for Justice in Palestine at The Ohio State University
Link for tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/raise-the-kuffiyeh-2023-tickets-480032860207.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 2:00 PM
Please join us for this critical discussion as we learn how electric vehicles can help us save money, protect public health, and safeguard our Sacred Earth. Hear from leading EV consumer advocate Rosa Mitsumasu Scotti as well as IPL staff members about the countless benefits of EVs! If you can't make this time, please register and you'll receive a follow-up email after the event with a recording. Interfaith Power and Light. More information and registration here.
Tuesday, March 10, 6:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Whetstone Branch], 3909 N. High St.
Despite tireless opposition by progressives and advocates for “good government,” the Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly drew unbalanced and unconstitutional state and congressional districts in 2022.
So what do we do now?
Come hear from a panel of experts on potential steps forward, including bringing the issue directly to voters.
• Catherine Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio
• Dr. David Niven, professor at University of Cincinnati, specializing in gerrymandering
Hosted by Clintonville Area Progressives.
Monday, January 9, 2023, 7:00 PM
At these weekly Monday-night meetings we chat about any current projects. Going forward, we hope to meet in person once a month. Keep an eye out for those events! Registration link.
The perpetrator Krieg Butler, a 36 year old man took the life of Sinzae Reed, a defenseless 13 year old child and was released from jail on claims of self defense. Krieg had an opportunity to de-escalate the incident, in fact he was prepared to leave the scene as he was in his truck when he stopped to return to Sinzae, exited his vehicle and proceeded to murder this 13 year old child. Sinzae who is under almost 3 times the age of Krieg had his back to Krieg when he was murdered. This injustice is dangerous to my community as it encourages and invites others to commit hateful and harmful acts against others without any consequences.
From Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund
Earlier this month, the Biden administration released guidance for federal agencies to consider and include Indigenous knowledge in federal research, policies, management, and decision-making. But including Indigenous knowledge in federal decision-making means including Indigenous voices in decision-making too and honoring Tribal treaty rights to co-steward and co-manage lands and waters. The guidance does not require federal agencies to act. Instead, it has made suggestions, including to “consider” co-stewardship of federal lands and waters with Tribes.
Tuesday, January 3, 2022, 8:00 – 9:00 PM
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians escalated in 2022, with West Bank settlers on the rampage, defiling mosques, vandalizing shops and assaulting Palestinians in Hebron and other Palestinian cities. Instead of stopping the settlers, the Israeli military turned on Palestinians, adding to the year’s death toll: 150 Palestinians killed, 33 of them children. Meanwhile, the most racist Israeli government returns to power with former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu – under criminal indictment – set to serve his sixth term.
This new ultra-nationalist government stands in explicit – no longer implicit – opposition to a Palestinian state and threatens to strip the courts of their power. US Secretary of State Blinken insists the US commitment to apartheid Israel is ironclad, despite whispers last month the Biden administration might refuse to meet with some of the most reactionary members of the new Israeli government. Join us as we detail the situation on the ground in Palestine and examine US congressional and grassroots efforts to end US complicity in Israeli crimes.
DEADLINE IS NOON ON MONDAY
Register here for Monday's press conference to announce the delivery of an organizational letter to President Biden and copied to Attorney General Garland, signed by more than 260 organizations and accompanied by 20,000 petition signatures. We are urging the Biden Administration to do everything they can to stop seeking new federal and military death sentences, commute the existing death sentences under their jurisdiction, and to order the demolition of the federal death house at Terre Haute, Indiana.
These are all things the President has the unilateral power to do. Our request echoes a similar letter to be delivered by Members of Congress to the Attorney General on Monday. Death Penalty Action was asked by Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Senator Richard Durbin to organize these companion pieces, and we've been building toward this moment since October.
Support freedom for Jamal Niser, Palestinian-American businessman illegally held by Israelis in Administrative Detention. He is diabetic and has lost half his eyesight. He has not been charged and there's no reason for his detention. He is from Ohio and his release date was just extended by four months.
Contact officials to demand his release:
CONGRESS: https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
ISRAEL: https://embassies.gov.il/Pages/IsraeliMissionsAroundTheWorld.aspx
US STATE DEPT: https://register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform