Action Alerts
Saturday, December 11, 2022, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: North High Street across from the Wexner Center. Over 400 people have been killed and many thousands people have been arrested. The Iranian regime has begun executing them.
Thursday, December 15, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Tackling to A-Z Impacts of Plastics is doing a “Debrief on Climate Grief” so that we will be able to move on to victory for 2023. This event will include music therapy and meditation along with the discussions on the Port Arthur tour and what is happening now in the Ohio Valley River Basin.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by Sierra Club Ohio, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Tackling the A-Z Impacts of Plastic.
From Massachusetts Peace Action
Congress is voting on a $857 billion Pentagon budget, the largest in history. That's $80 billion more than last year And that doesn't count spending on nuclear weapons, spending for the war in Ukraine, and veterans' benefits.
2.9 million children in the United States were lifted out of poverty in 2021 by the Child Tax Credit. But that program expired after a year, and now our elected officials want to spend an equivalent amount on war instead. Bring our war dollars home.
Kill this awful bill. Update, Dec. 8: The House voted for the NDAA 350-80, with 45 Democrats and 35 Republicans voting no. The Senate has yet to act.
Rally for Democracy!
Tuesday, December 13, 11am, Trinity Episcopal Church on Capitol Square, 125 E. Broad St.
Join We Are Ohio, Fair Districts Ohio, Equal Districts, the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition, and over 165 organizations that are standing up against the cynical attempt to make it harder for Ohio citizens to amend the state Constitution.
We will gather at Trinity Episcopal Church (125 E. Broad St., across from the Statehouse) on Tuesday, December 13, at 11am. We are planning a press conference and a visit to the Ohio House. Be prepared to stay into the afternoon if possible!
We are asking you to wear T-shirts or other apparel that includes the logo for your organization or represents the kinds of issues that have appeared in past ballot initiative campaigns or might be the impetus for future campaigns.
In 1835, the Treaty of New Echota forcibly removed the Cherokee Nation from its homelands in Georgia to lands west of the Mississippi, resulting in the deaths of thousands on what became known as the Trail of Tears. The same Treaty also guaranteed the Cherokee Nation a delegate in Congress -- a promise that has never resulted in so much as a hearing, until now. The Senate and President Biden have already indicated their support.
Now it is up to the House of Representatives to act. We need your voice to urge your congressperson to do what is right!
Saturday, December 10, 7-10pm
Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.
Limited parking in side lot, alley, and street parking
Theme: Human Rights Day
Food, drink, and music
Featuring
Lorraine Moore, author of book on the Universal Declaration of Human RIghts
Tekla Lewin on prisoner rights and free speech
Live Jazz music
Saturday, December 10, 7-10pm
Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.
Limited parking in side lot, alley, and street parking
Theme: Human Rights Day
Food, drink, and music
Featuring
Lorraine Moore, author of book on the Universal Declaration of Human RIghts
Tekla Lewin on prisoner rights and free speech
Live Jazz music
Friday, December 9, 6-7:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Legal Observer program is part of a comprehensive system of legal support designed to enable people to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police and with the fewest possible consequences from the criminal justice system.
NLG Legal Observers (LOs) are not part of the demonstration. LOs observe and document interactions between law enforcement and demonstrators in anticipation of future civil or criminal litigation under the direction of NLG attorneys. NLG Legal Observers do not negotiate with law enforcement, provide legal advice, or serve as peace marshals.
For more information about the National Lawyers Guild’s Legal Observer program, visit nlg.org/legalobservers or email <ohio@nlg.org>.
Use this link to register in advance for this meeting.
From ACLU Ohio
A sub-bill was introduced on November 17 for House Bill 294, which will harm Ohio voters and make it more difficult to vote. The new version of the bill no longer includes automated voter registration and verification – the most significant positive component of the original bill. Send your message to the House Government Oversight Committee here.
Wednesday, December 7, 6:30am-9pm, using your telephone
Will you help protect Ohio families from radioactive oil and gas waste by making one phone call on Wednesday? Ohio has 226 Class II injection wells that accept 20-30 million barrels of radioactive oil and gas liquid waste every year.
Last month, Buckeye Environmental Network, Sierra Club, EarthJustice, and 30 grassroots organizations petitioned the United States Environmental Protection Agency, (US EPA) to revoke Ohio’s authority to manage Ohio’s Class II oil and gas waste injection program. The program, currently run by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), consistently fails to act against violations, allowing serious problems to continue unaddressed, posing threats to our drinking water and public health.
Ohio communities have lived with leaking class II injection wells, accidents, blowouts, and spills for years. And, Ohio does not have a way for impacted residents to file a formal complaint.
Please help protect Ohio families by taking five minutes to call US EPA Administrator Debra Shore on Wednesday.