Action Alerts
From AFSC: Our immigration system should strengthen our communities, not tear them apart. But today, almost 11 million immigrants face threats of detention, deportation, and racial profiling every day. Temporary protections, like DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and TPS (Temporary Protected Status), are not enough.
These programs are vulnerable to the courts and do not provide stability for our communities and families. That has been demonstrated by the Fifth Circuit’s recent ruling against DACA—as well as multiple attempts to end both DACA and TPS over the years.
It’s time that we recognize immigrants as vital members of our community—and create a pathway to citizenship for all. Tell your elected officials: Support a pathway to citizenship for all immigrants!
Sunday, October 9, 2022, 4:00 PM
When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 33 states in America.
BOYCOTT traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.
Saturday, October 8, noon
Beginning on the west steps of the Ohio Statehouse [near the McKinley statue] and later marching to the Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse, 85 Marconi Blvd.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing up to 175 years in prison for publishing truthful information about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The United States has hit Assange with an unprecedented espionage Act indictment and has asked that he be extradited from London.
Extraditing Assange to the United States would have disastrous consequences for the freedom of the press and our democracy. Countless journalists, legal scholars, and human rights groups have condemned the politically-motivated U.S. efforts to prosecute Assange. If this case were to go forward, it would create a precedent that would criminalize the “lifeblood of investigative journalism” and radically change our democracy.
The First Amendment is not a partisan issue. Democrats, Republicans, and independents are joining together to demand that the administration drop its efforts to extradite Julian Assange.
Wednesday, October 5, 6;30-7;30pm
Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.
Kick off the festival with our CXC Opening Night reception! Celebrate the return of a fully in-person Cartoon Crossroads Columbus at the Gateway Film Center. Gather with old friends and meet new ones over a Gateway / CXC signature cocktail. Volunteers will be available to help you make your plans to experience CXC’s panels, expo and afterparties. Reception followed by a welcome from CXC staff and our first presentation, a Screening – Rubber Hose Animation with Vincent Alexander.
Complimentary lite bites and cash bar available.
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus is a non-profit organization that sponsors a yearly, four-day Fall festival in Ohio devoted to comics and cartooning. CXC 2022: October 6-9.
Tuesday, October 4, 7pm, Capital University Law School [Law Library], 303 E. Broad St.
What if you were sentenced to death for a crime you didn’t commit?
The #NoDeathPenaltyOH campaign, in partnership with our friends at Witness to Innocence and the Ohio Innocence Project, is thrilled to announce a statewide tour featuring the voices of men and women who spent years — sometimes decades — on death row, for crimes they didn’t commit.
This event will feature Kwame Ajamu, Joe D’Ambrosio, Derrick Jamison, Ray Krone, and Sabrina Butler-Smith.
This event will take place in the Law Library.
Hosted by Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Ohioans to Stop Executions, and ACLU of Ohio.
Monday, October 3, 2022, 6:30 PM
We've got an opportunity to Share Our Values and Vote Our Values. What we do over the next 6 weeks will have a big impact on what we can do over the next 6 years.
The Ohio Supreme Court has been the deciding factor for many of the ACLU's pushes to protect and expand our civil liberties and civil rights. This October, we'll work to ensure that we're reaching thousands of Ohioans to let them know our values are on the ballot. During this meeting we will talk about how we intend to reach out to thousands of Ohioans, lead them through discovering their personal values, and ensuring that the know who is on the Ballot and how that may impact their values.
Sunday, October 2, 1-3pm
934 Gallery, 934 Cleveland Ave.
We are having a Queer Youth Art workshop and Garden Beautification event that we know you will love. Come join us as we give back to our precious community, honor our ancestors and create a safe space for our futures.
So come out and bring the kiddos, & the fam for a day of fun in the sun (while it last).
Visual ASL Interpreters provided for all Columbus Community Pride events.
Please contact cbuscommunityprideinterpreters@gmail.com to request close vision or tactile interpreters for all events
Saturday, October 1, 2-5pm
Four Seasons City Farm, 931 E. Mound St.
Music, arts and crafts, cooking demos, and a visit from Leo, a miniature Appaloosa horse.
Friday, September 30th, at 7 PM
Social Center of the Lincoln Theater , 769 E. Long St.
A documentary and reflection by David S. Harewood
A work-in-progress based on testimonies taken by the Columbus Police Accountability Project and my own reflections therein. It's part documentary and part magic realism and, as such, feels like a good start. It's easily the most daunting original work I've undertaken in my adult life and I'm eternally grateful to the Greater Columbus Arts Council for entrusting me with this fellowship, which also highlights work done by numerous artists and organizations in Columbus' Near East sid. A reading of portions of the script will be offered this and I'd love it if you could make it. While the reading is free and open to the public. Donations encouraged.
Thursday, September 29 at 7:30 pm ET
Peace activists from across the country will discuss strategies for educating the public and for building the Peace Movement at this critical time.
Featuring:
Don Bryant -- Cleveland Peace Action
Kelly Maracle -- Water Protector & Land Defender
Arrested for Civil Disobedience at Line 3
Sarah Campbell - Vets for Peace - Kansas City
Haig Hovaness -- Green Party Peace Action Committee
Rich Whitney -- Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois
United National Antiwar Coalition
Susan Mirsky -- Massachusetts Peace Action
Nuclear Disarmament
David Pack -- Kansas City PeaceWorks
Andre Sheldon -- Global Strategy of Nonviolence
Host Madelyn Hoffman -- Green Party of New Jersey
From Ukraine to Somalia, from Syria to Ethiopia, over a dozen wars are raging across the globe. The planet needs a global ceasefire.