Action Alerts
Friday, September 16, 7:30-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Peace is Possible. Help us make Peace Flags for the United Nations International Peace Day in Times Square.
Machai St. Rain, the Peace Peddler, who walked over 10,000 miles for peace, will be in Columbus on her way to New York City for the U.N. International Peace Day Events. We will have music, community, refreshments, and all of the materials for making Peace Flags.
Help Us Make Peace Flags for the 9-21-2022 U.N. International Peace Day Event at Times Square and then watch live on September 21 to see your flag.
• Machai St. Rain, The Peace Peddler
• 10,000+ miles for Peace
• Music, Community, Refreshments, and Making Peace Flags.
Use this link to learn additional information about this event.
Hosted by Machai’s International Peace Day Tour.
Thursday, September 15 from 12:00-1:00 pm
How did you spend your summer? If, like many Ohioans, you spent time on the water or along the shore of Lake Erie, you know what a precious resource it is. The Great Lakes constitute 21 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water, spanning eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. In addition to being the primary water source for over 40 million people, the Great Lakes support commerce, manufacturing, energy generation, agriculture, and recreation.
As important as the Great Lakes are to our environment and economy, they cannot escape the impacts of climate change. Lake Erie faces unique challenges as the shallowest of the Great Lakes in a region dominated by agriculture and industrial activity. Adding elements of a changing climate to legacy effects and ongoing inputs creates the potential for greater damage.
Wednesday, September 14, 6pm, 5100 Kingshill Dr. [we will meet in the back yard if the weather is good]
October 8 will be an International Day of action to defend Julian Assange.
• Without freedom of the press, democracy is not possible.
• Don’t Extradite Assange.
• Journalism is not a crime.
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 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 goes forward, it would create a precedent that would criminalize the “lifeblood of investigative journalism” and radically change our democracy.
As the Israeli military bombed homes, clinics, and schools in Gaza and threatened to push Palestinian families from their homes in Jerusalem May 2021, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud executives signed a $1.22 billion contract to provide cloud technology to the Israeli government and military. By doing business with Israeli apartheid, Amazon and Google will make it easier for the Israeli government to surveil Palestinians and force them off their land.
Tuesday, September 13, 5-9pm,
Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.
The European Union, the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, and Ohioans To Stop Executions will host a private event on Ohio’s historic chance to end the use of capital punishment. The evening will feature a screening of the film “The Penalty,” a documentary following the extraordinary journey of three people at the center of America’s capital punishment crisis. The screening will be followed by a conversation with diplomats from the European Union, local experts, and business leaders. A reception will follow the screening of this film.
The European Union stands resolute in its opposition to capital punishment and supports the bipartisan effort to make Ohio the 24th state to abolish the death penalty. Please join us for an evening with the Delegation and local leaders working towards abolition to learn more about why Ohio’s repeal of capital punishment is important for human rights, trade, and investment.
Sunday, September 11, 1-3:30pm., Nocterra Brewing Company, 41 Depot St., Powell, Ohio
He personified American folk music so let’s celebrate his 110th birthday.
When the Depression of the 1930s threw millions of Americans out of work and into poverty, Woody Guthrie told us their stories through song. He saw migrant workers slaving for pennies, penniless hobos riding in empty railroad boxcars, and the infamous Dust Bowl windstorms of Oklahoma stealing the land out from under the farmers.
Always for the underdog, Guthrie challenged America to right wrongs and to live by its ideals of hard work, compassion, equal opportunity, and fairness. His songs made us laugh, cry, remember, and question.
And so, in memory of all that Woody did, on September 11, a month after the 110th anniversary of his birth, Columbus will recall this common man troubadour. Together, we’ll sing some of his famous and unknown songs, hear details of the highs and lows of his life, and enjoy a visit from the spirit of Woody “himself.”
Saturday, September 10, 6:30-9pm, Hot Times Festival [in the Kid’s Tent], 240 Parsons Ave.
The September Free Press salon will be in-person, at the Hot Times Community Music and Arts Festival, on Saturday, September 10, 2022, 6:30-9pm.
We will gather in the tent near the Art Cars. There will be a Free Press banner on the tent. You may want to bring your own folding chair.
Speakers and topics:
• Trans organizing with Felicia DeRosa,
• discussion on Donovan Lewis’ murder by Columbus Police,
• First Collective and housing issues,
• and more!
We will be celebrating 45 Fabulous Hot Times Festivals! Art Cars, three stages, vendors, food, friends, family, and fun!
Hosted by The Columbus Free Press.
Thursday, September 8, 2022, 5:30 PM
The ACLU is teaming up with friends at two partner organizations to cover the high-profile races for Ohio State School Board and Ohio Supreme Court – plus a bonus segment on the proposed constitutional amendments that will appear on our statewide ballot. Moderator: Collin Marozzi – ACLU of Ohio.
Panelists: Cynthia Peeples – Honesty for Ohio Education, Akii Butler – Ohio Organizing Collaborative, and Patrick Higgins – ACLU of Ohio. Register here.
Last Monday, Columbus Museum of Art employees including frontline and operations workers came together to urge the Museum's administration and management to voluntarily recognize their union - Columbus Museum of Art Workers United (CMA Workers United)
. These courageous employees believe the institution they love, has not been living up to the standards and values it claims to promote - and forming a union is the solution.
Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 8:00 PM
On June 24, the Supreme Court issued a dangerous ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in an unprecedented attack on reproductive freedom. But this fight isn’t just taking place at the Supreme Court. The ACLU is prepared for this moment, and will continue fighting in courts and legislatures, in the streets, and at the ballot box — but we need you with us.
This summer, join ACLU People Power’s Abortion Activist Series, a collection of virtual events and trainings on how you can join the fight for abortion rights, no matter where you live.
Join us every other Tuesday evening.
More information and registration here.