Action Alerts
Saturday, June 25, 5pm, Columbus Square Bowling Palace, 5707 Forest Hills Blvd.
Come join us for our annual bowling fundraiser! Come have a good time for a great cause. Registration is now open!
Trophies will be awarded to:
• Top three Adult Teams
• Best Male and Female Bowler
• Medals to Top three Child Bowlers
• Teams of four players
• $25 Adult Bowling Ticket: four games of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and soda
• $20 Adult Non-Bowling Ticket: Pizza and soda
• $15 Child Bowling Ticket: two games of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and soda (12 and under)
• $10 Child Bowling Ticket: Pizza and soda (12 and under)
The Faith Thomas Foundation raises funds and awareness to benefit and provide support to the transitional program, between Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center / James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, to improve the care of patients as they transition from childhood to adulthood. This transition program will provide services that will make for a seamless transition.
Wednesday, June 22, 7:30pm, Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, 1124 Parsons Ave.
Join author Kim Kelly for a moderated discussion led by the Ohio AFL-CIO and hosted by Two Dollar Radio Headquarters. Suggested donation is $10, 100% of which will go to the Central Ohio Worker Center!
Kim Kelly is an independent journalist, author, and organizer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been a labor columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018, and her writing on labor, class, politics, and culture has appeared in The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Baffler, The Nation, The Columbia Journalism Review, and Esquire. She has also worked as a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV. Previously she was the heavy metal editor at VICE’s Noisey, and a leader in the VICE Union. She is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World’s Freelance Journalist Union, an elected councilperson for the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE).
Tuesday, June 21, 4:40-6:30pm
Southland Center, 3700 S High St>
Join CEA members as we rally outside the Board of Education meeting in support of the Schools Columbus Students Deserve!
Posters will be provided, and (appropriate) homemade signs are also welcome.
CEA members should wear their gray Solidarity shirts.
Monday, June 20, 10am-1pm, Neighborhood Services, Inc. Food Pantry, 1950 N. Fourth St.
Join the NSI Food Pantry and other local community partners for a resource fair in celebration of Juneteenth!
Community partners and resources provided include:
• ARCH [Accompanying Returning Citizens with Hope]
• MHAOhio [Mental Health America of Ohio]
• ID vouchers
• Birth certificates
• and many more!
This is a free event; all are welcome!
Hosted by Neighborhood Services, Inc. Food Pantry.
June 18, 10am - June 19, 10pm
303 W. Broad St.
Symbolizes the end of slavery. It serves as a historical milestone reminding Americans of the triumph of the human spirit.
The activities during the "annual" Juneteenth Ohio Festival event includes:
College & Career Fair
Unity Walk For Wellness
Tribute to Fathers Day
Free Health Screenings
Soul Food Cook - Off
Children’s Pavilion (Underground Rail Road Journey)
2 day Concert Series featuring: Reggae, Blues, Jazz, Gospel & Old School Soul
Exhibitors and Paradise Island Shopping Area
Gated & Secured Event
Friday, June 17, 2022, 9:00 AM (gathering starts) 11:00 AM (program events)
WHAT: Say No to 616 on 6/16 Rally - Ohio students, educators, and community members are meeting at the Statehouse this Thursday to demand that lawmakers block House Bill 616, promoting the right to an honest and accurate education. At the rally, students from the Ohio Student Association will be doing a visual demonstration that highlights how the bill will whitewash history and erase identities and cultures.
WHERE: Statehouse, West Plaza
WHEN: Thursday, June 16th @ Noon
WHO:
Maria Bruno, Equality Ohio
Andre Washington, NAACP
Dr. Brad Maguth, Prof Curricular & Instructional Studies, University of Akron, Ohio Council for the Social Studies (OCSS)
Rev. Dr. Amariah McIntosh, Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC)
Other Speakers, TBD
Tuesday, June 14, 6:30pm
Two Dollar Radio, 1124 Parsons Ave.
A book club from the Freelance Solidarity Project, reading Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly, this meeting on the first two chapters. Open to digital media workers, organizers, freelancers, artists and anyone interested in learning about labor organizing.
columbusfreelancers@gmail.com
freelancesolidarity.org