Action Alerts
Workers on Wednesday (5/11) will install the new 100-foot Social Justice LEGENDS mural in the Jeffrey Plaza of the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park in downtown Columbus.
The mural is composed of more than 160 names of past social justice leaders from central Ohio and includes more than 50 terms or slogans identifying various social justice issues or causes. Formation Studio of Columbus created the unique design that weaves designated names and words to form the letters J-U-S-T-I-C-E that can be seen from a block away. Attached is a jpg file with an illustration of the mural prepared by Formation Studio.
The installation work will take place beginning approximately 10 a.m. and likely will continue at least through early afternoon. The social justice park is located at East Broad Street and Cleveland Avenue.
Contact information:
Tuesday, May 10, 6-7:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join us for a discussion on the pervasive climate, politics, and health repercussions surrounding lead poisoning in Ohio. Following will be a brief discussion about how “Medicare for All” could benefit those in need.
Presenters
• Robin Brown, founder, CCOAL [Concerned Citizens Organized Against Lead], Environmental Injustice Strategy Consultant
• Diana King, Environmental Injustice Advocate and Organizer
• Matthew Noordsij-Jones, MD, Associate State Director of SPAN [Single Payer Action Network] Ohio
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by SPAN [Single Payer Action Network] Ohio.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 5:00 PM
Last convened as a Commission in 2014, the Charter Review Commission reviews the Columbus City Charter and may recommend changes. The Commissioners are now holding a hearing to receive comments from the public on the topics and proposals discussed thus far and to come. Topics include the initiative petition process, open meetings by public bodies, and who may serve as acting mayor. Any resident seeking to submit written testimony should submit their testimony to the Commission.
Written testimony must be received two hours prior to the start of the hearing on the day of the meeting and should be emailed to John Oswalt at CRC2022@columbus.gov. Any resident wishing to appear via WebEx to provide testimony during the hearing should email John Oswalt at CRC2022@columbus.gov the day prior to the hearing to request a WebEx panelist link.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 7 p.m.
Zoom - register here
Simply Living is excited to host Mike Hogan and learn about urban farming and the developing food systems in central Ohio. Mike will share a slide presentation and entertain our questions.
Mike Hogan is a longtime educator with the Ohio State University Extension in Franklin County. He contributes to Edible Columbus and the Columbus Dispatch, and shares his knowledge of food and agriculture throughout Ohio.
Saturday, May 7, 2pm
Ohio Statehouse Rotunda
A leaked memo from the US Supreme Court has confirmed that the ruling class intends to overturn Roe vs. Wade. It's time to mobilize! Fight for abortion rights, right now and everywhere!
Amidst the craziness of the 2022 election season, we are doing another screening of our hit short documentary How America Killed My Mother at the historic Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse this Friday, May 6! Doors open at 11 PM, the screening starts at 11:30 PM and will be followed by a Q&A with myself and more, so please see the details below and let us know if we can get into your outlet's weekend list of activities, etc as y'all see fit:
Ticket link: How America Killed My Mother - Fri 6 May 11:30 PM - Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse
Thursday, May 5, 11am, this on-line event requires advance registration
This workshop will help explain how different types of nonprofit organizations can work together while staying in compliance with the law.
Different types of organizations are increasingly collaborating on lobbying, voter engagement, and other advocacy activities, but they need to be aware of the rules governing organizations with different tax-exempt statuses. If your organization wants to engage in coalition work with multiple types of tax-exempt organizations, this workshop will help explain how different types of nonprofit organizations can work together while staying in compliance with the law.
Participants will learn:
• The different roles of 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, unions, and political organizations;
• The federal tax rules affecting how these organizations can work together;
• The legal separations necessary between affiliated organizations, such as funding and fundraising constraints; and
• Permissible joint activities of different types of nonprofits, including election-year activities.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Kent State University will remember May 4, 1970, with in-person annual commemoration to honor the four students who were killed, nine students who were wounded, and countless others who were forever changed when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest. https://www.kent.edu/may-4-1970/commemoration
This is a moment of outrage. While we knew that SCOTUS turning back the clock on Roe was likely, we must not back down!
Join us tonight 5-7pm, Tuesday, May 3, at the Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 S. Front St., downtown Columbus.
Wear green and bring signs!
