Action Alerts
Sunday, May 1, 1pm
Blendon Woods Metro Park, Dogwood Shelter
COWC is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio. Your support allows us to keep fighting wage theft, make sure workers know their rights, and push for policies that protect workers. We also have a "ticket" option for those can't make it in person on May 1st, but still want to donate in solidarity at the link below!
This event is sponsored by some incredible community partners: Policy Matters Ohio, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades DC-6, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Central Ohio Labor Council, and the law firm of Wentz, McInerney, Peifer & Petroff, LLC.
Friday, April 29, 2022, 11:30 AM
The Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) of the International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting a public webinar to provide information and answer questions about the board's recent report: Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin. On the webinar, Great Lakes Water Quality Board members will provide an overview of the report's findings and recommendations. There will be Q&A for the panelists to answer participants' questions. More information and registration here.
Friday, April 29, 2022, 11:30 AM
The Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) of the International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting a public webinar to provide information and answer questions about the board's recent report: Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin. On the webinar, Great Lakes Water Quality Board members will provide an overview of the report's findings and recommendations. There will be Q&A for the panelists to answer participants' questions. More information and registration here.
Today is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). It marks the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Each day, as we hear more and more horrible stories about the Russian invasion and learn about Ukrainian refugees,
I cannot help but think about my great-great-grandfather, Shlomo Schwarz (1852-1944). During the pogroms of the 1880s, he fled his home (in what is now a town in Ukraine near the Polish border) to find a better life here in the United States. Within his lifetime, the Nazis exterminated more than 6 million Jews and others who they deemed "the other." Today, please take a moment to read this very uncomfortable essay about my experience at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Wednesday, April 27, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
This bill has passed the House and is already before the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee now. They could hear it at any time. We need to act now! Join us for a discussion on what the bill will do, why the secrecy, and how it can affect every Ohioan.
H.B. 434 states that its proposed activities are an essential governmental function and that it addresses matters of public necessity. It repeals the Ohio Department of Health’s authorization to regulate and oversee entities dealing with radioactivity.
Eight of the bill’s 14 pages are taken up creating a convoluted process for getting board members onto the Nuclear Development Authority.
As if this were not enough to ensure that the public will be shut out of involvement and oversight of activities, today’s amendment would move the Authority under the auspices of the Ohio Department of Development.
Concerned Ohio River Residents (CORR) recently completed soil sampling near the Austin Master Services oil and gas waste handling facility in Martins Ferry, OH and had the soil sent to Oak Ridge Laboratory in TN, a certified governmental testing facility for radiological analysis. We shared those results at a press event on April 4th. The samples were taken along the public roadway in front of the main gate of the facility, and compared to the background samples taken at a park and cemetery about a mile away, the results were over 10 X's background level radiation. Compounding the problem is the fact that before the radioactive waste facility came to town, the site was an old steel processing facility that released millions of tons of pollutants into the environment for decades. This facility is within 1,000 feet of the nearest pumping wells for drinking water for Martins Ferry, Bridgeport, and other communities.
Monday, April 25, 2022, 5:45 PM
We had bad weather luck twice, so now we have a shelter! It's the first shelter, near the parking lot when you first arrive at Whetstone. Bring a snack or drink to share. We will chat and hang out, but also have a meeting. Comment in this event if you have things you'd like added to our agenda. Location: Whetstone Park, Shelter 1. Facebook.
Sunday, April 24, 5-6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
UUJO’s Environmental Justice Team presents “Connecting the Dots” on Sunday, April 24, focusing on community gardens in rural and urban Ohio and their impact on food justice, access to healthy sustainable food, resilience, and mitigation of food deserts.
Pam Roberts, Executive Director of Together We Grow Gardens, will share resources and ideas for creating community gardens that provide greater equity and food justice. Come and share your successes and questions about community gardening!
“Connecting the Dots: Planet, People, Power” was launched by UUJO: Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio in September 2021. We meet monthly to provide a platform for issues of environmental justice along with actions that can be performed during each meeting. Our monthly topics are driven by you and the immediate areas of environmental injustice that you are confronting right now.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Friday, April 22 - Earth Day
Saturday, April 23, 12-7pm - Earth Day Festival downtown
Join us at Genoa Park for our annual Earth Day Celebration! This family-friendly event will feature local music, food, and drinks from a diverse array of vendors. Genoa Park is a 2.07-acre urban park along the west bank of the Scioto River located between Broad and Rich Streets,
Vendors & Children’s Activities 12-5pm
Bands, Food Trucks & Beverages: 12-7pm
Entry: Free!
