Action Alerts
The Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) will be presenting this webinar with speakers directly involved in these struggles followed by Q & A.
The webinar comes at a critical time when the system is tightening its grip and people are looking for creative ways to fight back. The Extinction Rebellion is blocking streets in New York City and the Veterans for Peace are doing Civil Disobedience-CD in Las Vegas over “killer Drones.” Direct actions are taking place across the country with a coalition of dozens of environmental organizations doing mass CD in Washington DC with over 600 arrested and Indigenous leaders occupying the Bureau of Indian Affair. Protesters have blocked the Miami Port to demand an end to Haiti deportations and continuing actions are taking place to stop Line 3.
Join us online with our special guest Morgan Harper who is running in the Democratic Primary for US Senate 2022
We will also be getting updates on Fair Districts from Trevor Patrick Martin and HB 109 - the anti-protest bill - from Rev. Joan VanBecelaere.
Plus we will be unveiling our latest project: Transforming the Party in Ohio. Will Petrik from Rep Your Block will be with us to discuss.
RSVP to find out even more!
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 5:30 PM.
Republicans in Ohio just introduced a copycat of Texas' ban that is even more extreme, banning all abortions. We will update you on this bill, the Mississippi law the Supreme Court will be hearing on December 1, and the trigger ban moving through the Ohio legislature that would make abortion completely illegal in Ohio if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Register here.
Monday, November 15 - Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Sunday, November 14, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83906590837
Meeting ID: 839 06
Since we aren't getting together in person, we can gather for a couple hours on the second Saturday night of each month from 7-8:00pm Eastern Time on Zoom.
Topics:
COP 26 report;
Nazek Hapasha, Policy Affairs Manager of the League of Women Voters and the Fair districts Campaign will review the Ohio election results and expectations for policy impact from the results;
Native American Heritage Month;
Travis Irvine will update us on the corruption surrounding House Bill 6 and the fallout.
and more!
Q & A included.
If you have any announcements for the
progressive community, contact us:
colsfreepress@gmail.com.
Thursday, November 11, 7:00 PM EST via Zoom
Register
Sundance, Executive Director of Cleveland American Indian Movement (AIM), will present a brief history of the Native experience in Ohio since contact with white colonizers, and a brief description of the Land Back Movement.
Did you know the Cuyahoga River was never ceded by indigenous people; the east bank was taken in the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, while the west bank was taken in the Treaties of Fort Industry in 1805.
How do we unite to create a more just and sustainable vision for the future? What are the possible next steps?
Presentation to be followed by a live Q&A
Wednesday, November 10, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The death penalty is on its way out in Ohio!
Join us for a panel discussion featuring former Columbus Dispatch journalist, Alan Johnson; retired warden and chaplain, George Alexander; and director, Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, Demetrius Minor.
This event is co-sponsored by the Ashland Center for Nonviolence at Ashland University.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by Ohioans to Stop Executions.
Facebook Event
This week we are calling the following Ohio House Energy and Natural Resource Committee Members. Please help us track the number of phone calls being made by responding with the word “Done” to info@benohio.org when you have completed your calls.
Call House Energy and Natural Resource Committee Member O'Brien, (614) 466-5358 (Ask him to Vote No on HB282), then Committee Member Reidel, (614) 644-5091 (Ask him to Vote No on HB 282), then Committee Member Wiggman, (614) 466-1474 (Ask him to Vote No on HB 282)
Script
Monday, November 8, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Losing a loved one to violence is unspeakably painful; the death penalty only prolongs this pain for the families of victims. This powerful discussion features Melinda Dawson and Jonathan Mann, both of whom lost loved ones to murder and still vehemently oppose the death penalty.
This event is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Center at the University of Dayton.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by Ohioans to Stop Executions.
Facebook Event