Action Alerts
Wednesday, September 15, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
What do you and your Central Ohio neighbors think and believe about our criminal justice system? Do we trust law enforcement? Can we believe in one another? How do we achieve positive change?
Explore these and other critical issues through a special forum on Wednesday, September 15, starting at 7pm, streaming virtually from partner WBNS at the Lincoln Theatre, as the Columbus Urban League and YWCA Columbus host a critical community conversation in conjunction with the National Urban League (NUL). Note: the event is now 100% virtual.
This event, the first of three to be held across the country, focuses on the first pillar in NUL’s 21 Pillars: A Comprehensive Framework for Redefining Public Safety. This cornerstone calls for community collaboration to build a restorative system and re-envision public safety in an equitable and just way — an issue highly relevant to Columbus right now.
Tuesday, September 14, 7pm; Parma Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library, 6996 Powers Blvd., Parma, Ohio; this on-line event [if you plan to attend via Zoom] requires advance registration
Mainstream media narratives of Middle East conflicts are often false or incomplete. Even as the U.S. “withdraws” from the region, the extent and depth of its Middle East presence and influence is profound. Our presenter, Oliver Boyd-Barrett, will discuss how U.S. military and covert presence in the region (with particular reference to Syria and Iran) continues to seriously damage both the region and U.S. long-term interests.
Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University, is an expert on communications, media, and U.S. foreign policy, and how taxpayers, Congress, and other world leaders are manipulated into supporting war and occupation around the world. Boyd-Barrett has written or edited some 25 books and 150 scholarly articles.
Here is the link to his biography.
Sunday, September 12, 11am-10pm
51 S. Douglass St. [the former Douglass Alternative Elementary School]
Join us live in person or live on YouTube for Hot Times 2021. We will be live-streaming the main stage this year, and in between acts, expect to see interviews and archive footage!
Schedule
Sunday, September 12
11am: Tony West Drum Circle
12noon: Zumba w/ Aziza West
1pm: Poetry Slam
2:20pm: Jazz Poetry Ensemble
3:20-3:45pm: Community Moment
4:00pm: CYNTsation
5:00pm: Lungu Vybz Reggae
6:00pm: Donna Mogavero Band
7:00pm: Shaun Booker
If you can’t join us in person, watch our stream on YouTube.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83906590837
Meeting ID: 839 06 Facebook Event 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. "War, Propaganda and Resistance"
on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Speakers:
Bowling Green Professor Oliver Boyd-Barrett on the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East;
Sandy Bolzenius on 20 years a veteran;
Daoud Al Akras, on growing up Muslim during the past 20 years and sharing work OSU Students for Justice in Palestine hopes to accomplish this year;
Friday, September 10, 3pm
The OSU Chapter of Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP.org) presents a Zoom Seminar
Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm
Authors Michael E. Brooks and Marilyn Howard will discuss their book, which issues a timely challenge to all Ohioans to acknowledge, understand and repudiate hate.
Virtual: Register at crowdcast.io/columbuslibrary
Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm
Authors Michael E. Brooks and Marilyn Howard will discuss their book, which issues a timely challenge to all Ohioans to acknowledge, understand and repudiate hate.
Virtual: Register at crowdcast.io/columbuslibrary
Thursday, September 9, 11:00am
VIrtual, free and open to the public
Harvey J. Graff, PhD, author and Professor Emeritus (English and History) at The Ohio State University, will present on the truth about Critical Race Theory and the widespread controversy that has recently occurred over implementation into American school curricula.
RSVP here.
Wednesday, September 8, 7-9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
We will be talking about GOTV [Get Out The Vote], Early Vote poll standing, and community map making. Also hoping to hear more on City of Columbus Issue 7 that will be on the November ballot.
We hope to have Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crowley at our October meeting.
Please e-mail <demcoalitioncentralohio@gmail.com> to request the meeting link.
Hosted by The Coalition of Democratic and Progressive Organizations of Central Ohio, Dublin Area Progressives, Franklin County Young Democrats, and Franklin County Democratic Party.
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Clintonville Como Park, 301 W. Pacemont Road, Columbus 43202. Please join for a short Tashlich ceremony starting promptly at 6:00 PM. We will also be having a vegetarian potluck and social following the ritual. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share and a lawn chair. Table service and beverages will be provided. To access the parking lot, take West Lakeview to end and turn right. Tashlich, which literally translates to “casting off,” is a ceremony traditionally performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. During this ceremony, Jews symbolically cast off the sins of the previous year by tossing pebbles or bread crumbs into flowing water. During this ritual, people think of things they’ve done wrong in the past year and then “throw them away,” promising for improvement in the coming year.