Action Alerts
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 1:00 PM
Join our community to take collective action to advocate for dignity for all Ohioans in the state budget. We will share brief reflections on prior trainings, the experience of delivering testimony and hosting impactful district meetings. Learn more about changes in the state budget and how you can take meaningful action to prioritize a strong recovery for all Ohioans, especially people who have been most impacted by the pandemic and the recession. Meeting Registration - Zoom.
Date: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm EST, 7:00-8:30pm Jerusalem Time (GMT+3)
Live Stream Link: https://youtu.be/kh4TMKZMw2M
Palestinian and Israeli activists and leaders will discuss their urgent yearning for peace and their belief that we must act in this unique window of history. Speakers will debunk the myths about this conflict that have impeded the peace process. Their goal is to convince the Biden Administration to bring Israeli and Palestinian leaders back to the negotiation table in order to work for a just peace.
For more information contact Joel Segal, Joel.R.Segal@gmail.com, +1 (571) 344-1518
Date: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm EST, 7:00-8:30pm Jerusalem Time (GMT+3)
Live Stream Link: https://youtu.be/kh4TMKZMw2M
Palestinian and Israeli activists and leaders will discuss their urgent yearning for peace and their belief that we must act in this unique window of history. Speakers will debunk the myths about this conflict that have impeded the peace process. Their goal is to convince the Biden Administration to bring Israeli and Palestinian leaders back to the negotiation table in order to work for a just peace.
For more information contact Joel Segal, Joel.R.Segal@gmail.com, +1 (571) 344-1518
Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity is a repro justice, POC led org engaging young people & centering POC & LGBTQ+ folks in the South & Midwest. Tell your local elected officials that they must divest away from militarized police and invest in Ohio’s Black and Brown communities!
Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity is a repro justice, POC led org engaging young people & centering POC & LGBTQ+ folks in the South & Midwest. Tell your local elected officials that they must divest away from militarized police and invest in Ohio’s Black and Brown communities!
Sunday, May 23, 8-10pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Join the Revolutionary Socialist Network to discuss Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s article for The New Yorker, “We Should Still Defund the Police,” that had been published August 2020.
“Police brutality has been the single most important political rallying cry across Black communities for decades, because it is the most visceral evidence of the second-class citizenship of poor and working-class African-Americans. When the police can stop and question you, frisk and beat you, potentially arrest and occasionally murder you, then you are not an equal citizen. The consequences of Black encounters with the police and the broader criminal-justice system are life-altering and often life-shattering. Of course, the loss of a loved one from gun violence is also catastrophic, but it comes without one element that is specific to encounters with state violence: the abrogation of fundamental human and social rights.”
Several months ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY filed a shareholder resolution demanding transparency into Wendy’s social responsibility efforts. The resolution was filed in response to Wendy’s refusal to join the Fair Food Program, and specifically in response to Wendy’s claims that its social responsibility efforts are sufficient to justify the hamburger giant’s decision to turn its back on the FFP, the gold standard for human rights in the U.S. produce industry today, the program that virtually all of Wendy’s fast-food competitors joined over a decade ago.
Friday, May 21, 2021, 6:30 PM
Palestinians have been suffering at the hands of the oppressive Israeli occupation forces. This latest bit of violence sprouted from the forced displacement of Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and the multi-day bombings of Gaza as well as oppression and attacks the Palestinians are facing all over their land. Join us in supporting the Palestinians in their resistance to the oppression they face. Location: Goodale Park. Facebook.
Thursday, May 20, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Facilitating meetings takes skill and practice that many don’t think about especially in order to ensure the meeting is inclusive and productive. We want people to feel seen and heard so engagement and community agreements in meetings, within your organizations and coalitions, are crucial.
In this “lunch and learn,” we will go over best practices for how to facilitate meetings. We will go over accessibility and inclusivity, note-taking, meeting structure, community agreements, and follow-up practices. Basically, all of the tools, tips, and tricks that you will need for your toolbox.
Bring a comrade and a friend and come learn how to facilitate meetings for your coalition’s and organization’s work! Our expert will be Ohio Voice’s very own, Alwiyah Shariff.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by Ohio Voice.
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We need your help! We need letters of support and phone calls to State Legislators! - We ask for your support in opposing Ohio House Bill 282 and SB 171 (Establish conditions for the sale of brine as a commodity) or any such bill that would commercialize brine and comes up before the 134th Ohio General Assembly. One such product, currently marketed under the name AquaSalina, was tested by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Results from the test revealed that this product contains high levels of Radium-226 and Radium-228.
House Bill 282 will have its second hearing this Thursday, May 20. This hearing will only be for those that support the bill. Testimony for those against the bill could come as early as next week, so there is still time to think about doing testimony, either in person or written. If you would like help with writing your testimony, please feel free to contact us. Below are links to both the House and Senate versions of the bills.