Action Alerts
Friday, December 18, 4-6pm
Community Grounds: Coffee & Meeting House, 1134 Parsons Ave. Columbus
Join BQIC for our community outreach program, Free Resource Fridays!
Free Resource Friday is a donation-based initiative to provide free resources like food, clothes, and hygiene items to folks living in predominantly Black, low income neighborhoods. Volunteers distribute items, share information, and provide support for local communities in need.
All are welcome, but QTPOC take priority within the space.
This month, FRF will be a drive-through event and masks are required. Come out today from 4pm to 6pm for free resources such as food, clothing and hygiene products.
If you'd like to support Free Resource Fridays by donating materials, or if you'd like to get involved by offering a skill-share, mini-workshop or educational class, contact us! We are always looking to foster and strengthen our partnerships in the Central Ohio community. We are also accepting donations at the event, particularly warm washed winter clothing as the weather is getting colder.
Thursday, December 17, 6:30-8pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
This is a meeting of the Ready for 100 Columbus campaign. Anyone working on Community Outreach, Leadership Outreach, or Communications is invited to attend. This meeting is usually held on the fourth Thursday of the month, 6:30-8pm. This will be an online meeting for the foreseeable future.
In the midst of global warming, our aim is to get the City of Columbus, Ohio, to commit to running off of 100% renewable energy by the year 2050 or before.
RSVP for this event by clicking “Going” on this Facebook page.
Hosted by Ready for 100 Columbus, Ohio Beyond Coal, Sierra Club Ohio Chapter, and Sierra Club Central Ohio Group.
Wednesday, December 16, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Our agenda items for this one-hour meeting will be the following.
• Introduce yourself, and tell of one encounter you had with someone about Medicare for All (one minute each).
• Review of “Which Country has the World’s Best Health Care?,” by Ezekial Emanuel, followed by a brief discussion.
• Planning SPAN Ohio’s mission this coming year.
• Local fundraiser for SPAN Ohio in 2020; please rejoin as an annual paying member if you have not already done so.
• Yard sign discussion.
• Toast to Christmas / Hanukkah / New Year; break out your favorite beverage.
Single-Payer Action Network Ohio (SPAN Ohio) is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals in Ohio seeking fundamental health care reform in our state and country so that every resident is guaranteed full and comprehensive coverage. We advocate for the establishment of a public fund that would pay all health care bills without co-payments or deductibles. The plan that we call for is known as a single-payer health care system.
Monday, December 14, 5-6pm
Bethel International United Methodist Church, 1220 Bethel Rd.
We invite ALL to stand with us for Casey Goodson, Jr. Wear masks, bring friends, and stand against brutal and racist acts that continue to take the lives of our Black brothers and sisters. It may be cold, it may be raining, it will be dark, but justice - and injustice - knows no boundary. Join us. Stand up. We will not be silent.
Although this is not a milestone that we wished to have reached, we would like to come together to recognize and reflect upon the 900 days that Miriam and her family have spent living in sanctuary. Let’s continue the fight (¡Que siga la lucha!) to ensure that Miriam does not spend a day more in the shackles of sanctuary.
Please join us on Sunday, December 13th at 6:00pm for a Zoom event that will include music, an update from Miriam herself, a call to action, ways to help Miriam and her family, and an hour to spend in the uplifting company of community.
ZOOM LINK for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84893189981?pwd=RG1MKzJvU3VOYmJNelRMc2pNdXBUZz09
If you would like to help Miriam and her family directly but cannot attend the event:
Please visit our GoFundme and contribute what you can. All donations go directly to Miriam to cover basic needs and legal fees for when she is finally free: https://www.gofundme.com/f/miriam-and-family-at-first-english
Event plan:
Saturday, Dece,ber 12, 12noon
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
A day of peaceful protest in solidarty with Columbus, Ohio. #JusticeforCaseyGoodsonJr.
Friday, December 11, 6pm, Franklin County Municipal Court, 373 S. High St.
Enough is enough. After months of demonstrations against police brutality and the disproportionate murder of Black people, it has happened again.
Join us in a peaceful protest to demand justice for Casey Goodson Jr., the beloved son, brother, cousin, friend, neighbor, and community member.
As always, wear masks, social distance, and bundle up! Bring your signs and help us demand justice, accountability, and transparency.
Casey, aka Tank, was murdered by a 17-year-experienced Franklin County Sheriff Deputy who was working with the U.S. Marshal to capture an individual who was not Casey.
The media has reported multiple lies and facts that don’t add up. Casey was murdered as he entered his home, holding a Subway sandwich, in front of his family. His back was to officers and he was not a threat. Yet they killed him anyway.
In 2018, the Trump administration announced its decision to cut all US aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). This agency helps administer critical services and resources such as health care, education, and emergency food assistance to Palestinian refugees throughout the Middle East including in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. UNRWA’s work is even more important now as COVID-19 greatly exacerbates the difficult conditions that Palestinian refugees endure. Without US funding, UNRWA is unable to execute its important activities that serve millions of Palestinians. Before the $360 million dollars in US funding was cut, it accounted for nearly 30 percent of UNRWA’s budget. Today, while COVID continues to rise throughout the world, UNRWA is left without the funds to pay its November and December salaries for all of its 28,000 staff, including health care workers and teachers.