Action Alerts
Saturday, November 28, 12:15-1:30pm, northeast corner of Parsons Ave. and E. Innis Ave.
Come join us every Saturday, 12:15-1:30pm, at the northeast corner of Parsons Ave. and E. Innis Ave. [near Tony’s Tax Service at 1828 Parsons Ave.]. Please do not park in the business parking lots or block residences as we want to be able to keep using this space.
We collect as much produce and other foods as we can find, and offer it free to any in need, no questions asked. So, if you, or someone you know, is in need, please stop by. And/or if you’ve ever wanted to learn more about what we do or how you may be able to help further our goals/efforts (and possibly expand to even more areas), come on out too.
Hosted by Columbus Food Not Bombs.
Friday, November 27, 7pm, this event will be live-streamed on “Facebook Live”
Join Bill Cohen and friends as they sing about many things that we may be thankful for: friends, family, freedom, nature, music, art, and more. These tunes from the 1940’s, ’50’s, ’60’s, and ’70’s will warm your heart and make you feel good. This year’s show will be live-streamed online. Go to Facebook and search for the page called “Bill Cohen Sings.”
The concert is free, but we’ll welcome contributions to the International Medical Alliance, an all-volunteer group of doctors, nurses, and medical students who provide free medical care to impoverished villagers along the Haiti/Dominican border. Bill’s wife Randi serves as a team’s interpreter.
Use this link to attend the concert.
Use this link to donate to the International Medical Alliance.
Hopes for a robust COVID bill remain stalled, with neither side talking right now. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did say on November 4 that COVID relief was his top priority, he is not at the negotiating table. The situation is dire. Millions of renters face eviction in January when the weather is cold and the pandemic is still raging. Families are struggling to put food on the table. And 11 million people remain unemployed with businesses beginning to shut down again. Congress, particularly the Senate, needs to stop telling Americans "you're on your own" and do something. Join advocates from across the country today for a national call-in day to demand Congress take action. Call your senators and representative and tell them to pass a robust COVID relief bill that includes rental and nutrition assistance. To make sure Congress gets the message, we need to generate as many calls as possible. Please forward this alert to everyone you know urging them to call too. Help us to overwhelm Congress with calls and push them into action on what Americans need now.
“We are fighting for the truth”… Support the family of Nicolas Morales, farmworker shot and killed by Collier County Sheriff’s Deputy by calling Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk at 239-252-0555
Nicolas Morales, a single father and longtime farmworker in Immokalee was shot and killed in the early hours of September 17th by a deputy with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO). There are few details from the night of Nicolas’s death, but these facts seem to be established: Three officers, armed with their service weapons and accompanied by a trained police K9, arrived at a quiet street in a housing development just south of Immokalee called Farm Worker Village to find Nicolas, who stood 5’ 1’’, alone in the street with, according to police reports, a shovel and gardening clippers. 13 seconds after the officers arrived at the scene, Nicolas was dead, shot four times by one of the three officers and also bitten by the K9. What exactly happened in those 13 seconds to cause the officer to shoot Nicolas remains entirely unclear.
Columbus Tenants' Union is gathering information about rental properties in Central Ohio to help tenants organize. If you are a renter, please fill it out, and whether you are or not, please pass this along to other renters you know in the area! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckAyA5W-w0MzMDadH412BZKiNvwwkYQKsyuzEj0bPGsZ_-RQ/viewform. Contact Becca Pollard if you have questions or would like more information: becca.pollard@sierraclub.org.
Saturday, November 21, 2020, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Be COVID-safe and arrive/participate in by car — lineup around Mayme Moore Park, 240 MLK Jr Blvd.
We will have invited speakers open the event, more info to come on how their speeches will be broadcast. After we read the names of the Black trans people we have lost this year, the caravan will start and we’ll drive around Columbus making noise! Route TBA very soon.
Friday, November 20, 7-9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Columbus Community Bill of Rights presents “Hard Road of Hope,” a documentary about the people of West Virginia’s journey through the fossil-fuels industry, as a one-time showing. Film producer Eleanor Goldfield will be available after the showing for discussion and a question-and-answer period.
“‘Hard Road of Hope’ explains the peoples’ history of the region through the voices of people who still remember. The stories in this documentary are many; watching it unravels what should be in front of all of our eyes in all of our struggles. Goldfield pries the viewer’s eyes open to see how the use of radical history is a tool we need in order to see where we come from, so we can clearly see the now and build a just future.”
— Orin Langelle, co-founder, Global Justice Ecology Project
Thursday, November 19, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Why and to whom are tax incentives given and who is benefiting from them? This month’s Move to Amend Central Ohio virtual presentation will explore the quid pro quo of campaign contributions from developers, the Columbus Partnership, and other corporations in Columbus that in return receive tax abatements and city income tax exemptions. This presentation will also consider the adverse impacts of such agreements on affordable housing, educational opportunities, and efforts to fight poverty. Our guest presenter will be Joe Motil, a longtime Columbus resident and activist who is a leading expert on tax abatements in Columbus.
Join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
Thursday, November 19, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Why and to whom are tax incentives given and who is benefiting from them? This month’s Move to Amend Central Ohio virtual presentation will explore the quid pro quo of campaign contributions from developers, the Columbus Partnership, and other corporations in Columbus that in return receive tax abatements and city income tax exemptions. This presentation will also consider the adverse impacts of such agreements on affordable housing, educational opportunities, and efforts to fight poverty. Our guest presenter will be Joe Motil, a longtime Columbus resident and activist who is a leading expert on tax abatements in Columbus.
Join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.