Action Alerts
Saturday, October 17 from 12 PM to 1:30 pm
85 Marconi Blvd. (Federal District Courthouse, Southern District) in Columbus, OH
There will be a Sign-Holding event to honor Ruth Bader Ginsberg and demand that the seat she vacated remain unfilled until after the 2020 election results are finalized. Let the people decide. Corner of Marconi and Broad, near the Federal District Courthouse, Southern Division. Sidewalk only. No permit sought. I will have some masks and hand sanitizer. No sign-making materials. Please bring YOUR great sign and a friend!
Join us on Friday, October 16 at 7pm for “The Unity Soiree,” A (Virtual) Community Celebration benefiting KYC [Kaleidoscope Youth Center]!
This is a free streaming media event, happening here on Facebook and on YouTube, featuring performances from artists like K. Daniel, community awards honoring outstanding people and organizations, a silent auction, and much more!
Check out kycohio.org/unitysoiree for more information!
Your support of the Unity Soiree will help KYC provide safer and affirming environments, plus resource and housing support, for thousands of LGBTQIA+ young people in Ohio!
Please RSVP for this event by using this link and then clicking “Going.”
Hosted by Kaleidoscope Youth Center.
“FTP: Drunk PowerPoint Nite,” a fundraiser for Columbus Community Pride
Thursday, October 15, 8-10pm
This on-line event requires advance registration
Facebook Event
Especially in the days of virtual schooling and working from home, doing a slideshow presentation isn’t on most regular agendas anymore. But have no fear, your opportunity for visually-driven public-speaking has arrived! Make a slideshow (PowerPoint, Google Slides, whatever) about anything you want and share with the “class” of your LGBTQ+ peers.
What’s your favorite conspiracy theory? What’s your most controversial opinion? Introduce us to your favorite celebrity, or your best friend. Teach us about your college major, your current job/research, or the historical events that fascinate you. Make up your own drinking game. Build a trivia board, or a choose-your-own adventure story. The options are endless, so long as you can encompass it in a shared screen on a Zoom call!
And for a little added difficulty/fun factor, we encourage you to be a little inebriated.
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Racism and police violence with no justice for people like Breonna Taylor; 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and still no stimulus check; wildfires ravaging the west coast. This system is killing us.
Working people, especially black people, are facing evictions, unemployment, climate change, a health crisis, and racist violence from the police and right-wing. We need the Climate Strike and Labor movements to step up and support Black Lives Matter and the struggle against the capitalist system as a whole.
Join Socialist Alternative as we discuss how we can build a movement to fight back against racism, climate change, and the pandemic, and why we need a new party that truly represents working people.
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Join Ohio State experts for a conversation about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Panelists: Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., Intercultural Specialist for Native American and Indigenous Students; Daniel Rivers, Associate Professor, Department of History. Unable to join the event live? No worries register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Register here.
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Join Ohio State experts for a conversation about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Panelists: Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., Intercultural Specialist for Native American and Indigenous Students; Daniel Rivers, Associate Professor, Department of History. Unable to join the event live? No worries register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Register here.
Sunday, October 11
Whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, be proud of who you are and your support for LGBTQ equality this Coming Out Day!
Every year on National Coming Out Day, we celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ.) This year, we will mark the 32nd anniversary of National Coming Out Day!
Thirty-two years ago, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, we first observed National Coming Out Day as a reminder that one of our most basic tools is the power of coming out. One out of every two Americans has someone close to them who is gay or lesbian. For transgender people, that number is only one in 10.
Coming out — whether it is as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer — STILL MATTERS. When people know someone who is LGBTQ, they are far more likely to support equality under the law. Beyond that, our stories can be powerful to each other.
Join us ONLINE for the Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon
Saturday, October 10 from 7:00-8:30PM EDT
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89700952093...
Meeting ID: 897 0095 2093
Passcode: 173251
