Action Alerts
Saturday, December 14, 2019, 6:30 – 11:00 PM
1021 E. Broad St., Columbus.
Network and socialize with progressive friends with refreshments, music and special guest Jen Mendoza, activist working on campaign to stop Charmin from cutting down forests for toilet paper. Parking in side driveway, on street or rear parking lot. Free, no RSVP required. For more information, 614-353-2571 or colsfreepress@gmail.com.
Friday, December 13, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Please join Miriam Vargas and her family as they celebrate the Holidays. Please bring either an appetizer or a dessert to share. Drinks provided. Raffle, tree trimming, music, and other entertainment. If you’d like to participate in the raffle, please bring cash for raffle tickets. Location: First English Lutheran Church, 1015 E. Main Street, Columbus 43201. Facebook
Thursday, December 12, 2019, 7:00 PM
We will be discussing resolutions of support, Op Ed in the Columbus Dispatch, SPAN quarterly meeting report, membership and more to advance improved and expanded Medicare for All. Central Ohio Meeting. Location: Unitarian Universalist Church, room 301, 93 West Weisheimer Rd, Columbus, 43214. There is plenty of parking, and it is a short walk from the COTA stop on North High Street. For more information, contact Bob Krasen, SPAN Ohio Regional Coordinator brkrasen@gmail.com.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 11:00 AM. Public Utilities Committee Meeting
7th Hearing and possible vote on S.B. 33. Modify criminal and civil law for critical infrastructure damage 7th Hearing Poss. Vote Cc: House Clerk Committee Members Committee Clerk Speaker's Office Assistant Majority Floor Leader's Office Caucus Staff Bill Sponsor Legislative Information Systems LSC Press Room Minority Leader's Office. Associated Files: SB 33 witness slip[11487].pdf. Location: Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus. Room 116.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Tis the season to gather with friends and celebrate reproductive freedom! Join us for a holiday happy hour to learn more about our work and to enjoy some holiday spirits. We’re also thrilled to be joining forces with Women Have Options - Ohio to launch our joint Abortion Care Package program at this event! Come make care packages and learn how you can bring this program to your own community or congregation in the New Year. Donate $5 at the door to get a complimentary drink ticket. Cash only please. All proceeds will benefit the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Location: Growl, 2995 N. High St., Columbus. Facebook.
Monday, December 9, 2019, 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 8, 2019, 4:30-7:30pm, Peace Lutheran Church, 455 Clark State Rd., Gahanna, Ohio
Please join us for this educational and uplifting program as we take an interfaith perspective of our shared home by looking at our planet from the perspective of nine different faiths. Stay after the program for a delicious potluck meal!
Please RSVP via Eventbrite by clicking here or by emailing office@iaco.org. Facebook Event
Co-sponsored by:
• Baha’i’s of Columbus
• Bharatiya Hindu temple
• Broad Street Presbyterian Church
• The Burkhart Center
• Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints
• First Congregational Church
• First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus
• Islamic Foundation of Central Ohio
Friday, December 6th 2:30-3:30
Outside Drinko Hall, OSU Campus
Media Contacts:Contacts: Dylan Roderick dylan.j.roderick@gmail.com (217) 714-8547 Bianca Davis alexandra.davis107@gmail.com, (614) 549-2916
OSU Students and families of Buckeye Village will rally outside of Drinko Hall to demand President Drake and the Board of OSU not demolish the only student family housing on OSU campus. "This fight is about the future, our future, our children's future, the future for the institution of family, the future of community." - Rhonda Michelle (Buckeye Village Resident)
Given the OSU’s administration history of putting profit over the needs of students, faculty and staff (Campus Parc) the students rallying December 6 are demanding that the university commit the being the accessible public resource a flagship university is meant to be and not a vehicle for private profit. “By closing Buckeye Village without alternatives, OSU is pushing families and struggling students out of the community and higher education." -Bianca Davis
Friday, December 6, 2019, 12:00 PM
In the wake of September's strike, we have seen no change from our political leaders. On Friday, December 6th at 12 PM we will strike again, at the statehouse. Our voices cannot be silenced, we as constituents will be heard. We will not rest until we have a new green deal. Pledge your support—> https://actionnetwork.org/forms/december-6-climate-strike-2
Location: Ohio Statehouse.
For more information, contact Russell, Seal russell.1223@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
David Shutkin is a founding member of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV). He has been to Palestine on four occasions since 2015 and will be in Palestine with a fifth delegation this winter. He has been an anti-occupation activist since 1982. The CJNV engages in nonviolent direct action in opposition to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Their work is a form of solidarity activism as we support and collaborate with many Palestinian partner organizations such as Youth Against Settlements and the Good Shepard Coalition. We also partner with numerous Palestinian village counsels including Susya, Umm Al-Khair, and Al-Tawani, in the South Hebron Hillas and Issawiya and Batan Al-Hawa in East Jerusalem. The CJNV brings together members of organizations such as JVP, If Not Now and J Street U. David will share an overview of the CJNV, some of my back story, and discuss the successes of our most recent collaborative action in the South Hebron Hills where we encountered the violence of the IDF and seventeen people were arrested. Website: