Action Alerts
Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 6:30 PM
Join the Columbus transgender and gender non-conforming community as we memorialize and celebrate those we lost this year. More details to come. Please follow this event for updates. Location: King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Avenue, Columbus 43201. Facebook.
Monday, November 18, 2019, 7:15 – 8:30 PM
Please join us on Monday, November 18th at 7:15 p.m. as we continue the conversation on how we can best support Miriam Vargas and her family. Your support over the past year has been much appreciated and we hope you will join us as we share and make plans for the coming months. Location: First English Lutheran Church, 1015 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43205. Facebook.
Under the cover of the night on November 14, Ohio legislators introduced House Bill 413, another bill intended to further regulate individuals options to control and manage their own bodies as well as penalize physicians for thoughtful caring for their patients without fear of political interference.
Lauren Blauvelt-Copelin, vice president of government affairs and public advocacy for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio gave the following statement in response:
“This is yet another attack on the sacred physician-patient relationship and on reproductive health care. This extreme bill goes to outlandish levels to further restrict Ohioans decisions around health care and parenting.
“Similar to the other seven active pieces of legislation making their way through the Ohio Statehouse, Ohioans deserve better than politicians that are obsessed with regulating other people’s bodies.
Saturday, November 16, 3pm
Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, 43210
Columbus Muslim Youth Townhall is today at 3 pm. Jasmin, Siyat and others are looking forward to meet with moms/dads,sister/brothers, neighbors and friends who would care for them and other at-risk youth that need help, protection, shelter, love and peace right here in Columbus. If you are one of those compassionate individuals, then please come over along with your family and friends. Your taking 2 hours out for them will make a lifetime impact on them, especially on Jasmin who is struggling very hard to become a better Muslim, a successful, productive citizen. We have invited all major mosques and Muslim organizations to this townhall. We are hoping that all of them will appreciate the importance of the event and will send at least one representative to take notes and to speak on their behalf. We are on a mission of uniting our community behind our vulnerable youth and their families. Please register yourself now and come over for this historic, one of its kind event in Columbus.
Parking is also Free. We will provide with the Parking passes.
On Saturday, November 16, dozens of Ohio college students, activists and immigrant advocates will go to Morrow County Jail in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, to protest the county’s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The demonstration will be held from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. and will involve testimonials from those personally affected by ICE actions.
Corrections Facility Administrator Captain Sara Fulk emphasized at a Morrow County Commissioners meeting that expenses are increasing. “The cost of everything is up,” said Fulk. “The costs of meals, utilities, and wages have all increased.” ICE brings detainees from many central Ohio counties to the Morrow County Jail. A Kenyon College student involved in organizing the protest stressed that Morrow County residents should know that their municipal tax dollars are subsidizing ICE operations in Ohio.
Thursday, November 14, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Did you know many individuals detained in jails have the right to vote? In Ohio, people only lose the right to vote while incarcerated after they have been convicted of a felony. So while citizens awaiting trial or convicted of a misdemeanor can cast a ballot, few are able to simply because jail officials do not have voting programs that encourage people to exercise their right to vote. In fact, at any given time, roughly 750,000 Americans in jails are legally allowed to cast ballots. Join All Voting is Local, Indivisible OH12, and Indivisible Westerville for a training to learn how to help register voters in Ohio's jails. Location: Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St., Westerville. Facebook.
Wednesday, November 12, 2019, 4-6pm
Rep. Steve Stivers, 3790 Municipal Way, Hilliard
Next week starts public testimony in the impeachment hearings. We can not sit idly by and "hope" to get the results we want. We have to demand action! Bring your support impeachment signs as we read the week's testimony for all of Hilliard to hear. Sponsored by Ohio District 15 Indivisible .
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
Join us for BQIC's monthly fundraiser, BQIC Speak up! Spoken Word and Open Mic. Come out and share your poems, songs, monologues, inner musings, and good encounters, bad days, good dates etc on the mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority within the space! Entry is $5 suggested donation! We will have snacks and drinks for suggested donation as well. All proceeds will go to our newly developed emergency fund for Black LGBTQIA + people. This fund will be devoted to Black LGBTQIA+ people who are in need of emergency funds to help with prevention of eviction, housing assistance, bail, medical expenses, transportation and other emergencies. Location: Art Outside the Lines, 485 E. Livingston Ave. Facebook.
Monday, November 11, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Discussion: Have you been trolled for something you posted on Facebook or Twitter? Or for a letter to the editor? One of our members recently received a threatening letter in response to a letter published by The Columbus Dispatch. Hear how this member responded and participate in a discussion to identify ways a person or we as a group could respond to trolling. Location: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave., Columbus 43214.