Action Alerts
Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:00 AM
A march from the Local 1 office to the 12pm action at Nationwide and High Street. Join SEIU Local 1 janitors and supporters as they kick off the 2019 contract campaign. SEIU is running a “One Columbus” campaign geared at fighting for better jobs, higher wages, and securing a better future for the workers and their families. Location: Local 1 Office, 700 Bryden Road, Columbus 43215. From there, they will travel to a 12:00 PM action at Nationwide and High St. SEIU says this is where they need the most community support. No RSVP needed.
Saturday, September 14, 2019, 6:30 – 11:00 PM
Come to network and socialize with progressive friends with refreshments, live music by Golden Ratio and a presentation about Senate Bill 33 - that criminalizes protest by Joan Van Becelaere, Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio. Free, no RSVP required. colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571. Location: 1021 E. Broad St. in the backyard, weather permitting.
Thursday, September 12, 2019, 2:30 – 4:00 PM
Roundtable discussion on fighting gerrymandering. All On the Line OH and Innovation Ohio are co-hosting what we hope will be the first of many similar discussions of progressive partners who are integral to achieving fair maps in 2021. We'll be hearing from national leaders from All On the Line and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and from the Redistricting Reform Project, from in-state leaders from the Fair Elections coalition, and will lay out some of our initial thoughts on strategy to get fair maps. Please RSVP here! Location: Ohio Education Association's downtown office (225 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215).
Help protect democracy in Franklin County on Election Day this fall. The Free Press and WGRN/WCRS community radio are teaming up to provide all-day live coverage from the polls and commentary on the Free Press Network and radio. You can help by being a polling site correspondent or in the studio. Video the vote needed as well. CONTACT: colsfreepress@gmail.comif you are interested. Put “Election Protection” in the SUBJECT line.
Tuesday, Sept 10 - 8-10pm
Art Outside the Lines, 485 E. Livingston
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 takes priority within the space!
Entry is $5 suggested donation! We will have beverages and snacks for suggested donations as well! Please also consider donating to Art Outside the Lines which provides great art programs for people with disabilities.
We will have Tempestt Young Mcee debut so you GOT TO COME THROUGH! The amazing DJ Aloha will be spinnin those beats!
Hit us up beforehand to sign up to perform or sign up at the door!
Monday, September 9, 6:30-8:30pm, First English Lutheran Church, 1015 E. Main St.
Please join us as we continue the conversation on how we can best support Miriam Vargas and her family.
Únase a nosotros mientras continuamos la conversación sobre cómo podemos apoyar mejor a Miriam Vargas y su familia.
Hosted by Miriam in Sanctuary.
Friday, September 6, 5pm-12midnight; Saturday, September 7, 12noon-12midnight; Sunday, September 8, 11am-8pm;
240 Parsons Ave. [northeast of the intersection of E. Main St. and Parsons Ave.]
https://hottimesfestival.com/
The annual Hot Times Community Music and Arts Festival is an independent and all-volunteer-driven community arts and music festival in Columbus, Ohio. The location of the festival is a beautiful grassy area with mature hardwood trees providing the perfect spot to relax and enjoy music!
Thursday, September 5, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.
Living in Columbus, it’s not hard to see that the system is broken. We live under a reign of police terror where working-class black and brown youth are targeted for execution and imprisonment; Ohio State University and the city of Columbus have been working together to gentrify neighborhood after neighborhood; tens of thousands of students are getting into life-long debt for an education; ICE harasses undocumented immigrants with impunity; landlords and capitalists exploit and oppress us.
The only hope that we have is the organized force of our class: the working class. We must continue the work of building revolutionary organizations and movements that can fight relentlessly for our rights in the workplace, in housing, and as living and working people.
The Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists is one such organization. If you tremble at every injustice, you are a comrade of ours. Join us to help forge a weapon in the struggle for a better tomorrow!
Contact: iso.columbus@gmail.com
Wed, Sept 4, 7-8:30pm
Bexley Public Library, 2411 E. Main St.
Screening portions of the documentary “Jews Step Forward.” The moral voices of bravery and justice that are depicted in “Jews Step Forward” will be followed by a discussion of the personal experiences of our members. Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio. facebook.com/JVPCentralOhio.