Action Alerts

Lights for Liberty to End Human Detention

Drawing of a statue of liberty bending down to hand her torch to s small boy as a hand is grabbing the boy and pulling him away and the words Lights for Liberty

Friday, July 12, 7-10pm
Ohio Statehouse, Broad and High Streets
We’ll be having a team from Columbus partnering with Angry Tias and Abuelas to bring much needed items for families leaving detention and families in Mexico. Please consider donating toiletries, socks, shoes, and cards to use for bus transportation. We will have clearly marked boxes for collecting these!Thank you!

This is a nationwide MASS MOBILIZATION effort. We will gather here in Columbus at the Ohio Statehouse at 7pm on July 12. We will join together in solidarity, listen to a few speakers, and hold a candlelight vigil at 9pm.

Demand U.S. Legislators Defund Harmful Immigrant Enforcement Policies

People outside at a rally holding signs saying Children out of detention and End Mandatory Detention Now
From Unitarian Universalists Justice Ohio - Demand U.S. Legislators Defund Harmful Immigrant Enforcement Policies.  From the Friends Committee on National Legislation:  "The administration has demanded more money for harmful immigration enforcement policies and Congress has funded them.  The supplemental spending bill (H.R. 3401) Congress just passed was more of the same. It provides money with no guarantee that it will be spent to protect children, not further militarize our border. This approach is worsening the humanitarian crisis. Congress is home this week for their Independence Day recess. It’s important that they hear from you. Urge them to divest from enforcement spending and instead, invest in true humanitarian assistance."   Three Steps to Dropping by a Congressional Office:  1.

INTERdependence Day Celebration!

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Sunday, July 7, 1pm
394 E. Town St.
It's time to get everyone together at a family reunion for the whole city on Sunday July 7th from 1 to 6pm!

Interdependence Day is a party to model the kind of village we want our city to be: a place where we have each others' backs, celebrate each others' talents, and live our best lives together.

We're doing this on a budget of $0.00, which means that whatever we have will come from our community.

The 4th of July is Independence Day, a celebration of rugged individualism, American empire, and all that.

July 7th is INTERDEPENDENCE DAY, a celebration of our community and our responsibility to each other.

Come chill with us starting at 1pm, when we'll have have tables, games, an open mic, and an ongoing dance floor. At 3pm we'll start our BBQ Cook-off for those who think they have the skill on the grill.

We'll end the day at 5pm with the Longest Table, a free potluck dinner where we all sit down to eat together and celebrate each other's culinary talents.

Bookstores Against Borders at Two Dollar Radio HQ

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Friday, July 5 at 10 AM – July 7 at 3 PM
Two Dollar Radio, 1124 Parsons Ave.
Booksellers at A Room of One's Own — a tremendous bookshop in Madison, WI — came up with the idea of celebrating the Independence Day holiday differently this year.

#BookstoresAgainstBorders is an initiative where shops across the country will contribute a percentage of sales made between July 5 and July 7 to RAICES, one of the most effective organizations giving legal aid to immigrants detained at the U.S. border. They are working to advocate for and represent immigrants and refugees through the American legal system, and have a program to specifically provide representation to unaccompanied children coming over the border.

A portion of all sales (books, food, drink, and otherwise) made between July 5 and July 7 at Two Dollar Radio HQ will be donated to RAICES.

Summer of Action Training

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Tuesday, July 2, 6-7:30pm
Northern Lights Library, 4093 Cleveland Ave.
OH12 is spending this summer finding unregistered progressive voters to get them engaged and registered to vote as part of our plan to win in 2020. Join us in Meeting Room 3 for a complete Voter Registration Training and overview of our Summer of Action Plan. There will be lots of opportunities for you to ask questions and sign up for VR opportunities. This is all a part of our "Road to 2020 Summer of Action!"

The Longest Walk 2019-Indigenous People at the Solar Stage

Silhouettes of native people walking with flags and the words The Longest Walk 2019 We Shall Continue

Sunday, June 30, 2:45-3:40pm
Solar Stage, southwest corner of Goodale Park, Community Festival
The Free Press welcomes The Longest Walk 2019 Native Americans at the Solar Stage at Comfest. The Longest Walk: We Shall Continue has been initiated to address the major threats to American Indian and Indigenous Peoples and Nations. This is a spiritual Walk for all Indigenous Peoples and our allies. We have identified eleven (11) areas that we need to affirm, advocate, and educate about. These are:
1) Support and Protect Indian Children
2) Honor Indigenous Women
3) Strengthen Inherent and Indigenous Sovereignty
4) Create an Environmental Covenant
5) Repeal Public Law 280 and Overturn the Plenary Power Doctrine
6) Land, Waters and Air Clean Up and Protection
7) Treaties, Lands, and Customary Responsibilities
8) Strengthen and Assert Spiritual Freedom and Protect Sacred Sites
9) Protect Indigenous Knowledge
10) Support Just Transition
11) Confront Alcohol and Other Drugs Abuse

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