Action Alerts

Monday, October 16, 2017, 7:00 – 8:45 PM.  Environmental Film Series.  Screening of An Inconvenient Sequel with lively discussion led by leading OSU and local experts.  Al Gore shares how close we are to a real energy revolution.  Location:  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering & Chemistry (CBEC), Room 130, 151 W. Woodruff Ave., Ohio State University.  Details at epn.osu.edu.   (Free pizzas and beverages @ 6:45 PM.  Sponsored by the School of Environmental and Natural Resources & Office of Energy and Environment.  

Monday, October 16, 2017, 4:30 - 6:30 PM.  Learning From Your Community: The State Of Free Speech And Civil Progress In Ohio.  This panel will discuss the state of free speech in Ohio and at Ohio State, as well as how to proceed civilly while honoring marginalized voices. This will be followed by a Q&A/discussion. The organizations helping sponsor this include ACS, the Multicultural Center, NICD, Sustained Dialogue, and the Council of Student Affairs.  Location:  Moritz College of Law, OSU, 55 W. Twelfth Ave, Columbus, in Saxbe Auditorium.  

Resistance and Black Liberation in the Age of Trump
Saturday, October 14
2:30-4pm
A+ Arts Academy, 270 S. Napoleon (near Lowe's in Whitehall)
Join the Black Caucus of the Ohio Green Party in a conversation with Human Rights Activist Ajamu Baraka.
Mr. Baraka is an internationally recognized leader of the emerging human rights movement in the U.S. and has been at the forefront of efforts to apply the international human rights framework to social justice advocacy in the U.S. for more than 25 years. He will be in Columbus, Ohio to engage and encourage our community in light of the recent incidents of police brutality, ongoing concerns about socio-economic conditions, and rise of activism in our city.
Admission is FREE

This December, the Bureau of Land Management plans to auction off more of Wayne National Forest to gas and oil companies for unconventional fracking, putting public land, wildlife habitat, and the air and water we all depend on at risk. The protest period has already begun and ends next Thursday October 12th!  This is you're opportunity to voice your opinion and share your personal stories and any relevant information you have that may influence this decision. Please take a few minutes and stand up for the Wayne!  The BLM must read and respond to every letter. Even if they choose to deny your protest, there will be a record of it and that will help to demonstrate that the public does not want this.  All letters must be either postmarked or faxed by October 12th.

Northwood-High building, 2231 N. High St., if parking in rear park in "R" spots only
At 7:00pm, come hear a presentation by Don Shartzer, criminal defense attorney speaking on: "Don't Talk to the Cops." He will explain why -- and explain what you should say if they start to ask you questions.

Sunday, October 8, 12:30pm [registration], 12:30pm [send-off rally]; Scioto Audubon Metro Park [Maier Place Pavilion] 400 W. Whittier St.

The 39th Annual Columbus CROP Hunger Walk has open registration from 12:30pm to 2pm. Come enjoy the beautiful Scioto Audubon Metro Park and be sure to join us for our Send-Off Rally at 12:45pm with an invocation, updates from the Mid-Ohio Foodbank and Church World Service, and a special guest!

Refreshments, hunger advocacy, and a CROP “kids station” will all be available! Join us as we end hunger, one step at a time, around the block and around the world!

CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by religious groups, businesses, schools, and others to raise funds to end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.

Walk distance: 5K or ¾ mile

Contact: webwalk@crophungerwalk.org; or Andrew Gifford, agifford@cwsglobal.org

October 5-7, 7pm
The Speak Your Truth Summit is a three day celebration of equality, community, and the breaking the chains of division,expressed by way of poetry, live music art and panel discussion led by David Banner .The Summit will encourage all races, genders and people of various economic, educational and social backgrounds to come together with the intent to connect, commune and begin the process of healing by speaking their truth.Local musicians, poets and performers will also be on the bill to perform.
Day 1-Speak On It Open Mic Poetry ft Poet Bri Wade and DJ SwampThing @ Art of Republic at 34 W Fifth Ave
Doors open at 8pm
$10
Day 2-The God Box Listening Party/Open Mic Poetry Night at Frank Hale Cultural Center @ OSU 
Hosted by Geoffrey Goldman aka Jugh Jeffner with DJ SwampThing
Doors open at 7pm
FREE ADMISSION
Day 3-The God Box Lecture Series w/ David Banner, Live Poetry and Performances @ The Northland Performing Arts Center
Doors open at 5pm
Show begins at 7pm
$40
DJ O Sharp (Columbus,Ohio)
Bri Wade-Poet ( Denver, Colorado)

Wednesday, October 4, 5-7pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. Broad St. 
In a recent event at the Columbus Metropolian Club Mayor Andrew Ginther said “there is no evidence to support a pervasive issue [with racism] in the Columbus Division of Police.” We believe the first step is admitting you have a problem.

Everyone wants to go home to their families at the end of the day, including officers, but right now there is a crisis in the streets of Columbus. Columbus Police have killed 5 Black men and boys in the past 15 months and brutalized countless more. Most recently, multiple CPD officers were caught on camera brutalizing Timothy Davis. He remains in custody being denied adequate medical care for his injuries.

In an era of alternative facts and executive leadership who refuses tohear the cries of their people we seek a faithful response. We will never bridge the divide by pretending racism doesn't exist and silencing the cries of heartbroken Black families. Join us for a one mile silent march against racism and bigotry stepping off at 5:30pm from Trinity Episcopal Church. 

Tuesday, Oct 3
3:00-4:20pm - Columbus State Community College Workforce Development building room 407, 315 Cleveland Ave.
Facebook event
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7pm - Ohio Communities Rising Tour: Merrily Mazza Speaking and “We the People 2.0” film showing, Northwood-High building, room 100, 2231 N. High St.
Councilwoman Mazza will discuss Lafayette, Colorado’s successful and first Climate Bill of Rights and will present the new Community Rights documentary film, “We the People, 2.0.” Sponsored by Columbus Community Bill of Rights and Ohio Community Rights Network. Hosted by Columbus Community Bill of Rights.

Saturday, Sept 30, 12-3pm
Franklinton Gardens
Facebook Event
Franklinton Garden's 3rd Annual Fall Festival is coming up! 
The event will be held in the outdoor space with benches across the street from St. John's Episcopal Church on Avondale and Town St. 
We will be making cider on-site with a ciderpress and distributing it to guests. Free food will be provided by Abe's Kitchen, and Jenni's has graciously agreed to donate some icecream.
Local band Blue Spectrum will be providing the tunes, along with local rapper Frances. Activities such as pumpkin tossing, corn hole and face painting will be put on as well.
It's tradition that farms celebrate their harvest, and what better way to usher in the fall harvest than bringing the community together around our food? Hope to see you there! Bring your friends! Free.

In response to the Burma (Myanmar) government backed genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority in that nation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging Americans of all faiths and backgrounds to take part in the following actions to increase American and international pressure on the Burmese government.