Action Alerts
Friday, September 22, 7-8pm, Ohio Statehouse
Facebook Event
Join Council on American-lslamic Relations [CAIR] Columbus this Friday at the intersection of High St. and Broad St. at the Ohio Statehouse for a rally in solidarity with the Rohingya and to demand that Congress take action to halt the violence in Burma [now Myanmar].
For years, the Burmese government has been committing ethnic and religious cleansing of the vulnerable Rohingya people. The apartheid government of Burma continues to carry out attacks against innocent civilians, causing many to be displaced, forced out of homes, and stranded at the border without food, shelter, or any necessities.
Hosted by CAIR-Columbus.
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 - 6:30-8:30pm
Hoof Hearted Brewery and Kitchen, 850 N 4th St, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facebook Event
Did you know: 1 in 10 Columbus residents are foreign born? Over 16,000 refugees have settled here? Ohio is home to 5,200 registered DACA recipients and 13,000 additional Dreamers who are eligible?
Come learn about our free six-month development program that trains young progressive and civic leaders, then join a panel discussion with leaders like City Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown; Human Services Chamber of Franklin County Executive Director Michael Corey; and Virginia Nunez, Co-owner and COO, Bottoms Up Coffee Co-Op and AVANZA Business Solutions. We'll talk about how Central Ohio is and should be responding to the needs of the immigrant, refugee, and New American populations as they come under assault from the federal government and as progressive local leaders fight back to protect and support them.
There is plenty of parking around and in the Foundry at Jeffrey Park.
Monday, September 18, 6:30pm
Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley
Facebook Event
Come preview Overbites Pictures' hit documentary "American Mayor" at The Drexel Theatre before it's rereleased by Amazon Video on September 19!
Balloon Release for Anniversary of Tyre King
Saturday, Sept. 16, 6-9pm
Mock Park, 2520 Mock Rd
Facebook Event
It has been one year since Columbus Police officer Bryan Mason shot and killed 13-year-old Tyre King after mistaking him for a 19-year-old who allegedly stole $10. Bryan Mason is still on duty with the Columbus Police Department. Come out to join community, friends, and family as we send our Blessings Up to Tyre. The Details: Please arrive to Mock Park by 6 pm. We will release 13 BLUE balloons at 6:30 pm. Please feel free to bring a balloon (or balloons) with you, as long as they are NOT blue ♥ We would like to honor Tyre's 13 years of life through the 13 Blue balloons we will have one site, along with any other balloons you all may bring ♥
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, 7-8:30pm
St. Stephan's Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Since the election of Donald Trump, the emboldened far-right has focused on university campuses as a key site of organizing -- to both recruit young people to their white supremacist, fascist movement, and to target oppressed students and workers fighting together for justice.
The far-right's orientation on campus has forced students to ask a plethora of questions: Am I safe on campus? What can I do to stop far-right intimidation here? Is the university administration our friend in this fight? Why is this all happening in the first place?
At this meeting we will try to answer these pressing questions, distill the lessons of past and current student movements, and motivate how essential student organizing is today.
Only a strong and organized left can stop the right-wing threat on our campuses. And combating the right will be an essential part of our common struggle for a better university, country, and world.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 9:30am
High Street in front of Ohio Statehouse
Sponsored by Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE)
The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to stay the execution of Gary W. Otte. Gary currently has an appeal before the Ohio Supreme Court, asking them to halt his execution. He is arguing that his age at the time of the crime (20) should have precluded him from being sentenced to death.
HELP STOP EXECUTIONS
With the resumption of executions in July comes the admonition to us all to step up our work to end the death penalty in Ohio. The next 26 executions are set for 10am on Sept. 13, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15 (and almost monthly going into 2020!).
Contact info@otse.org to receive an action alert flier you can print out to post and/or distribute in your community
Tues Sep 12th, 6:00pm business, 7pm public
2231 N. High St., Northwood-High building, room 100 - park in back in "R" spots only
At 7:00 come hear Abe Bonowitz of Ohioans to Stop Executions discuss Ohio's death penalty, its racial bias, its unfairness, and the inevitability of wrongful convictions -- among its other evils, and discuss what you can do to help.
Tues Sep 12th, 6:00pm business, 7pm public
2231 N. High St., Northwood-High building, room 100 - park in back in "R" spots only
At 7:00 come hear Abe Bonowitz of Ohioans to Stop Executions discuss Ohio's death penalty, its racial bias, its unfairness, and the inevitability of wrongful convictions -- among its other evils, and discuss what you can do to help.
Last fall the Bureau of Land Management (BLMird lease auction is set for September 21st. On August 17, Eclipse Resources, which won about 1,300 acres in the first two BLM auctions, applied for its first drilling permit to begin fracking under public land in Wayne National Forest from a well on private land in Green Township in Monroe County.