Action Alerts
Tuesday, September 5, 2017, 5:00 – 6:30 PM. Rally support for DACA and our friends and neighbors affected by it! Show your support for immigrants and Dreamers. Urge our representatives to uphold this crucial program. Hosted by Indivisible Columbus. Location: outside the Ohio Union at OSU on High Street. Facebook.
Wednesday, August 30
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Join us for a follow up to our past community conversation on how to better our community for Black LGBTQ+ people. This second conversation will be focused on bringing our minds together to action-plan and figure out what each of us can do to better our community.
If you are looking to figure out how to get involved in our cause, if you came to our community conversation on July 24 and wanted more time to work together and flesh out action items, and/or if you want to better yourself as an accomplice to LGBTQ+ people of color, we invite you to come out on Wednesday, August 30 to build with us.
What to expect:
1. Short teach-in on the historical context of the #BlackPride4 and police brutality
2. Smaller team discussions grouped by skills and resources
3. Sharing our ideas and determining next actions as a group
Sunday, August 27, 1:30-3:30pm
OSU campus, North Oval mall, Columbus
Friday, August 25, 6-7:30pm
Denney Hall Room 311, 164 Annie and John Glenn Ave, Ohio State University campus
Facebook event
The Trump administration’s war on working people has emboldened the far right, leading to a rise in violent attacks by extremists and open rallies by the alt-right and the KKK in Berkeley, Portland, and Charlotte. Democratic politicians have failed to pose a real alternative to Trump and the right, instead saying we need to hold back on demands that would alleviate the immiseration facing working people, like taxing the rich, single payer healthcare, and a living wage.
At the same time, the opportunities to build the left and socialist organization are the best they’ve been in decades. We need to mobilize a mass movement to defeat the far right on the streets. And we must construct a left political alternative that raises people's hopes and builds solidarity against the right’s attempts to scapegoat the poor, minorities, women, immigrants, and people of color for rising inequality and social despair.
Tuesday, August 22, 11am-12pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W Broad St
Six black men and one black boy have been shot and killed by Columbus Police since last summer:
- Henry Green
- Kwame Patrick
- Tyre King
- Jacquarius Robinson
- Chris Wade
- Jaron Thomas
- Kareem Ali Nadir Jones
Mayor Ginther must act. Columbus clergy and people of faith are gathering on the steps of City Hall to urge implementation of simple policies that are proven effective to de-escalate situations and will keep everyone in Columbus safer. Please join us and bring members of your faith community with you!
Saturday, August 19, 2-3pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 West Broad St.
Saturday, August 19, 10am-1pm
First Unitarian Universaist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
From National SURJ:
The events last weekend in Charlottesville have laid bare the true, vicious, and violent reality of white supremacy in this country. Our hearts and prayers are with the people of Charlottesville, with all those who put their bodies on the line to fight racist violence and hate, and with everyone - especially those from communities of color and our Jewish sisters and brothers - who experience violence and terror daily. We grieve for the loss of life, offer condolences to the families of those killed, and extend care to those in critical condition and others who were physically attacked and otherwise harmed.