Action Alerts
Tuesday, May 16, 6-8:30pm
Battelle Hall, 400 N. High St.
Facebook Event
Join Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio as we celebrate our centennial anniversary and unite for our second century!
The Planned Parenthood Centennial: United for Our Second Century Columbus dinner will feature an intimate conversation with political activist and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem, led by former Ohio Supreme Court justice and partner at Jones Day, Yvette McGee Brown.
Sunday, May 14, 3-6pm
The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St.
Dance Lesson begins at 3:00 and the square dance will start at 3:30.
-$5 cover at the door
-Moms get in for free
- Ice Cream
-Live String Band
-No partner necessary and no experience needed
Calling by Joe Burdock
Music by the Little Pal String Band
Don't bore your mom with flowers and cards this mothers day. Take her to the ice cream social.
Saturday, May 13, 6:30-11pm
1021 E. Broad St., Columbus, east side door
Parking in rear, front, or side driveway
Free Press May Second Saturday Salon
Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 6:30-11pm
1021 E.Broad St., Columbus, east side door
Parking in side driveway, front or rear parking lot
Come to network and socialize with progressive friends with refreshments, music, art and a presentation by the Central Ohio Worker Center (COWC). The COWC works on immigration issues, restaurant worker rights, sanctuary city, farmworker rights, and boycotting Wendy's.
Free, no RSVP required.
614-253-2571, columbusfreepress.com
Thursday, May 11, 8-9:30pm
MadLab, 227 N. Third St.
Enjoy a night at the theater and laugh for a cause by joining us for a fundraiser to support Women Have Options! Let's go out and have fun with our repro freedom friends at MadLab Theatre. MadLab will be donating a portion of supporter ticket sales back to WHO/O to help break down barriers to abortion access. Just tell them you're there with Women Have Options or show them this page on your cell phone! Invite your friends!
The show starts at 8pm, and you can buy your tickets at the door (unless we sell out!) or online at madlab.net
The Show: Theatre Roulette is made up of 3 separate and totally different nights of shows. So if you come 3 nights in a row, you will not see the same play twice. On May 11th, the show will be -
Wednesday, May 10, 4:30-6:30pm
104 E Main St, Lancaster, OH
Join us to illustrate how Steve Stivers' vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with tax breaks for billionaires affects his constituents! Please bring headstones and chalk
Tuesday, May 9, 7pm presentation
Northwood-High building, 2231 N. HIgh St., room 100, if you park in the rear, park in "R" spots only
Joy Adams from Keep Wayne Wild will report on the efforts to keep fracking out of the Wayne National Forest.
fcgreenparty@gmail.com
Monday, May 8, 11:30am-12:30pm
1739 N High St, Columbus, OH
Senator Portman will be speaking inside the Armstrong Space Symposium and Chair Installation at the Ohio Union at OSU this Monday. Let's take this opportunity to gather outside the building and show Senator Portman that Ohioans support quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions.
Speaker Jacob Carruthers, will share his story with the protesters to illustrate why Senator Portman has a duty to protect Ohioans with pre-existing conditions.
Meet us with your healthcare-related signs at 11:30 on the College Rd. side of the building. The event will last about an hour. Parking can be located at meters or at the following locations:
Parking Garage Attached to the Student Union
1560 N High St. Columbus, OH 43201
75 E 11th Ave. Columbus, OH 43201
Even if you can't attend, join our social media storm by using the following hashtags:
Sunday, May 7, 1pm
Northwood-High building, 2231 N. High St., Park in "R" spots if you park behind the building
In collaboration with SURJ we will watch the award winning film "Peace Officer" and follow up with a group discussion on the abuse of SWAT teams and how should majority white communities deal with their own experience of police violence? How can these communities find the proper way to build solidarity with other over policed and marginalized groups?
Peace Officer is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigative skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer-involved shootings in his community while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.
Saturday, May 6, 3pm, Franklin Park, 1755 E. Broad St.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-for-racial-justice
Our communities are in crisis and we don’t all share the burden equally. While wages are down for everyone, Black and Latino workers still make less than white workers. Because our neighborhoods are increasingly segregated by race and class, and because of racial disparities in policing and sentencing, Black Americans are imprisoned at nearly six times the rate of white Americans. Across the country — and right here in Ohio — Black men, women, and children are killed by police with few if any repercussions.
Ohio needs good jobs, criminal justice reform, and investment in schools and public services. On Saturday, May 6, we will march for racial justice and to demand accountability from our justice system and our elected officials.
Sponsored by a coalition of individuals and organizations across Ohio committed to rejecting racism in our state and fighting for safe, healthy, and equitable communities.
Thursday, May 4, 7-8:30pm
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 30 West Woodruff
The growing resistance to the Trump Administration's reactionary agenda is clear evidence of widespread anger at the glaring extremes of wealth and poverty and the many injustices inflicted on workers, the poor, and the oppressed in our society.
In addition to organizing and joining protests, many people are seeking out an alternative to capitalism and are for the first time embracing socialism and joining socialist organizations.
Each summer, the International Socialist Organization organizes the Socialism conference in Chicago, with the goal of building and strengthening left-wing organization.
The conference annually brings out 1,500 activists and leftists from across the country and beyond for four days of debate, workshops, and discussion with sessions on key questions within the Left.
Socialism 2017, which will take place July 6 - 9, will likely be the biggest Socialism conference yet, and ISO Columbus is looking to bring other solidarity-minded people to come with us and join the discussion.