Action Alerts

Saturday, April 8, 6:30-11pm
1021 E. Broad St., east side door
Join progressive friends for food, drink, and great music. Jordan Flaherty will be guest speaker at this Free Press Second Saturday Salon. He comes from a New Orleans-based journalist and actionist background and broke into his journalism profession by covering the 2000 OSU-CWA strike; he continues to cover “front line” news. In his new book, No More Heroes, Flaherty calls on social movements to organize within the reality that there are no heroes except for the ones who do the organizing. 
Free, no RSVP needed.
614-253-2571
colsfreepress@gmail.com

Friday, April 7, 9-12pm
Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High St.
ISO Columbus is hosting a series of solidarity shows. Combining music, poetry, and politics, we will explore what it means to live in solidarity with all oppressed people. 

This is also a fundraiser for ISO - Columbus’s trip to Socialism ‘17. Every July we bring a big group of people on the left and in the activist circles to go to Chicago for the largest socialist conference in the US and we help with financial assistance for those that need it. 

A suggested $5 or $10 cover will be split between ISO and all of the performers.

Poets:
Aloe Vera & Justice Harley aka Bxtch

Musicians:

Anti Gorsuch Counter Rally
Thursday, April 6, 1-2pm
Ohio Statehouse
Trump administration is calling for a pro Gorsuch rally at the Columbus state house tomorrow at noon. That means he is worried about the confirmation and our strong counter-rally will send Portman a strong message!

Micro-plastics, the EPA, Fracking: You Choose! with Dr. Lanno
Thursday, April 6, 7:30-8:30pm
Backstage Bistro, 503 S Front St, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Wednesday, April 5, 9am-3pm
Trinity Church, 125 E. Broad and Ohio Statehouse
Want to learn how laws get made at the Statehouse, and how you can have more influence on the process? 

Innovation Ohio, Progress Ohio and For Ohio's Future are hosting a statewide Citizen Lobby Day on April 5 to demystify the process and arm advocates and activists with tools and training to be more effective citiizen activists.

Plan to come for part or all of the day. There will be opportunities to:
- get trained on how to get results at the Statehouse
- testify in committee
- meet with state legislators and staff
- attend a hearing and legislative session.

Sign up to participate at http://act.progressohio.org/signup/citizens-lobby-day/

Tuesday, April 4, 12-3pm
OSU Moritz College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave. FREE
Facebook Event
Ohio has seen a boom in the storing of fracking wastewater, much of it from neighboring states, and this wastewater includes a mix of toxic chemicals—many of which are harmful to human health. Some communities have responded by trying to limit wastewater dumping, but the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that municipalities have no power to regulate or limit the disposal of fracking waste. Many of the Ohio Supreme Court justices who made this decision received large campaign contributions from fracking companies and other fossil fuel interests.
Please save the date for this exclusive event co-sponsored by Why Courts Matter Ohio, Ohio Fair Courts Working Group, OSU American Constitution Society, the Ecologic Institute, Common Cause Ohio, the Ohio Environmental Council, and the Piper Fund. You will receive registration information soon. 

Sunday, April 2, 2-4pm.
FACEBOOK EVENT
Guiding Principles:
1. We believe that all people in Ohio should be free to practice their faith without fear of discrimination, intimidation, or reprisal. 
2. We believe that multiple religions can coexist peacefully in Ohio and contribute to the common good. 
3. We believe that the government of the great state of Ohio should protect those who are most vulnerable and never turn a blind eye on violence perpetrated against minorities by those who claim superiority or dominance.

Fifth Annual Ohio Move To Amend Network Gathering

Saturday, April 1, 9:30am-4:30pm [registration begins at 8:30am], First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd. Facebook Event

A statewide gathering of local chapters of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech. Join us on April Fools’ Day to debunk several long-standing constitutional hoaxes — including the legal fictions that corporations are “persons” and that money is equivalent to “free speech” — and together build the growing national movement to create real democracy.

Authentic Relating.  It is the art of getting someone’s world.

Authentic Relating Games is made up of a series of facilitated activities that help people connect and dive deeper, below surface-level small-talk.

We have a weekly reoccurring class at Thompson Recreation Center from March 23 through May 25 - Thursdays at 7pm -8pm.

The class is free

Each week is different and has a unique theme.

Come here to make new friends, build emotional intelligence, feel connected to those around you, and leave feeling seen and better understood.

Authentic Relating is a warm, open, inclusive, safe place.

A little about me, I went to Ohio State for undergrad.  I moved to Austin for grad school.  I started going to Authentic Relating there.  I have moved back now and want to keep the practice in my life.

No Dakota Access Pipe line 2017 Ohio Statehouse Protest
March 29, 11am-1pm
Ohio Statehouse
Come together right now over the Dakota Access Pipeline construction. We need to shut down Trump and his regime of oil slickers.
Just doing lunch time protest in front of the Ohio Capital building 11am-1pm.
Get some awareness out and speak truth to the public.
Indigenous need us more than ever! This is a chance to help.
Bring drums,bring signs, but most importantly bring your loving and caring self to make a difference.
Peace brothers and sisters.
Rudy Gerdeman, common man.