Action Alerts
Thursday, November 10 @ 7pm
The Hub, 1336 East Main Street, Columbus
$5 requested donation
"The film builds its case piece by shattering piece, inspiring levels of shock and outrage that stun the viewer, leaving one shaken and disturbed before closing out on a visual note of hope designed to keep us on the hook as advocates for change." ~ Odie Henderson
Monday, November 7, 2016 @ 7pm
The Hub, 1336 East Main Street, Columbus
Free - all are welcome!
https://www.facebook.com/events/174281613032069/#
Unity March to protest police brutality.
Friday, October 28, 12noon, Goodale and High Street.
Marching south on high to the state house where there will speeches and then we'll continue the march south on High to the Franklin County Court House.
Joe DeMare, the Green Party candidate, has been excluded from the Columbus Senate debate. Joseph DeMare is the 2016 Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Join the Green Party in front of the Channel 10 Studios to demand Freedom of Speech in the U.S.!
Monday, October 17, from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
WBNS 10TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr. Columbus, OH 43215
A jury trial for racial justice organizer Tynan Krakoff is set to begin on Wednesday, October 12 in the Franklin Country Municipal Court. Krakoff is facing charges related to his involvement in a July protest against police-involved shootings.
Krakoff, 28, was arrested during a march to the Columbus Division of Police building in downtown Columbus on July 21. The protest was organized by Showing Up for Racial Justice, in collaboration with the People’s Justice Project. Over 150 residents marched down the street without a permit, demanding justice for Henry Green.
Krakoff was the only protester arrested. He faces three misdemeanor charges: disorderly conduct, failure to obey a police officer, and pedestrian in the roadway. These charges could bring a maximum of one year in county jail or $2,000 in fines.
“We’ve seen black folks around the country put their bodies on the line to fight for black lives, and for an end to racial disparities and police violence. We are seeing more and more white people ready to take action and show up in meaningful ways as well,” said Z! Haukeness, Midwest Regional Organizer of Showing Up for Racial Justice.
Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 PM This gathering is to peacefully support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s stance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, call for environmental justice across Indian Country, encourage Ohio to transition to clean energy, and raise awareness around issues faced by today’s Native Americans in Ohio. Location: Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St., Columbus, 43215. Potluck Afterwards: Sierra Club Office, 131 N High Street, 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215. Please bring a dish or dessert of your choosing to the potluck. https://www.facebook.com/events/1516925708333014/
Ohioans will unite this Saturday, October 08, 2016 at the Statehouse to rally and march for fair trade and against the TPP and other secret trade agreements. This event begins at 1:00 PM. During the rally, a series of speakers will share concerns about the proposed deal.
This rally and march is to bring attention to the disastrous Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that would expand the same failed “free trade” policies that have already cost millions of jobs across the United States. This trade deal will have significant impacts to our jobs, wages, healthcare, and the environment. Last year President Obama sought, and won, approval from Congress to “fast track” trade deals. That means that he can submit the TPP to Congress and put it up for a vote without any amendments. Congress can approve it as-is, or reject it; those are their only choices.
On Tuesday, September 13th, the Lantern published an interview with President Michael Drake that misrepresented the details and events of and surrounding the #ReclaimOSU occupation last spring. We, as a coalition, have several corrections and rebuttals to President Drake’s comments:
Referring to the threats of expulsion against protestors at the ReclaimOSU protest, President Drake claimed that “it never would happen.” However, Dr. Drake has a history of upholding these same draconian measures against student activists. As Chancellor of The University of California Irvine, Drake threatened students who became known as the Irvine 11 with arrest and expulsion. After peacefully disrupting a speech by an Israeli ambassador, students were suspended from school and given three years of probation.
Monday, September 26, 4:30-6:30pm, Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
Join us for a book event with Bill Ayers, part of a national tour to celebrate the release of his latest book, Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto. Wednesday, September 21, 6-8pm, University Hall, room 014, Ohio State University. https://www.facebook.com/events/1675303502790715/
In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent. We must imagine a world beyond what this rotten system would have us believe is possible.