Action Alerts
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Over the weekend, Hurricane Helene caused widespread devastation in the Southeast and left more than 100 people dead and communities reeling. From record-breaking climate disasters to rising threats from extremist plots like Project 2025 -- it's a lot to hold all at once. The climate crisis, driven by the continued burning of fossil fuels, is causing weather events like this one to be more frequent and more intense. We must take bold climate action. Join us for a livestream with Sierra Club experts to make sense of the moment, learn what this means for the climate and our future, and find out how to get involved.
Tuesday October 8th, 7:00 - 8:00 pm.
Our planet is choking on plastic and it is imperative that we change how we produce, use and dispose of plastics. But Big Oil & Gas along with the Petrochemical Industry, driven by greed are doing their best to confuse consumers so this doesn’t happen. We’ll hear from plastic experts from Athens based Rethink Plastic and Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services on the problem with plastics and the new greenwashing threat of “Advanced Chemical” recycling during our plastics 101 teach-in.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Register today - or check your registration - today is your last chance to register to vote in the November election.
How to register and update your registration
Start or update your registration online on Ohio’s election website.
You can also register to vote by mail or in person on Ohio’s election website.
Voter registration deadlines
Voter registration deadlines are for the November 05, 2024 election. Find state and local election dates.
Sunday, October 6, 3pm, Ohio Statehouse
To kick off a week of actions (see below)
As a full year of genocide approaches, the zionist regime’s ruthless aggression has only intensified. With over 300,000 martyrs in Gaza and apocalyptic scenes unfolding in Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, the occupation’s fascism continues to be laid bare before our eyes.
It has never been more vital to show a unified front against the ongoing genocide in Palestine. We urge everyone to join us at every event to honor all our martyrs and continue the fight for liberation. As long as Palestine, Lebanon, and other countries stand steadfast in their resistance against the zionist entity, so do we. We will remain fearlessly until liberation is achieved.
Hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine at The Ohio State University.
Saturday, October 5, 12noon-7pm, Mayme Moore Park, 867 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Join us at Mayme Moore Park on Saturday, October 5 for a full day of free festivities and merriment by and for us!
• Live music and performances by local LGBTQ+ bands and artists!
• Vendor booths by local LGBTQ+ artists and entrepreneurs!
• Info fair for local LGBTQ+ organizations!
• Kids activities!
• Food trucks!
• Workshops!
• Beautiful queer people and our love!!!
Accessibility information (please email us at <columbuscommunitypride@gmail.com> if you have any questions).
• The festival is all outdoors, except for the workshop and sensory tent as they are covered. There will be air purifiers in the tent spaces.
• Masks are required; we will provide masks for those who need one.
• There is a paved pathway that runs throughout the park that will be clearly marked on the festival map.
• There will be ASL interpreters for the performances.
• There will be hand sanitizer stations throughout the park.
Water is life. Water is a necessary item to survive.
The Open Shelter needs bottled water for the homeless & marginally housed men, women, and children we serve. Can you help with a donation of a case or more?
We are open for donation drop-offs Monday through Friday 9am until 2pm for donation drop-offs. 1037 Parsons Ave. Columbus OH 43206.
Give us a call at 614-222-2885 when you arrive or if you have any questions. Thanks!
Thursday, October 3, 6pm
Come in person to Enarson Classrooms Building Room 240 or attend online at tinyurl.com/CORSmeeting.
A presentation and discussion on the struggle for trans liberation!
WHAT: Students, faith leaders, and Ohioans are coming together for a powerful rally in Columbus to oppose Project 2025 and its architects, convening in the city for the Essential Summit--an effort to co-opt faith in the name of hate. Our diverse coalition is making it clear: hatred and attempts to undermine our freedoms have no place in our state.
WHEN: Thursday, October 3rd, 4:00 PM
WHERE: Outside the Columbus Convention Center located at 400 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215
WHO:
Students from colleges across Ohio organized by the Ohio Student Association
Interfaith coalition of religious leaders led by the Amos Project
Concerned citizens from Springfield, Portage County, Columbus, and beyond
Advocacy groups fighting to preserve freedoms
There are several promising incremental reform bills that if enacted would move federal cannabis policy in a positive direction — and benefit millions of Americans. Most recently, the Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment (DOOBIE) Act, a bill that would prevent federal agencies from considering past cannabis use in employment suitability or security clearance decisions, passed a Senate committee and is now headed to the full Senate for consideration.
In addition to the DOOBIE Act, there are also several other key incremental cannabis reform bills circulating in Congress. Passing these bills would be a major step forward for our movement and further build the momentum for comprehensive federal cannabis legalization.
From Maryknoll: Send a message to Congress as part of Haiti Advocacy Days: Stop Illegal Arms to Haiti calling for an end to the flow of guns to Haiti.
More information and link to send your message here.