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Write or Email Parks / Join BFC this Saturday. This will be the first time ATVs are allowed in an Ohio State Park. Please write or email Ohio Division of Parks and let them know that you do not want ATVs disrupting the beauty, tranquility, and hiking opportunities Burr Oak has to offer.
Hike Burr Oak – this Saturday:
Join BFC on a pet-friendly hike of Burr Oak this Saturday, April 14. See the link for details. Buckeye Hike
Write to:
Email
Glen Cobb
Acting Chief of Division of Parks and Recreation,
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
2045 Morse Rd, C-3
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
Talking Points:
The Ohio Division of Parks is planning to break ground on new ATV trail construction in Burr Oak State Park as early as this summer. The planned ATV trail would run adjacent to or over several existing hiking trails. Up to 12 of the best miles of the Buckeye Trail, North Country National Scenic Trail, American Discovery Trail and other non-motorized trails are at stake.
Hike Burr Oak – this Saturday:
Join BFC on a pet-friendly hike of Burr Oak this Saturday, April 14. See the link for details. Buckeye Hike
Write to:
Glen Cobb
Acting Chief of Division of Parks and Recreation,
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
2045 Morse Rd, C-3
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
Talking Points:
The Ohio Division of Parks is planning to break ground on new ATV trail construction in Burr Oak State Park as early as this summer. The planned ATV trail would run adjacent to or over several existing hiking trails. Up to 12 of the best miles of the Buckeye Trail, North Country National Scenic Trail, American Discovery Trail and other non-motorized trails are at stake.
Code Pink announced a new campaign to prevent an attack on Iran, a campaign encouraged by our sisters in Iran and Israel. Since then over 11,000 people have contacted three powerful women—Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice—imploring them to stop an attack on Iran. Will you join the rising chorus for peace?
Nine years ago CODEPINK sisters stood in front of the White House in an act of civil disobedience to try to stop our government from bombing Iraq. None of us could live with ourselves if we sat by and did nothing while a country filled with children was blown to bits using money we needed in the United States to build hospitals, housing and schools. Our government refused to listen, and now we see the tragic costs of that war and the continued war in Afghanistan. Have we learned nothing?
Please join me, Gloria Steinem, and Eve Ensler in calling for peace with Iran. Sign this petition today. Share it with your friends. Tweet it. Post it to your facebook. And consider making a donation to help this message get out farther.
Yours,
Nine years ago CODEPINK sisters stood in front of the White House in an act of civil disobedience to try to stop our government from bombing Iraq. None of us could live with ourselves if we sat by and did nothing while a country filled with children was blown to bits using money we needed in the United States to build hospitals, housing and schools. Our government refused to listen, and now we see the tragic costs of that war and the continued war in Afghanistan. Have we learned nothing?
Please join me, Gloria Steinem, and Eve Ensler in calling for peace with Iran. Sign this petition today. Share it with your friends. Tweet it. Post it to your facebook. And consider making a donation to help this message get out farther.
Yours,
Washington, DC - Occupation, civil rights, environmental, and communities groups from around the country will gather on Friday, March 30th to rally and launch the American Spring (AS) with a demonstration at the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
“What kind of future will our children have if the EPA keeps caving in to corporate demands and allowing exploitation of people and the planet?” said Dr. Margaret Flowers, a pediatrician and organizer for NOW-DC.
“On March 30th, the American people will occupy the grounds of the EPA and demand an end to corporate interference in public policy over the needs of people,” said EPA whistleblower Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, referring to the recent decision by the Obama Administration not to sign lifesaving smog regulations that would have, according to an EPA scientist, saved over 7,100 lives. The business community successfully lobbied the White House not to sign the smog regulations.
“What kind of future will our children have if the EPA keeps caving in to corporate demands and allowing exploitation of people and the planet?” said Dr. Margaret Flowers, a pediatrician and organizer for NOW-DC.
“On March 30th, the American people will occupy the grounds of the EPA and demand an end to corporate interference in public policy over the needs of people,” said EPA whistleblower Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, referring to the recent decision by the Obama Administration not to sign lifesaving smog regulations that would have, according to an EPA scientist, saved over 7,100 lives. The business community successfully lobbied the White House not to sign the smog regulations.
The net is closing around media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Investigators in London report that senior News Corp. employees authorized hundreds of bribes to police officers and other government officials.1 And on Wednesday his disgraced son James stepped down from his role as executive chairman of News International.
But these reports of rampant criminal behavior have yet to trigger a prosecution of Murdoch here in the U.S., where executives can be held liable for systematically bribing foreign officials.2
Don’t let Murdoch dodge justice.
Demand a full U.S. investigation of News Corp.
Murdoch’s henchmen are now trying to defang the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it unlawful for a U.S. corporation to pay off a foreign official for the purpose of advancing or protecting a business interest.3 Their goal? Stopping U.S. prosecutors from reining in the culture of corruption that has overtaken News Corp.
News Corp. has also sought to mute coverage of the phone-hacking and bribery scandals across its news empire.
But these reports of rampant criminal behavior have yet to trigger a prosecution of Murdoch here in the U.S., where executives can be held liable for systematically bribing foreign officials.2
Don’t let Murdoch dodge justice.
Demand a full U.S. investigation of News Corp.
Murdoch’s henchmen are now trying to defang the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it unlawful for a U.S. corporation to pay off a foreign official for the purpose of advancing or protecting a business interest.3 Their goal? Stopping U.S. prosecutors from reining in the culture of corruption that has overtaken News Corp.
News Corp. has also sought to mute coverage of the phone-hacking and bribery scandals across its news empire.
The Obama administration is considering leasing the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas – the Polar Bear Seas – for oil drilling. Doing so would have a disastrous impact on the whales that depend on the Arctic Ocean for mating and feeding.
Take action now to protect beluga, bowhead and grey whales from the dangers of oil drilling by sending a message to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Right now, NOAA's scientists are studying the potential impacts of oil drilling. If they give a green light, drilling would almost certainly start this summer. But they can also stop this drilling by calling attention to the real damage that oil drilling would do to the marine wildlife of the Polar Bear Seas.
You already know that an oil spill in the Polar Bear Seas would be a catastrophic disaster, because we don't have the equipment to clean it up – and the Arctic is in complete darkness for 3 months out of the year.
Take action now to protect beluga, bowhead and grey whales from the dangers of oil drilling by sending a message to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Right now, NOAA's scientists are studying the potential impacts of oil drilling. If they give a green light, drilling would almost certainly start this summer. But they can also stop this drilling by calling attention to the real damage that oil drilling would do to the marine wildlife of the Polar Bear Seas.
You already know that an oil spill in the Polar Bear Seas would be a catastrophic disaster, because we don't have the equipment to clean it up – and the Arctic is in complete darkness for 3 months out of the year.
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
- Paulo Freire
The Fate of the University
Higher education is changing. University administrations are budget cutting, privatizing, power consolidating, and tuition hiking. In Ohio, we’re facing the prospect of charterization of our public colleges through the enterprise university plan, and a larger trend of corporatization of our public educational institutions.
The Fate of the University
Higher education is changing. University administrations are budget cutting, privatizing, power consolidating, and tuition hiking. In Ohio, we’re facing the prospect of charterization of our public colleges through the enterprise university plan, and a larger trend of corporatization of our public educational institutions.
Bradley Manning is in prison. There is not a whole lot to do for someone imprisoned.
But there are some things.
Join the Bradley Manning Support Network Bradley Manning Support
Subscribe to its list serve and join worldwide events. It pays Bradley’s defense costs and supplies canteen money and materials he is allowed to have.
They also provide actions and support for things you can do in support of Bradley.
But there are some things.
Join the Bradley Manning Support Network Bradley Manning Support
Subscribe to its list serve and join worldwide events. It pays Bradley’s defense costs and supplies canteen money and materials he is allowed to have.
They also provide actions and support for things you can do in support of Bradley.
Rock against the Machine at the Roccupy concert fundraiser on Friday, February 10! Featuring music by Connie Harris, Dan Dougan & nephew, Ukulele Man Tom Harker, Victoria "Queen Victrola" Parks, New Pollution, Kique Infante, the Chicken Hawk Bird Getters and Uncle John's State House Band. It all starts at 7pm at Kobo, 2590 North High Street. Donations welcome!
Are you devastated by yesterday's news that the Komen Foundation is severing its ties to Planned Parenthood? Tell the Komen Foundation that this is not the way to help women. The Komen Foundation has raised millions of dollars in funding for breast cancer marketing and research since its inception. Last year alone, they gave $680,000 of that money to Planned Parenthood to fund almost 170,000 clinical breast exams and more than 6,400 mammograms.
For many women in need, Planned Parenthood is the only available, affordable source of life-saving cancer screenings. To deny them this service because of baseless political pressure is not just irresponsible; for some women, it could be literally deadly. Join in the fight to save hundreds of thousands of women. Tell the Komen Foundation to get its priorities straight.
For many women in need, Planned Parenthood is the only available, affordable source of life-saving cancer screenings. To deny them this service because of baseless political pressure is not just irresponsible; for some women, it could be literally deadly. Join in the fight to save hundreds of thousands of women. Tell the Komen Foundation to get its priorities straight.
Today, as we celebrate the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion in America, Ohio is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. We are at the center of the battle over whether abortion will remain legal for the next generation.
Senate President Niehaus announced this week that he would resume hearings on the so-called “heartbeat” bill. This is an extreme bill that would outlaw abortion before many women know they are pregnant. There are no exceptions for rape and incest survivors.
Write to Senate President Niehaus TODAY and tell him to defeat the so-called “heartbeat” bill.
Supporters of this bill have turned the Ohio statehouse into a circus, hiding their efforts to outlaw abortion behind cutesy slogans and theatrics. But make no mistake about it, if enacted, their legislation would endanger the health and lives of thousands of women every year. We need your help to stop them.
Senate President Niehaus announced this week that he would resume hearings on the so-called “heartbeat” bill. This is an extreme bill that would outlaw abortion before many women know they are pregnant. There are no exceptions for rape and incest survivors.
Write to Senate President Niehaus TODAY and tell him to defeat the so-called “heartbeat” bill.
Supporters of this bill have turned the Ohio statehouse into a circus, hiding their efforts to outlaw abortion behind cutesy slogans and theatrics. But make no mistake about it, if enacted, their legislation would endanger the health and lives of thousands of women every year. We need your help to stop them.