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Since December 14, Mumia has been kept in solitary in SCI Mahanoy's dungeon. Its restrictions and conditions belie its modern construction. On January 6 Mumia told us that he wants all of his supporters to broaden this call, to not just focus on his case, but to understand that all torture units must be shut down.
The Human Rights Coalition is a group of prisoners, family members, and supporters that have been exposing and challenging state torture in Pennsylvania for years. HRC states "Mumia may be in solitary, but he is not alone. The PA Department of Corrections holds approximately 2,500 people in solitary confinement on any given day, many of them for years at a time." Please visit these websites to learn more: Human Rights Coalition and Solitary Watch.
Please write, call, and email today! The defeat for the State, having to openly declare that Mumia will live, and recognizing that they can no longer legally execute Mumia, has resulted in a severe backlash. After his transfer off of death row, Mumia was thrown in the hole at SCI Mahanoy.
The Human Rights Coalition is a group of prisoners, family members, and supporters that have been exposing and challenging state torture in Pennsylvania for years. HRC states "Mumia may be in solitary, but he is not alone. The PA Department of Corrections holds approximately 2,500 people in solitary confinement on any given day, many of them for years at a time." Please visit these websites to learn more: Human Rights Coalition and Solitary Watch.
Please write, call, and email today! The defeat for the State, having to openly declare that Mumia will live, and recognizing that they can no longer legally execute Mumia, has resulted in a severe backlash. After his transfer off of death row, Mumia was thrown in the hole at SCI Mahanoy.
On New Years Eve, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Youngstown, OH. Despite there never being a recorded earthquake before, this was the 11th earthquake in Youngstown this year alone. Why the change? In 2011, D&L Energy began disposing of over 200,000 gallons a day of toxic frack water from Pennsylvania and Ohio (or enough to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool every 2 to 3 days) by injecting it underground. Not surprisingly, by 2011 this toxic mixture had forced its way into a previously unknown fault and presto chango, earthquakes in Youngstown.
Preliminary reports from seismology experts from Columbia University say that even if they permanently stop this injection well, the earthquakes are probably going to continue for up to a year. But the chances of Gov. Kasich and the ODNR permanently stopping injection wells is about as possible as, well, an earthquake in Youngstown before this year.
Preliminary reports from seismology experts from Columbia University say that even if they permanently stop this injection well, the earthquakes are probably going to continue for up to a year. But the chances of Gov. Kasich and the ODNR permanently stopping injection wells is about as possible as, well, an earthquake in Youngstown before this year.
Tell Your Senators to Stand Strong on the Keystone XL Dirty Oil Pipeline.call your senators!
Send Your Letter
Saturday morning Congress made a back-room deal that would rush a decision on the dirty Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
This dirty, dangerous, oil pipeline proposal would bring corrosive oil from Canada through America’s Heartland. It would be devastating to our air, our water and our climate.
Big Oil's allies successfully held the Payroll Tax Cut hostage to a rider that would order the Obama Administration to ignore public input, good science and environmental laws and fast-track a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline in the next 60 days.
Once again good public policy is being held hostage to dirty oil bullying.
Please contact your Senators now and tell them you are disappointed in this decision and that you expect them to stand strong against the dirty Keystone XL oil pipeline project.
Send Your Letter
Saturday morning Congress made a back-room deal that would rush a decision on the dirty Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
This dirty, dangerous, oil pipeline proposal would bring corrosive oil from Canada through America’s Heartland. It would be devastating to our air, our water and our climate.
Big Oil's allies successfully held the Payroll Tax Cut hostage to a rider that would order the Obama Administration to ignore public input, good science and environmental laws and fast-track a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline in the next 60 days.
Once again good public policy is being held hostage to dirty oil bullying.
Please contact your Senators now and tell them you are disappointed in this decision and that you expect them to stand strong against the dirty Keystone XL oil pipeline project.
The Columbus Coalition for Responsive Government is putting on the ballot a voter initiative to reform the Charter of the City of Columbus, to create a more responsive and more accountable Columbus City Council that consists of 4 members elected "at-large" in city-wide elections, and 7 members elected by the residents of each of 7 neighborhood-based Districts.
The Columbus Coalition for Responsive Government (“the Columbus Coalition”) is a time-limited gathering of Columbus citizens seeking to update the Charter of the City of Columbus. We seek to allow voters to adopt the contemporary governance model used by most large cities, to provide for better representation of our distinctive neighborhoods in Columbus City Council.
Columbus Coalition for Responsive Government is a non-partisan organization, and a local ballot issue committee. We are Liberals and Conservatives, Rich and Poor, Black and White and every color in between, and all ethnicities. In short: we are Columbus. We help to facilitate the voices of the citizens of the great city of Columbus.
Summary of What We Seek to Accomplish
The Columbus Coalition for Responsive Government (“the Columbus Coalition”) is a time-limited gathering of Columbus citizens seeking to update the Charter of the City of Columbus. We seek to allow voters to adopt the contemporary governance model used by most large cities, to provide for better representation of our distinctive neighborhoods in Columbus City Council.
Columbus Coalition for Responsive Government is a non-partisan organization, and a local ballot issue committee. We are Liberals and Conservatives, Rich and Poor, Black and White and every color in between, and all ethnicities. In short: we are Columbus. We help to facilitate the voices of the citizens of the great city of Columbus.
Summary of What We Seek to Accomplish
We drew an unmistakable line in the sand yesterday.
Whatever our opponents thought they knew, they now know is very, very incorrect. Our message was delivered clearly and emphatically: "We did not and will not turn our backs on the people who watch ours."
Issue 2/Senate bill 5 was crushed 61% - 39% thanks to hardworking volunteers, voters, and contributors like you who defended Ohio's everyday heroes against shameless and extreme partisan attacks. We didn't start this fight, and it doesn't have to be this way moving forward.
Last night was a time to reflect upon and celebrate the fruits of our hard work, from petition gathering to rejecting SB5, but now we must lay the groundwork for what lies ahead. It's time to come together and focus our legislators on something worthwhile: protecting and creating good-paying jobs for all Ohioans.
You can get started really easily by using our SB5 tool to find out whether your legislator stood with or against you on Issue 2/SB5.
Click here to find where your representative stood and to send them a message.
Whatever our opponents thought they knew, they now know is very, very incorrect. Our message was delivered clearly and emphatically: "We did not and will not turn our backs on the people who watch ours."
Issue 2/Senate bill 5 was crushed 61% - 39% thanks to hardworking volunteers, voters, and contributors like you who defended Ohio's everyday heroes against shameless and extreme partisan attacks. We didn't start this fight, and it doesn't have to be this way moving forward.
Last night was a time to reflect upon and celebrate the fruits of our hard work, from petition gathering to rejecting SB5, but now we must lay the groundwork for what lies ahead. It's time to come together and focus our legislators on something worthwhile: protecting and creating good-paying jobs for all Ohioans.
You can get started really easily by using our SB5 tool to find out whether your legislator stood with or against you on Issue 2/SB5.
Click here to find where your representative stood and to send them a message.
When you VOTE on Election Day, November 8, 2011 -- let us know if you have any problems at the polling site! We have attorneys and video the vote volunteers standing by. Let us know if you were made to vote provisionally or prevented from voting. Did anything go wrong with the voting machines?
Call 614-253-2571.
Call 614-253-2571.
1. Four (4) Large all-weather / cold weather tents in 10'x10' configurations or larger for kitchen / medical / storage centers.
2. Smaller 2-4 person tents all-weather / cold weather excursion style if possible.
3. Electrical generators.
4. 15 gallon storage tubs.
5. Gloves, hats, winter jackets.
6. Coleman stoves / lanterns
7. Heavy Duty outdoor / all-weather extension cords
8. Tent-appropriate space heaters
9. Five-dollar fuel cards for volunteer shuttling so that people staying overnight don't have to pay for parking.
10. One or two basic laptops for communication and the facilitation of a live feed of the Occupation.
11. Anyone interested in helping us get non-contract 4G temporary wi-fi hot spot modules through Clear
Anyone who would like to contribute one or more of these items should contact me at emilyjourney@gmail.com or 614-551-6867. I will make arrangements for pick-up. General information about Occupy Columbus can be found at Occupy Columbus
2. Smaller 2-4 person tents all-weather / cold weather excursion style if possible.
3. Electrical generators.
4. 15 gallon storage tubs.
5. Gloves, hats, winter jackets.
6. Coleman stoves / lanterns
7. Heavy Duty outdoor / all-weather extension cords
8. Tent-appropriate space heaters
9. Five-dollar fuel cards for volunteer shuttling so that people staying overnight don't have to pay for parking.
10. One or two basic laptops for communication and the facilitation of a live feed of the Occupation.
11. Anyone interested in helping us get non-contract 4G temporary wi-fi hot spot modules through Clear
Anyone who would like to contribute one or more of these items should contact me at emilyjourney@gmail.com or 614-551-6867. I will make arrangements for pick-up. General information about Occupy Columbus can be found at Occupy Columbus
Mayor Michael Coleman is not allowing Occupy Columbus to convene for more than a day. As mayor, he should recognize the people's constitutional right to assemble. That's why I created a petition to Mayor Coleman on SignOn.org, which says: Let Mayor Coleman know we want our constitutional right to assemble to be recognized. Occupy Columbus is here to stay. Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass it along to your friends:
Mayor Coleman petition
Mayor Coleman petition
In 2010, Ohio had the second most executions of any state in the country, behind only Texas. With more than 156 people still on death row in Ohio and a proven track record of wrongful convictions, there is a real possibility that Ohio could execute an innocent man or woman—if we haven't already.
That's why I've introduced a bill in the Ohio state legislature to end the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
My bill has already had one hearing in the House Criminal Justice Committee. With a second hearing coming up in just a few weeks, I know many of my colleagues in the State House remain undecided. In order to build the support we need for this legislation, Ohioans like you need to make your voices heard.
So I created a petition to the Ohio State House on SignOn.org, which says:
It's time that Ohio ends the death penalty. Show your support by encouraging the members of the Criminal Justice Committee in the Ohio House to vote in favor of HB 160.
Will you sign the petition?
Thanks!
That's why I've introduced a bill in the Ohio state legislature to end the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
My bill has already had one hearing in the House Criminal Justice Committee. With a second hearing coming up in just a few weeks, I know many of my colleagues in the State House remain undecided. In order to build the support we need for this legislation, Ohioans like you need to make your voices heard.
So I created a petition to the Ohio State House on SignOn.org, which says:
It's time that Ohio ends the death penalty. Show your support by encouraging the members of the Criminal Justice Committee in the Ohio House to vote in favor of HB 160.
Will you sign the petition?
Thanks!
Once again, we need to vigilant at the polls in Ohio this election season. Early voting will begin in October and we need people at the polling sites then and on Election Day to help monitor the process. If you have some time to help out, we need you!
Please contact Bob Fitrakis - robertfitrakis@gmail.com to volunteer.
Please contact Bob Fitrakis - robertfitrakis@gmail.com to volunteer.