Meeting

Saturday, October 12, 11am-1pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

What are unions? How do they work? What are my rights at work? Why is labor organizing essential for a socialist movement? How can I build power in my workplace? How can I support worker struggles in Columbus?

We’ll answer these questions and more at our Labor 101 education session on October 12. If you’re a socialist activist who wants a better understanding of the labor movement, this training is for you!

Coffee and bagels will be provided.

Saturday, October 5, 9-11am, Seafarer’s International Union, 2800 S. High St.

Central Ohio Worker Center [COWC] Says Get Tough On The Crime of Wage Theft.

One recent study found that Ohio ranks second among the ten largest states for minimum wage violations, and estimates that overall, Ohio workers collectively lose $600 million each year in shorted paychecks due to wage theft.

Join fellow residents who are fighting back, empowering workers, and holding employers accountable for the crime of wage theft.

Wednesday, October 2, 6:30-8pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

100 corporations are responsible for 70% of pollution. How do we build the Climate Strike movement to take them on? Join us to discuss next steps and a socialist solution to our climate crisis!

Join the Discussion! Suggested Readings:

https://www.socialistalternative.org/2019/08/08/climate-catastrophe-and…

Thursday, November 7, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

Living in Columbus, it’s not hard to see that the system is broken. We live under a reign of police terror where working-class black and brown youth are targeted for execution and imprisonment; Ohio State University and the city of Columbus have been working together to gentrify neighborhood after neighborhood; tens of thousands of students are getting into life-long debt for an education; ICE harasses undocumented immigrants with impunity; landlords and capitalists exploit and oppress us.

Wednesday, November 6, 7-8:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Main Branch], 96 S. Grant Ave.

Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy that is based on these ideals.

Contact: centralohio@jvp.org

Wednesday, November 4, 5:30-7pm, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission [MORPC], 111 Liberty St., Ste. 100

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is comprised of volunteers representing a broad segment of the population including, but not limited to, low-income and minority households and those traditionally underserved by transportation.

Thursday, October 24, 1-3pm, State Library of Ohio [Rm. D or Lucas Room], 274 W. First Ave.

The Columbus Advisory Committee on Disability Issues [CACDI] identifies actions, makes recommendations for such actions, and supports programs that assure compliance of the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] and other disability-related legislation.

This committee has met with, and has discussed issues related to disability with, the following elected officials and representatives from the following entities [plus several others].

• Columbus Area Commissioners

Monday, October 21, 6-7:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Martin Luther King Branch], 1467 E. Long St.

The Columbus Community Bill of Rights is a citizen-initiated charter amendment for the city of Columbus. It will give us the right to protect our Water from toxic, radioactive Frack Waste dumping in our Water supply.

Come Sign the Petition at the following Columbus Metro Library branches on the upcoming Mondays.

• October 21, 6-7:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Martin Luther King Branch] [Rm. 2], 1467 E. Long St.

Saturday, October 19, 3-3:30pm., Columbus Metropolitan Library [Northside Branch], 1423 N. High St.

Saturday, October 19, 12noon-2pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

The monthly meeting of the local affiliate 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. Find out what can be done locally to restore democracy! Bring a brown bag lunch.