Protest/Rally
Wednesday, June 27, 2-3pm, First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad St.
Join women of faith crying out for justice for families experiencing immoral and inhumane treatment at the border. The atrocities committed by our government are growing more barbaric by the day, and we must resist!
Wednesday, June 20, 11am-1pm, outside of the LeVeque Tower [the location of an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office], 50 W. Broad St.
Separating families is inhumane and immoral; we cannot be silent and complicit. Our government has instituted a policy of separating children from their parents at our borders. This is inhumane and immoral and calls for action now!
Friday, June 15, 2-5pm, outside of the Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel, 50 N. Third St.
Mike Pence will be coming to Columbus on June 15, the first day of Pride! Help welcome him with a Big LGBTQ Dance Party!
Confirmed DJs and Drag Queens:
• Virginia West
• Sable Coate
• Kiley Dash West
• Amanda Sue
• Gretta Goodbottom
• Eris Gray
• Roxy Nicole
• Selena T. West
• Bianca Debonair
• D.J. Moxy
• D.J. Etl
Tuesday, June 5, 9am-12noon, Wendy’s Dublin headquarters, 1 Dave Thomas Blvd., Dublin, Ohio
Look us in the eye, Wendy’s! Join scores of farmworker women, men, and their allies for a major protest outside of Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting . . . #BoycottWendys.
Friday, June 1, 12noon-1pm, The United States Attorney’s Office, 303 Marconi Blvd.
The ACLU is teaming up with National Domestic Workers Alliance, MomsRising, United We Dream, MoveOn, and many others, for a national and family-friendly action to show up outside of U.S. Attorney offices and select border patrol locations all across the country on June 1 at 12noon.
A printable “Families Belong Together” poster is available in English or Spanish to bring to local rallies; download yours now!
Wednesday, May 30, 12noon-1pm, Supreme Court of Ohio, 66 S. Civic Center Dr. [in front of the building at the Coleman Point]
Last week, the Trump-Pence administration released their new gag rule. This rule will dramatically curtail access to reproductive health care across the country — by taking direct aim at the nation’s birth control and reproductive health care program, Title X. This proposed rule is harmful, unethical, and deeply unpopular.
Specifically, the gag rule does three primary things:
Wed, May 30, 2-3pm, 37 W. Broad St.
Senator Portman needs to know that his constituents will hold him accountable for his actions until the day he leaves office. Join Working America at his Columbus office on this day to rally and deliver the petitions we've collected against these cuts to our vital assistance programs. cspence@workingamerica.org or at (614) 397-6008.
Thurs, May 24, 1-5pm
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
To gain support for our Proposal to the legislators of a fair and transparent parole process.
Thurs, May 17, 3:30-5pm, Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
Rally in support of raising Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 an hour co-sponsored by the United Methodist Women, Policy Matters Ohio, the Ohio Poor People’s Campaign, and SEIU District 1199.
Tues, May 15, 4:30-6:30pm
Start at Broad Street United Methodist Church, 501 E. Broad St.
March to the Ohio Statehouse to call attention to the 7 million displaced Palestinians. Palestinians call thie mass eviction in 1948 the Nakba - Arabic for "catastrophe." Sponsored by Jewish Voices for Peace, centralohio@jvp.org.