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Earlier this week on April 2, members of the Columbus branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) woke up expecting to participate in a long-delayed election. By 9am they were supposed to receive an email link. A link that would allow them to cast votes, decide leadership, and carry forward an institution with more than a century of movement memory.
But the link never came.
For hours, there was silence. Confusion circulated through inboxes, group chats, and whispered phone calls. Had the election been delayed again? Was there a glitch? Had someone forgotten to hit “send?”
It wasn’t until nearly noon – three full hours after voting was scheduled to begin – when members received an email from the NAACP’s national office. The message, sent twice, contained a memo from Ericka Cain, Vice President of Governance, Compliance and Training. It explained that a court had issued a temporary restraining order, halting the election.
A new documentary film, Far Out: Life On & After the Commune, directed by Charles Light, tells the story of a group of leftwing journalists who splintered off from what was known as Liberation News Service (LNS). With candid then-and-now footage, Light’s eighty-five-minute film reveals the communards as young hippies and senior citizens, and shows how their paths intertwined with folk/rock superstars to fight the good fight.
This week, Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk about climate change, the increase in wind in Ohio, how Trump is trying to stop windmills, and play lots of songs about wind.
Listen live at 11pm Friday, April 4 and 11 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
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Monday at 2pm streaming April 7 and 14 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM
Thursday, April 3, 6pm
Enarson Classroom Building, Room 306 on OSU campus, or online at corsrev.org/meeting
Join us at 6pm to discuss the existential threat of climate devastation and how we can fight back against the rich and powerful who benefit from climate destruction!
A handful of peace and anti-nuke activists held signs and passed out literature outside the Columbus Metropolitan Club Wednesday, April 2 to voice their opposition to Anduril’s proposed Arsenal-1 plant in the Rickenbacker area in Pickaway County near Columbus. Connor Brogan, Arsenal-1 Project Leader was scheduled as a featured speaker at the Metropolitan Club event, titled "Central Ohio Builds BIG!"
As part of our commitment to sharing actionable research in support of progressive policies, Innovation Ohio recently conducted a survey to see where Ohioans stood on President Trump and his early 2nd term actions.
AI and the Energy Sector
A onprofit electricity research and development organization, EPRI, https://www.epri.com/, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to develop and deploy AI solutions for the energy sector.
The OpenPower AI consortium will collaborate with energy companies globally in an effort to enhance grid reliability, improve workforce safety, advance forecasting and planning models and achieve real-time grid intelligence by using artificial intelligence. EPRI announced the launch of the OpenPower AI consortium at Nividia's GTC conference https://msites.epri.com/opai last month, stating that the effort hopes to drive the development and deployment of an OpenAI model tailored to the power sector.
The consortium will focus on three primary areas.
The first is to develop and maintain open-source AI models, data sets, libraries, as well as optimizing power sector specific challenges.
Last week, 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including a United Nations employee went missing. They’ve since been discovered buried in a mass grave, each of them executed one by one by Israeli military forces.
In an attempt to rehash failed legislation from the 135th General Assembly, Ohio legislators – who are more focused on conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism – are attempting to pass a pair of bills that could severely limit the ability of Ohioans to criticize the actions of the Israeli government. S.B. 87, or its House version, H.B. 90, and S.B. 53 are bills that, when applied separately or in tandem, could prove devastating to free speech criticizing the state of Israel.
Wednesday, April 2, 12:30-1:30pm
John W. Bricker Federal Building, 200 N. High St., 200 N. High St.
All hell is breaking loose in the country and our members of Congress are missing, especially Bernie Moreno!
We will not stand down. Let’s hold him accountable to the people and taxpayers of Ohio. His office at 200 N. High St. with lots of public visibility! We demand to be seen and heard, just like his rich donors.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
This event will be repeated each week until Wednesday, June 25.
Hosted by OPAL [Ohio Progressive Action Leaders].