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We have just learned that the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission will meet on Monday, June 29, to decide on a long list of nominations and bids to frack Ohio public land.
We’re not going to lie … they are likely to approve most if not all the nominations and award most if not all the bids.
Sunday, June 28, 3-5pm during Community Festival
Goodale Park, Peace and Healing Pavilion
The Free Press and WGRN radio bring together local activists to bring us up to date on local issues.
Pat Marida - Ohio Nuclear Free Network
Darren Broering - No Ohio Anduril Plant
Catherine Turcer - Local elections
Ginny Vogts - RESULTS coalition
Tamie Wilson
The Free Press
WGRN community radio
and more!
If you want to help Haitian-Ohioans and the groups serving them, check out these two links in the image above from Ohio Immigrant Alliance and the OhioIsHome.org resource site.
Tony Brown of the famed Tony Brown’s Journal died today, Friday, June 26, 2026. Until today Brown was one of the few remaining old school Black male warrior journalists that Black audiences could count on to learn about timely topics, be exposed to accurate news accounts and to hear from some of the most interesting and/or controversial Black figures on the political scene. No talk show played host to the kind of sports, entertainment and political figures that appeared on Tony Brown’s Journal. The talk show which started on commercial television in syndication in the late 1970s, then shifted to PBS in 1982, was the successor to the series Black Journal. Tony Brown’s Journal was cutting edge in a lot of ways.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday - June 26-28
Fri - noon-11pm
Sat - noon-11pm
Sun - noon-6pm
Goodale Park, Columbus
A free, non-corporate, music and arts annual festival. The festival bills itself as "The Party with a Purpose". To accomplish this goal, the festival relies on community members to work together in the planning and operation of the festival serving on committees and work teams including clean-up and recycling, safety and first aid, entertainment, street fair, etc.
As a volunteer-run organization, we’re always welcome to anyone who wants to join in our purpose and mission. There are lots of ways you can get involved in both the festival and its planning and production. To help you find your ideal volunteering position, it helps to know a bit about how ComFest works.
WHO: Local leaders including members of G92 and Springfield Neighbors United.
WHAT: A vigil in support of Haitians who fled violence in their home country and became important members of our community
WHEN: Thursday, June 25 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Springfield City Hall, 76 E High St, Springfield, OH 45502
Reprinted from Marcia Miller's Substack on June 21, 2026.
Thursday, June 25, 6 to 8 p.m.
Prairie Township Community Center, 5955 W. Broad St.
Last evening the National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC) of Columbus, Ohio, held its awards ceremony at The Ave Space located on Macsway Avenue on the city’s eastside. After a hiatus of a few years, this year’s event was highly anticipated. The excitement felt by those in attendance was evident. One bubbly attendee said to me she had been looking forward to the evening since she learned of the June 23rd date more than a week ago. Every organization of the Divine 9 was represented or so it seemed. Round tables draped in black table clothes that sat ten filled the room. Few seats were unoccupied. People milled about while others hopped from table to table greeting old friends with handshakes and hugs while seemingly making the acquaintance of others. An instrumental melody played in the background until the program began. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages were aplenty.
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 3pm
Ohio Statehouse
Join the Ohio Organizing Collaborative as they call on Governor DeWine to Veto HB472 and pledge his support for our democracy.
This is it. Governor DeWine has until Wednesday, June 24 to sign Senate Bill 219 into law or veto it. After that, the bill automatically becomes law.
So this is our last chance to make sure he hears us.