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Emergency action - protest the illegal war in Iran.
Monday, March 2, 5pm.
Federal building, 200 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
On Saturday, February 28, while most Americans slept, Donald Trump illegally bombed Iran without congressional approval. At least 100 school children were murdered in the attack. Many others died as well.
Monday, March 2, 6pm
COED, 1890 E Main St, Columbus, OH 43205
Join us for a community meeting to talk about how we can build a system where every neighborhood and vote matters in Columbus.
Sunday, March 1, 1-3:30pm
Parsons Branch Library, 1113 Parsons Ave.
Join in the community conversation: What comes next in the fight against the AI war machine in central Ohio.
Jordan McLaughlin has lived in Columbus 15 years. He saved up money while renting and made the decision to buy a house. “I put in bids that were well above the asking price, but just kept getting beat by others making all cash offers without any inspection.”
“The average family can’t compete against private equity. It made me angry.”
Welcome to Columbus; where private equity now owns about 20 percent (over 7000) single-family homes.
Not because they want to make your city better, but because they rent them back to families to make a profit. This isn’t news. Private equity has quietly been buying up single family homes across the country.
The goal for private equity is to own everything.
But now, Jordan and others have decided to do something about it.
Yesterday, the Ohio House passed SB 63, which will ban Ranked Choice Voting in Ohio and punish communities that try to use it.
Thursday, February 26, 2026 - 18:00
Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse
Hosted by Green Columbus
Join Green Columbus on February 26th at Studio 35 with SWACO and Trash Party for a screening of Wall-E and a discussion afterwards about waste reduction, litter clean-up initiatives, and how folks can get involved locally!
Join Ohioans Against Extremism to learn about bills being considered in the Ohio Legislature, and ways you can take action and make a difference. Get caught up on what's gone down so far and what experts and insiders expect to happen next.
Yes, it will be recorded.
Fifteen or so of us from the Columbus Mennonite Church and elsewhere gathered yesterday (2-22-2026) at 2:00 p.m. at the Target store at the Graceland Shopping Center in Columbus, Ohio for a "Sing Down the Doors" protest.
Yesterday's event had been hosted by the recently-formed Columbus chapter of a North American organization named Mennonite Action.
Mennonites, fellow Christians, and friends across North America are holding public, nonviolent disruptive worship services at Target stores across the United States to call for Target to end its complicity with ICE.
Every February, we rediscover inventors. We share portraits, post quotes, and remind one another of names that were overlooked. For a moment, history expands. Then March arrives.
Granville T. Woods held more than fifty patents related to electrical systems and rail communication. His work improved how trains operated and communicated, helping shape the transportation systems that connected American cities. His innovations mattered — yet most people have never heard his name.
Not because his work was small, but because patents do not build monuments. A patent proves invention. A textbook preserves information. But neither guarantees visibility. If a story does not take up space, it can quietly fade from public view.
That is the difference between recognition and presence. We can say someone mattered and still fail to make their story visible. When history occupies real space — a building, an exhibit, or a restored artifact — people encounter it differently. It becomes part of the landscape. It becomes harder to overlook.
Scale changes memory.