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Monday, October 2, 12noon, several different locations across Ohio
On Monday, October 2 at 12noon, students across Ohio will be walking out and attending the Day of Action. We will be registering students to vote, listening to speakers, and engaging with our communities. You can register your school below.
Click this link to register your school.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by Ohio Student Activist Alliance.
“Well, what you wanna do?” I asked Jean again.
We were still standing in the same spot. Wasting time. For all we knew the shooter was watching our butts while here we stood in plain sight, like dummies, because of her.
Jean took one more look towards the alleyway and one look up the street before responding.
“Ok, let’s look, but after we look, we got to hurry home before Mom comes looking and embarrasses us by beating us all the way home.” I sure didn’t want that to happen to us again. Once in life is enough to have to live down.
In 1946 the Supreme Court ruled in Morgan v. Virginia that segregated travel on interstate buses was unconstitutional, thus sending the separate-but-equal doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) teetering.
In spite of the ruling, the states of the Old Confederacy refused to comply. In 1955 the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) ruled in Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company formerly overturned the practice, but did nothing to enforce the decision. Finally, in Boynton v Virginia (1960) the Supreme Court outlawed segregated waiting rooms and restaurants in terminals that served buses that crossed state lines. Taken together, these three rulings clearly overturned the Plessy case. Some places in the upper south complied with the rulings, but for the most part the south thumbed its noses at the Supreme Court as it had been doing since 1887, the end of Reconstruction.
An interracial group of men and women, who came to be known as the Freedom Riders, challenged that lawlessness with a campaign that sent teams of activists on buses throughout the south to highlight the intransigence of the region and force compliance with the ruling.
Every Sunday until Election Day, we’re canvassing for reproductive freedom and to enshrine the right to an abortion in the Ohio Constitution.
We need your help to talk to our neighbors about making a plan to vote YES on Issue 1 this November.
As I demonstrate in previous essays, the “city” of Columbus, Ohio and The Ohio State University are two peas in a decaying pod. (See references below.)The intertwined failings of the two disorganized, anti-constituent, private-profiteering, anti-public institutions are symbolically and practically encapsulated in the purposeless, falsely-named University District Organization. The UDO, as it calls itself (but does not pronounce out loud at least in my hearing), is the illegitimate creation of the two. It is no more than an offense to members of both communities.
Artistic. Natural. Gracious. Eclectic. Loving. Intelligent. Courageous. Adventurous. What other adjectives might describe Angelica Warren? With her passing on September 2nd, she’s now the stuff of legend, or at least she should be.
Angelica – Angel for short – might have been your typical Millennial. A free spirit who challenged authority. But any vision of a normal life became colored by the worst possible diagnosis: brain cancer. For the last 15 years, terminal illness transformed a beautiful young woman with endless possibilities into a debilitated, housebound patient. Was Angel content with this fate? Frankly, No. But she defied the odds. Considering her journey, she was one special Angel.
These memories make this clear.
Many thought leaders now recognize that incremental reforms, although useful, are not sufficient to propel the radical changes needed to transition to a future that avoids catastrophic climate chaos. As noted earlier, the poly crises we now face — income inequality, global warming, nuclear war, etc. are symptoms of the economic globalization that has emerged in the last 50 years. Corporate oligarchies now effectively “rule the world” with international trade agreements designed to manage the neoliberal order.
For the first time, after more than a century, Columbus will vote for district candidates in November. But as activists have repeatedly argued, there’s nothing district about it. Candidates must live in one of the nine geographically designed districts as each has roughly 100,000 residents. However, the November 7 vote is citywide, and representation will remain “at-large.”
“If it were just my district to win I’d have a huge chance of winning,” said City Council candidate Adrienne Hood who’s running in District 4, which includes large swaths of the Northside, parts of Clintonville, North and South Linden, and also the street where undercover Columbus police shot and killed her son.
Last decade, three citizen-led initiatives sought true districts, also known as wards, through the ballot, but all lost. In 2016, Issue 1 was championed by the group Everyday People For Positive Change. They were soundly defeated by Columbus voters after a $1.1 million corporate-funded ad campaign by City officials.
Saturday, September 30, 9am-12:30pm, North Broadway United Methodist Church, 48 E. North Broadway
Join us for a seminar on small actions you can take to care for the Earth.
Lunch will be included; giveaways will be provided by our exhibitors!
Event Overview
8:30am: Doors Open
• Exhibits with complimentary beverages
9am: Welcome
• Welcome Message
9:15am: Opening Session
• “Uncomfortable Choices: Climate Justice for Generational Thriving,” with Dr. Tim Van Meter, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
10am: Breakout Sessions
• “Columbus Recycling and Composting Trash,” with Areyh Alex from Sustainable Columbus
• “Being a Green Church,” with Rev. Phyllis Fetzer
• “Clean Energy Tax Breaks and Grants from the new IRA [Inflation Reduction Act],” with Mike Holm
• “Living more Sustainably,” with Mariellyn Grace
11am: 15-Minute Break
11:15am: Breakout Sessions
• “Greenspot: Practical Tips for Individuals,” with Shanikka Flinn and Dave Celebreeze from Sustainable Columbus
Thursday, September 28, 6pm, The Royal Oak Initiative (ROI), 80 Parsons Ave.
This location is across the street from Upper Cup Coffee at 79 Parsons Ave.
Join us for a community forum and art workshop to demand we legalize abortion once and for all!
Hear from leaders in the movement fighting for reproductive justice at the ballot box, in the prisons, and in the streets! Engage in block printing, collaging, coloring, and drawing in our art workshop as we create pieces of art in support of the movement for abortion.
Masks will be required and will be provided; refreshments will be provided.
Hosted by PSL [Party for Socialism and Liberation] Columbus.