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JULY 1 - JULY 31, 2023
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Monday, June 12, 2023, 12:00 PM
An electronic copy will be available online as the news conference ends. The White Paper effort started in January 2021, and with the assistance of a water geologist, it was documented and written by many people. It has already been distributed to the Columbus Water Department for comments 2 months ago, and so far we have not received any response. We also took copies to the 4 other water departments in our watershed, including Westerville, Delco, Delaware City and Cardington, which faced a water disaster from oil drilling in the 1960's. We have given copies to Columbus Mayor Ginther and Columbus City Council. We have taken copies to the leadership of all 19 cities and towns that rely on Columbus City water. (You can see who they are on the first page inside the cover).
Columbus Community Rights Coalition & and Columbus Community Bill of Rights.
Location: Rich Street Bridge entrance (near the Bicentennial Park area.
Salon facilitator, Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery, kicked off the salon, engineered by Steve Caruso. He reiterated how it is now Pride Month and there is the usual Stonewall Pride parade next Saturday, June 17. The Community Pride alternative celebration is scheduled for September.
Mark spoke a bit about he and his wife Yoshie’s trip to Japan last month, to visit relatives and participate in G7 Summit protests and rallies. One message is the opposition to US involvement in the Ukraine situation, which caused a discussion among the people present. Yoshie gave a presentation on her perspective of the events in Japan and showed some photos and images. The Free Press recently posted an article about peace in Ukraine.
Sunday, June 11, 1-2:30pm, Bexley City Hall, 2242 E. Main St.
Join us for a Community Backyards workshop at Bexley City Hall to learn more about water quality and backyard conservation! This workshop will be presented by Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries [FACT] and hosted by the City of Bexley and Green Bexley. Love Your Alley will also be there.
Plus, City of Bexley and Franklin County residents who attend will qualify for a rebate voucher on one backyard conservation item: rain barrel, native plants, or compost bin. Register in advance to receive your rebate voucher at the workshop!
Additional details may be found on the program website: CommunityBackyards.org.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War; Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War; John Reuwer, Board Member of World BEYOND War; Brad Wolf, Director of Peace Action, Lancaster, PA
Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine.
This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend.
Owners of the venue which was to host the Summit for Peace in Ukraine, announced on Wednesday, 7 June, 2023, their decision to cancel the agreement holding the summit on their premises. Fortunately, a new location was secured in Vienna (and anyone on Earth can sign up to take part online), but not before a smear campaign against the summit had been launched.
The venue owners reportedly explained: “We have decided to comply with the wishes of Ukraine and its embassy operating in Austria and have cancelled the rental of all rooms in the ÖGB catamaran for the event ‘International Summit for Peace in Ukraine’ next weekend.”
Saturday, June 10, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Theme: “Peace, Love and Revolution”
• Mark Stansbery and Yoshie Furuhasi will report back from their trip to Japan at the G7 Summit.
• M.J. Borden will discuss response to HJR 1.
• Pride Month
• And more!
A question-and-answer period will be included.
If you have any announcements for the progressive community, contact us at <colsfreepress@gmail.com>.
Please use this Zoom link to join this event.
Hosted by The Columbus Free Press.
To paraphrase from Mr. Donte Woods-Spikes, Columbus documentarian and speaker extraordinaire: to anyone who’s been triggered by their memories on their newsfeed in the last fortnight, I empathize with you.
Three years ago last week on Thursday, May 28th, 2020, this city joined in a national reckoning that we have yet to reconcile.
Three days before in Minneapolis, MN, a Black man named George Floyd was recorded while then-officer Derek Chauvin pressed his left knee on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds as Floyd pled for his life and took his last breath to call for his mother as he expired.
I watched the last three minutes of the video that had by now gone viral on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 27th. That evening – about 7 PM – I walked from my house to the Dollar General on E. Main Street, bought a big bottle of cheap white wine, took it home and drank half of it.
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the new animated film that follows "Into the Spider-Verse." It will be succeeded by "Beyond the Spider-Verse." The movie is directed by a talented team, including Kemp Powers, known for his exceptional work on "Soul." The writing credits feature Phil Lord and Chris Miller, celebrated for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "The Lego Movie," along with Dave Callaham of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." Though this film ends with a "to be continued," leading into a part two next year, it still stands firmly on its own despite being a part of a larger narrative.
Attempting a brief plot synopsis for a multiversal film like this is challenging. Like A24's "Everything Everywhere All At Once," its complex, intertwined narratives defy simple summaries. But I'll avoid spoilers and attempt to capture the essence of the story without divulging too much.
Friday, June 9. 6-9pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.
An art show rejecting the anti-trans bills and laws that are being put in place all over the U.S and instead celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ artists and performers.
Dress code [optional]: “Punk Rock Queer.”
Hosted by Wild Goose Creative.
Friday, June 9. 6-9pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.
An art show rejecting the anti-trans bills and laws that are being put in place all over the U.S and instead celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ artists and performers.
Dress code [optional]: “Punk Rock Queer.”
Hosted by Wild Goose Creative.