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Friday, March 10, 6-9pm

The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St.

Columbus based artists have donated a variety of artwork to help support efforts to end human trafficking.

The sales from this exhibition will benefit 1DivineLine2Health.

Join us for a night of artwork and entertainment, while supporting this westside grassroots organization led by our very own Esther Flores.

Hosted by The Vanderelli Room.

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For a second time, Ohio Attorney General David Yost’s office has rejected the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity (OCEQI) summary of petition. Undeterred, the OCEQI plans on submitting for a third time, but their patience with AG Yost is wearing thin.

“This is normal for the AG,” said OCEQI’s Cynthia Brown, who lost a nephew to Columbus police. “Most ballot initiative petitions are turned down multiple times.”

However, added Brown, “Yost doesn’t want government officials held accountable, or jobs terminated when they violate clearly violate Ohioans’ civil liberties or individual rights.”

The OCEQI is seeking to end qualified immunity by placing a citizen-led initiative on a future ballot hoping voters will amend the state Constitution. Their proposed amendment this time around was titled, “Protecting Ohioans Constitutional Rights”.

On Thursday, March 9, join the Columbus DSA Housing Priority Campaign as we continue our efforts to oppose the American Campus Communities/Blackstone private student housing proposed for Lane and High. On this date, the project goes before the city’s Development Commission.

We oppose the project because ACC is owned by Blackstone, one of the world’s largest and most predatory landlords. Recently, our campaign opposed the proposal at the University Area Commission, and the conversation at that meeting spurred commissioners to vote against the proposal 10-6. The area commission’s decision is advisory, not binding, and the Development Commission may overrule the area commission’s recommendation at the March 9 meeting.

Columbus’ reigning Democratic political class falsely presents itself as progressive and democratic. This seldom goes beyond empty, poorly formulated and awkwardly articulated slogans. Their uninformed rhetoric is contradicted at least weekly when not more often by their policy- and program-free actions and especially inactions.

It is astonishing to me as historian and life-long urban resident that Columbus is the only city in the US of any size and self-proclaimed (if exaggerated) significance that proudly lacks representative, democratic city government. Almost all  US cities moved from lack of representation or at-large city coucils in the second half of the 19th century, not the 20th century. Along with its lack of an identity, this is Columbus’ only justifiable claim to uniqueness or exceptionality.

March 8, 2023 at 5:30 Eastern, 4:30 Central time:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-country-is-the-world-tickets-569789424507
 A book called My Country is the World:  Staughton Lynd’s Writings, Speeches, and Statements against the Vietnam War edited by Luke Stewart, is about to be released by Haymarket Books:  See https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1956-my-country-is-the-world?mc_cid=28ef3d72c2&mc_eid=f491d9cdea

Tuesday, March 7, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Featuring a panel discussion with leading proponents for reproductive rights, we will present on the state of abortion rights in the US and the road forward to win back federal protections and ensure access to safe and legal abortion in all 50 states. Our panelists will present practical advice on campus advocacy, ensuring access to all aspects of reproductive healthcare, as well as discuss legal and political perspectives. Participants will walk away knowing effective steps forward for ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive care for all people.

• Pamela Merritt is Executive Director of Medical Students for Choice, where she leads a dynamic team working to create tomorrow’s abortion providers and pro-choice physicians.

• Lauren Morrissey is the co-founder and co-director of the Student Coalition for Reproductive Justice (SCRJ), a student-powered organization fighting for access to sexual and reproductive healthcare on Catholic college campuses.

Creed III is the latest Rocky spin-off franchise installment. Michael B. Jordan, making his directorial debut, continues the legacy as Adonis Creed, the son of legendary boxer Apollo Creed. He is continuing Ryan Coogler's established story. Due to creative differences, Sylvester Stallone, who stars in Creed and Creed II as Creed's mentor, is not in this. It's nice to see how Creed deals with obstacles, mostly on his own and with help from his family in this aspect of his life. I'll admit, it's safe to say the franchise can stand independently without Rocky.

Monday, March 6, 2023, 6:00 PM
A well-known environmental and human health risk is the effects of heat in cities, particularly areas where there are few trees but lots of parking lots, buildings, and pavement. David Celebrezze of the City of Columbus will discuss the August 2022 project to collect data from Columbus neighborhoods and assess temperature differences. He will also discuss potential steps cities and individuals can take to mitigate the effects of heat as the climate becomes warmer.  Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed.  
Register here. 

When people in the Columbus, Ohio area think about the Arnold Sports Festival, it’s usually about how much revenue it generates over the three-day weekend it takes place over the first weekend of March every year.

That is especially true with local merchants, local media and elected officials.

Everyone seems to have their own piece of the Arnold Schwarzenegger money pie that reportedly generates about $51 million each year.

What you won’t hear from those local merchants, local media and elected officials is how many caskets and cremation urns it has generated.

There is way too much revenue to pocket to care about the rampant steroid use that has gone on with “The Arnold” among its bodybuilders, strongman competitors (men and women) and other strength events.

There has not been any credible testing of Arnold competitors for steroids and other illegal substances since Schwarzenegger and former FBI agent Jim Lorimer founded the event in 1989.

Lorimer passed away on November 24, 2022.  

The Dispatch quoted current Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther in the story announcing Lorimer’s death at the age of 96.

Drop off art - Sunday, March 5, 2-5pm
Vanderelli Room, 218 Mc Dowell St, Columbus, OH 43215
Donate art for a fundraiser for 1DivineLine2Health to stop human trafficking to be held March 10, 6-9pm.
(614) 403-4689