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Meeting ID: 839 06
Theme: Health, Housing and Hope - building a multiracial national movement
Featuring
Speakers from Camp Shameless
Virginia Vogts, SURJCO
Bob Krasen and Dr. Alice Faryna, SPAN-Ohio
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Friday Night Free Press Salon
On August 12. 2022, The Columbus Free Press is hosting an in person social . Please come to join CICJ Board President Pete Johnson at his home to re - kindle a live progressive presence in Columbus, Ohio.
Join us at Pete Johnson’s house:
2228 Balmoral Rd, Columbus, 43229
Beginning at 6 PM until 11 PM.
The event will be outdoor and will be modeled after Saturday Night Salon's that have been held pre-Covid at Bob and Suzanne's home on E Broad St.
Anyone wishing to bring a dish or dessert is welcome to do that. We will provide food as well. BOB with respect to alcoholic drinks. Please bring a lawn chair.
I last saw Councilmember Shayla D. Favor on Tuesday, August 2nd. She and I had arrived at our mutual polling location at the Blackburn Community Center to cast our ballots in the Democratic primary election. As luck would have it, we’re registered in the same district, District 1.
Our exchanges over the previous two months had been contentious if cordial, negotiable if slightly adversarial. As Chair of Housing and Health and Human Services, her office had the keenest interest in Camp Shameless, a houseless camp for which I advocate as a member of a local nonprofit called FIRST Collective, a group of activists making art, creating social infrastructure and fostering community through mutual aid.
My position as an executive committee member with the Columbus Coalition for Rent Control has put us in a place of needed negotiation given Councilmember Favor’s position as well.
I last saw Councilmember Shayla D. Favor on Tuesday, August 2nd. She and I had arrived at our mutual polling location at the Blackburn Community Center to cast our ballots in the Democratic primary election. As luck would have it, we’re registered in the same district, District 1.
Our exchanges over the previous two months had been contentious if cordial, negotiable if slightly adversarial. As Chair of Housing and Health and Human Services, her office had the keenest interest in Camp Shameless, a houseless camp for which I advocate as a member of a local nonprofit called FIRST Collective, a group of activists making art, creating social infrastructure and fostering community through mutual aid.
My position as an executive committee member with the Columbus Coalition for Rent Control has put us in a place of needed negotiation given Councilmember Favor’s position as well.
Thursday, August 11, 2022, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
SURJCO is thrilled to be launching regular monthly SURJCO member meetings! Meetings are open to all whether you are already involved with SURJCO, ready to join, or simply curious.
Wednesday, August 10, 6-7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Ohio Beyond Coal Campaign is hosting a “Letter to the Editor Training.” This training is open to everyone regardless of skill and experience.
Hosted by Ohio Beyond Coal, Sierra Club Ohio, Miami Group (Cincinnati, Middletown, Dayton) Sierra Club, and Ohio Energy Sierra Club.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
A resource you can use for talking points, conversations and letters to your legislators.
Sources are linked.
The War on Drugs, and in particular the war on cannabis, must be the most ill-conceived public policies ever undertaken by the United States. Covering one hundred plus years and costing one trillion plus dollars, the war’s luster has been largely lost. With the recent introduction of the federal Cannabis Administration and Opportunity and Act, full legalization feels tantalizingly close. What are the most persuasive arguments for change and what facts support them? Here are ten constructs concerning cannabis – prevalence, history, opposition, racism, medicine, safety, penalties, enforcement, federalism, and freedom – that make the case.
PREVALENCE. Millions of Americans break the law every day when they consume cannabis. In the eyes of the feds, even medical marijuana patients are labeled lawbreakers.
Monday, August 8, 12noon, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join the League of Women Voters of Ohio on Monday August 8 at 12noon for a forum discussion on Ranked Choice Voting. Guests will discuss the basics of Ranked Choice Voting and its different forms, its benefits and challenges, implementation in cities and states across the nation, and its prospects in Ohio.
Guest panelists:
• Anna Kellar, Exec Director, League of Women Voters of Maine
• Dr. David Niven, Political Science Professor, University of Cincinnati
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by League of Women Voters of Ohio.