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They decided their life’s work was going to be saving other peoples’ lives. But no other group of professionals has had a reckoning during the pandemic as nurses and doctors have. And while they are expected to work long hours in horrendous situations, hospital executives are awarding themselves generous bonuses.

The turnover and resignations of healthcare workers is not entirely due to the pandemic’s crush. But how their employer has treated them during the (seemingly) worst healthcare crisis ever.

“Every hospital system in Ohio is standing on the back of all the staff demanding they work harder,” wrote a nurse.

At the start of the pandemic the Free Press wrote about the mind-boggling situation The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center was in when they set up an outdoor donation triage asking the community for extra masks and other PPE.

Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 4:00 PM 

Monday, January 17
Free breakfast (pick up) 8-10am, First AME Zion Church, 873 Bryden Rd
Virtual broadcast, keynote: Paster Eldren D. Morrisen - Facebook @Famezco

Sunday, January 16, 6pm
Livestreamed and in-person gathering the day before the January 17th action to deliver petitions to the President, the DOJ, Congress and the Supreme Court. 
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Speakers include:

The Constitution begins, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity.” All states endorse this “founding,” if aspirational, text. American history, even before 1776 and 1787 and long after those dates, has been devoted to making those aspirations a reality for all Americans.

A dominating conception of “the public” is central to the U.S. in theory and centuries-long struggles. Today represents an extraordinary retreat, especially for people other than white males. For the partly empowered peoples from 1863-65 “emancipations” through women’s suffrage in1920 and civil and voting rights legislation in 1965, an inclusive public has always been contested. The battle increases anew with the combined and interconnected assaults on public health, public education, public safety, genuine choice and freedom, right to vote, right to control one’s body, right to gender determination, right to....

Let’s Talk Theatre with Julie Whitney-Scott

Julie: Let’s meet Dayvon Nichols from the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC).

Dayvon: I was born and raised in Cleveland. I came to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University to pursue an Arts Management Degree. I was in plays in Little Theatre in high school and performed in two plays at The OSU. I did Hairspray twice and another one, so I’m pretty familiar with the theatre field. I’m excited to be here and I love connecting with artists. One of my passions is to help people out and I’m grateful to have this opportunity today.

Julie: What is your position at GCAC?

 Dayvon: I am the Grants Associate and serve as the point of contact for all individual artists. I am the contact if you are an independent professional artist seeking grant assistance, or if you are curious as to what resources and support the Greater Columbus Art’s Council has to offer.

Julie:  What grant is available to support artists in their craft?

Several Ohio and National organizations are calling for Ohio Attorney General David Yost to begin the process of revoking the charter of FirstEnergy Corporation, a process that would dissolve the company. The request by the groups is based on the corporation’s admitted involvement in the $60 million bribery and money laundering scheme, the largest in Ohio’s history that defrauded taxpayers and threatened representative democracy. The groups who signed the letter include the Move to Amend Ohio Network, Our Revolution Ohio, Ohio Community Rights Network, National Community Rights Network, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and the Athens Friends Meeting.  Read the letter here. 

Several Ohio and National organizations are calling for Ohio Attorney General David Yost to begin the process of revoking the charter of FirstEnergy Corporation, a process that would dissolve the company. The request by the groups is based on the corporation’s admitted involvement in the $60 million bribery and money laundering scheme, the largest in Ohio’s history that defrauded taxpayers and threatened representative democracy. The groups who signed the letter include the Move to Amend Ohio Network, Our Revolution Ohio, Ohio Community Rights Network, National Community Rights Network, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and the Athens Friends Meeting.  Read the letter here. 

"We're so thankful to the Ohio justices for ruling in the people's favor. Voters deserve fair, representative, and inclusive legislative maps that include all of our voices. Black, brown, and Muslim Ohioans have always been left out of the discussion around redistricting, and therefore it's our voices that must be centered in the conversation because our communities suffer the impact of gerrymandering on a day-to-day basis. Now the process starts over again, and over the next 10 days we will make sure our voices are fully heard and represented during this new process. With this ruling in our favor, we are confident that Ohio will become a more equitable place for all of us." - Jeniece Brock, OCRC vice-chair and Policy and Advocacy Director of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative

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