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From the Salt Lake City Tribune and Common Dreams

The Serpent Mound Star Knowledge Fall Equinox Peace Summit will honor the life of Chief Golden Light Eagle who was a great teacher, wisdom keeper and peace keeper. The outdoor event will offer the chance for visitors to enhance their cosmic connection to their deepest divine self and the universe as they are encouraged to pray for peace and enjoy music, workshops, vendors and presentations.  Members of Chief’s family will be at the event which will also include chanting, drumming, light language transmissions, peace activists and peace ceremonies including an international peace flag ceremony, performance art, presentations by Native American elders and others. The outdoor event will take place on Friday, September 24 from 10AM-midnight, Saturday September 25 from 9:30 AM-midnight and Sunday September 26 from 9AM-6:30PM at Woodland Altars, 33200 SR 41, Peebles, Ohio.  The site is located a short drive from the Serpent Mound. 

Daniel Foote, special envoy to Haiti, resigns over U.S.' "inhumane, counterproductive" treatment of Haitian refugees, "international puppeteering," and Biden administration's dismissal of Haiti's needs, including the right to self-determination.

Cleveland - U.S. Border Patrol agents were caught on camera, charging at Haitian refugees with horses and whips. This brazen inhumanity may have shocked some; others were less surprised, but just as angry. Racism and U.S. imperialism come in many forms. 

One of the last sprawling undeveloped areas inside I-270 is being transformed into Franklin County’s newest metro park – and at the same time into a $650 million mixed-use development packed with retail, offices and residential. Both should be open in some capacity by next year.  

Apparently, this is the future of parks nationwide. Trails, woodland and lakes integrated with retail, offices and expensive housing. The “Columbus Way” has embraced it, and Quarry Trails Metro Park along with “Project QT,” the mixed-used area, is their first attempt at getting it right. 

“We’ve become more intentional about it,” as told to Columbus Business Firstby Kenny McDonald, CEO of One Columbus, formerly Columbus 2020, which is working hand-in-hand with the Columbus Partnership. “There’s emerging ideas around the country to take parks and make them not just green spaces but places where we convene.”

Weren’t “we” already doing that at the metro parks?

Wednesday, September 22, 5:30pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Whetstone Branch], 3909 N. High St.

Join author Paul Robinson at the Whetstone Library meeting room for our Fall Simply Living Book Club discussion.

“Global Warming: Can It Be Stopped?” explores the science, psychology, and morality of climate change. Paul brings a unique perspective, as a psychologist and former science educator, to explore the deeper reasons why we are not acting on the climate crisis. He also offers insight into the opportunities for acting now to preserve the quality of life for generations to come.

You may purchase the book for $12.99 (paperback) or the ebook is $3.99. You may attend this event even if you have not read the book or have not finished it.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Simply Living.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Fair Districts and many partners as we come together from all across Ohio to demand FAIR MAPS. We have a full day of action planned, including a press conference, a march around the statehouse, speeches, scheduled lobby visits and more. It will be a show of force that official mapmakers will not be able to ignore! Check out the event schedule and additional information HERE. 

Monday, September 20, 2021, 7:00 - 8:00 PM
On September 15th, the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed our new state legislative maps. Now, the Ohio General Assembly has only ten days until their first Congressional map deadline. Join All On The Line Ohio for a review of the state legislative process, the new maps, and how All On The Line Ohio activists can have their voices heard during the Congressional map drawing process. All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund.  More information and registration here. 

Sunday, September 19, 4pm, stepping off from Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.

Join us as the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio gathers to celebrate the unity found in the diverse community of the nine faith traditions that are represented within our membership. Faith communities will be calling for voting rights to be respected.

• County leaders maintain that we are a welcoming community, so central Ohio faith traditions are marching to demand that access to the ballot is critical to that claim.

• Civic engagement is central to all aspects of life; a representative government relies on the electoral process to be free, fair, and transparent.

Contact: office@iaco.org

Hosted by Interfaith Association of Central Ohio

Days after local Columbus faith leaders announced their petition for the US Department of Justice to review police practices in the city, dozens of people gathered at the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas at 345 S. High Street to demand accountability for the Franklin County Sheriff's department murder of 23-year-old Casey Goodson, Jr. in December 2020. Jason Meade, the shooter, retired and has not yet been brought to justice. 

At a time when clean energy projects are developing across the state, Columbus Stand Up! and the Ohio Climate Justice Fund will host a community conversation in the Southfield/Marion Franklin neighborhood of Columbus to discuss ways to advance an equitable clean future for everyone in Ohio. 
The event will be held Saturday, September 18, 2021, 2-4 PM at The Marion Franklin Recreation Center (2801 Lockbourne Rd.). Click here to RSVP.