Local
Following our mission to connect people to learning opportunities that promote sustainability, environmental justice, and our local economy, Simply Living is relaunching Sustainable U.
This fall we will offer two discussion courses through EcoChallenge, formerly Northwest Earth Institute, a course through Local Futures, and three online courses from our members. Read on for more information about each of these learning opportunities!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83906590837
Meeting ID: 839 06 Facebook Event Since we aren't getting together in person, we can gather for a couple hours on the second Saturday night of each month from 7-8:00pm Eastern Time on Zoom. "War, Propaganda and Resistance"
on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Speakers:
Bowling Green Professor Oliver Boyd-Barrett on the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East;
Sandy Bolzenius on 20 years a veteran;
Daoud Al Akras, on growing up Muslim during the past 20 years and sharing work OSU Students for Justice in Palestine hopes to accomplish this year;
As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 comes and goes this month, hopefully Americans start to recognize one thing that still persists past the ceremonial pageantry and patriotism we typically see on this day every year –– the continuation of invasive post-9/11 policies, both at home and abroad. Make no mistake, there should always be a time to reflect upon the tragic events of that fateful day and remember all the innocent lives that were lost, but we also must never forget that the domestic and foreign policies enacted after 9/11 ended up costing thousands of more innocent lives, both in our own country and others around the world. Frankly, with the consistent expansion of government surveillance and overreach that has persisted in the U.S. since 9/11, one would assume it must be hard to forget.
Friday, September 10, 3pm
The OSU Chapter of Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP.org) presents a Zoom Seminar
Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm
Authors Michael E. Brooks and Marilyn Howard will discuss their book, which issues a timely challenge to all Ohioans to acknowledge, understand and repudiate hate.
Virtual: Register at crowdcast.io/columbuslibrary
Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm
Authors Michael E. Brooks and Marilyn Howard will discuss their book, which issues a timely challenge to all Ohioans to acknowledge, understand and repudiate hate.
Virtual: Register at crowdcast.io/columbuslibrary
Thursday, September 9, 11:00am
VIrtual, free and open to the public
Harvey J. Graff, PhD, author and Professor Emeritus (English and History) at The Ohio State University, will present on the truth about Critical Race Theory and the widespread controversy that has recently occurred over implementation into American school curricula.
RSVP here.
This article is posted from its original publication in Washington Monthly, Sept 4, 2021.
In August 10, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas proposed an inappropriate amendment to the $3.5 billion infrastructure bill currently being considered by Congress. The provision bans federal funds from going to K–12 schools that teach critical race theory. It passed 50–49.
Cotton and his Republican peers—as well as Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia—followed the direction of Tucker Carlson and his peers at Fox News and other right-wing media, who have been mounting a scare campaign to convince white America that radical educators nationwide are blaming their children and grandchildren for the sins of our nation’s past.