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Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 7:30 PM

Monday, July 19, 2021, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Gather at noon in front of Senator Sherrod Brown’s office, 200 N. High St., Columbus (corner of N. High and Spring St.) to thank him for standing with us and supporting the PRO Act.  Then at 12:30 we will march to Rob Portman’s office, 37 W. Broad St., to on him to support the PRO Act.  Facebook.  

Monday, July 19, 2021, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Gather at noon in front of Senator Sherrod Brown’s office, 200 N. High St., Columbus (corner of N. High and Spring St.) to thank him for standing with us and supporting the PRO Act.  Then at 12:30 we will march to Rob Portman’s office, 37 W. Broad St., to on him to support the PRO Act.  Facebook.  

ntercommunity Justice and Peace Center

Sunday, July 18, 12noon, this event will be on-line

Did you know that 40 states, including those with active death penalty statutes, haven’t executed anyone in five years? On July 18, it will be three years since Ohio has executed anyone. With two strongly bipartisan bills in the Ohio House and Senate, we are kindling the hope that Ohio will never execute anyone ever again.

That’s why we’re inviting you to participate in our “Day of Hope” on July 18. It’s simple to get involved:

• Light a candle in your home any time on July 18.

• Take a picture of your lit candle and either send it to us in an e-mail message [<allison@otse.org>], post it on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, and tag it with #NoDeathPenaltyOH.

• Feel free to include a comment about why you believe that there is hope for a future in Ohio without the death penalty.

Saturday, July 17, 12noon-3pm, Ohio Statehouse

In February, Sunrise Columbus and Sunrise hubs across Ohio launched a campaign for transit justice. We delivered over 100 letters to Senator Sherrod Brown, who, as Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, is uniquely positioned to impact transit in our country. We demand that Senator Brown champion public transit and secure federal funding for expanded, accessible, and green public transit.

Why should you care about public transit?

Transit is an economic engine. Tens of millions of people in the U.S. rely on public transit to get to work every day, while every dollar invested in transit offers a five-to-one return. Ohio alone boasts over 200 manufacturers in the transit vehicle supply chain, and over 10,000 essential transit workers.

Transit is a civil right. Investing in public transit is an investment in racial justice. Sixty percent of transit riders are people of color. Yet over the past several decades, the federal investment in transportation has consistently neglected public transit.

We've just learned about a new anti-abortion bill that will be introduced in the coming weeks.

Joe Motil, former candidate for Columbus City Council and Ohio state legislature testified at this morning’s Franklin County Board of Commissioners public hearing on a proposal and other suggestions on how to best spend the county’s $255 million share of the federal governments American Rescue Plan (ARP) money.

Mr. Motil, who has been advocating and fighting for fairness, opportunity, and justice on nearly all fronts on issues that impact our communities economic and social quality of life for 35 years now states that, “The ARP funding for both the county and City of Columbus can lend immediate assistance especially to our underserved and low-income residents who have been impacted by COVID far more than others.”          

Joe Motil, former candidate for Columbus City Council and Ohio state legislature testified at this morning’s Franklin County Board of Commissioners public hearing on a proposal and other suggestions on how to best spend the county’s $255 million share of the federal governments American Rescue Plan (ARP) money.

Mr. Motil, who has been advocating and fighting for fairness, opportunity, and justice on nearly all fronts on issues that impact our communities economic and social quality of life for 35 years now states that, “The ARP funding for both the county and City of Columbus can lend immediate assistance especially to our underserved and low-income residents who have been impacted by COVID far more than others.”          

Thursday, July 15, 2021, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Let’s dance at the border!

One of these days, something will give — the rich, the powerful will suddenly look around cluelessly. What’s happening? Awareness will sweep across the planet: We are one, and life is sacred. This consciousness will even invade political life and what I call moral intelligence will find political traction.

This won’t mean that life suddenly becomes simple — anything but! The politics of today, nationally and internationally, is simple: somebody wins, somebody loses; war is inevitable, there are always several on the horizon, and the primary consequence of every war that is waged is that it spurs more wars, a fact that remains officially unnoticed; only some lives matter, those that don’t are collateral damage, illegal aliens or simply the enemy; nuclear weapons  (ours, only ours) are justified, necessary and must be continually upgraded; national borders, however arbitrary, are sacred (the only thing that’s sacred); if these norms are challenged, the best response is mockery and cynicism.