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Saturday, February 13th, 12 PM
1Divineline2health Center, 2424 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, OH

Columbus Stand Up and the 1Divineline2Health Center is convening a community conversation around mental wellness as well as a community meditation in commemoration of Black History Month. The event will be outdoors, adhere to social distancing protocols, and participants will be provided free hot coffee from Third Way Cafe to keep warm throughout.

Columbus Stand Up! is a non-profit dedicated to mobilizing people in Central Ohio to serve the community, engage in the political process, hold elected officials accountable, and advocate for policies that will ensure everyone in our community can lead a stable life. 

1DivineLine2Health is a nonprofit organization fighting sex trafficking and serving vulnerable populations through grassroots movements in Columbus, Ohio and all over the world.

The recent wave of corruption among both Republicans and Democrats in Ohio – House Speaker Larry Householder and Cincinnati City Councilmembers being charged with bribery – along with the pandemic’s mishandling, could be the final straw for voters.

While the GOP might split and form a new right-wing populist party, the Democrats are already divided among the centrists and progressives with most progressives being endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

And with so many Trump voters from 2016 saying they would’ve voted for Bernie Sanders, can Democratic Socialists fill the populist void left by Trump with a party that represents working class interests?

Many on the left, especially those disenchanted with President Biden and the bulk of the Democratic Party, are taking a good look at the Democratic Socialists of America, which has grown to over 90,000 members with 71 members holding office (33 of those elected in 2020).

The recent wave of corruption among both Republicans and Democrats in Ohio – House Speaker Larry Householder and Cincinnati City Councilmembers being charged with bribery – along with the pandemic’s mishandling, could be the final straw for voters.

While the GOP might split and form a new right-wing populist party, the Democrats are already divided among the centrists and progressives with most progressives being endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

And with so many Trump voters from 2016 saying they would’ve voted for Bernie Sanders, can Democratic Socialists fill the populist void left by Trump with a party that represents working class interests?

Many on the left, especially those disenchanted with President Biden and the bulk of the Democratic Party, are taking a good look at the Democratic Socialists of America, which has grown to over 90,000 members with 71 members holding office (33 of those elected in 2020).

In recent days an alarming number of asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, have been deported to Haiti despite efforts by the Biden administration to put a moratorium on all deportations. This is happening during a pandemic and a growing, violent political crisis in Haiti.

Take action: Urge President Biden to immediately halt deportations to Haiti

On a recent frigid early morning in a cramped, small-town Kroger twenty minutes outside Columbus, a long line twists and turns near the in-store pharmacy, one of 2,200 in-store pharmacies Kroger operates.

The line is somewhat socially distanced, mostly middle-aged men, some wearing camo, others sporting Harley Davidson logos, some have brought their own folding chairs. Fights have nearly broken out in the past over losing a place in line.

But this line of a dozen or so is not waiting for the vaccine. Kroger’s in-house state-controlled liquor store is mere feet from the pharmacy. They are waiting to find out if a high-end whiskey costing $400 a bottle has arrived or not.

When the liquor store’s door opens, the expensive whiskey did make it in overnight, and the line moves briskly with happy customers.

Standing not far from this scene is a long-time Kroger employee who spends her days stocking pizzas and other frozen goods into tall glass-doored freezers.

With tired eyes she glances at the absurdity of those buying $400 bottles of whiskey, then turns to a Free Press reporter.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 5:00 - 6:30 PM

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 8:00 - 9:00 PM
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, and Hanieh Jodat-Barnes will be joined by Dr. Melina Abdullah, one of the original organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement and leader of the Los Angeles BLM chapter, and Reverend Liz Theoharis, the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival. Dr. Melina Abdullah, an academic and activist, is the co-founder of the Los Angeles Black Lives Matter chapter and chair of the department of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Reverend Liz Theoharis, in addition to leading the Poor People's Campaign with Reverend Dr. William Barber, is the director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary.  RSVP here to receive the zoom link. 

Sunday, February 7, 4-5:30pm
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In our third educational webinar, DSA4USPS will explore the Postal Service's potential within the Green New Deal. With its fleet of carriers who operate on foot, the US Postal Service is a very green federal agency, and plenty of people are organizing to make it, and its foreign counterparts, even more so.