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Pine Prairie, LA - Unless something changes very soon, an Ohio military family fears their family member Wilfred could be deported to Cameroon, the country he fled that is embroiled in armed ethnic conflict, and killed. The Cameroon American Council and its #AdvocateforDetainees program is calling on all people of good will to act now and #HelpSoldierAcha reunite with his cousin and save Wilfred’s life.
In a letter about Wilfred to the Immigration Judge, Specialist Acha wrote: “[Wilfred and I] grew up together and went to the same school together right up to college, and he was a true good leader to look up to. He is hard working. Tebah Wilfred Tebah is respectful, fearful, and above all morally guided. He is a good man and will obey the laws, orders and policies as instructed.”
On June 24, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) under the title, Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America’s Children.Except for those whom the EO affects, it has already been stuffed down the Trump memory hole. It is, however, an important document with negative far-reaching ramifications for child welfare in the US. To the casual reader, the Executive Order can look benign, positive: a plan for expanded federal child welfare assistance programs to enhance sibling retention, family preservation, unification, permanency, aging out as well as strengthening trauma-informed training and best practice and better reporting standards. It appears to concede a fractured child welfare system, but…
As the city of Columbus is considering measures to reform policing in Columbus and restore confidence in the Columbus Police Department, we would like to encourage you to end training exchanges with the state of Israel. Though proponents of these exchanges often note that they occur at no or minimal cost to the city, we believe that the costs are tremendous and outweigh any possible benefits.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Join us for a conversation on feminism, abolition, and transformative justice with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Leila Raven. Angela Davis taught us that abolition needs feminism. Join us for a conversation on feminism, abolition, and transformative justice with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Leila Raven. Learn about bringing our histories to abolition as a vision and practice, as well as healing after harm and community-based processes for care and accountability in our communities and movements.
$10 donation requested.
Start: Monday, July 20, 2020 12:00 PM
End: Monday, July 20, 2020 1:00 PM
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
Las primeras semanas de Julio, la intensidad de las protestas, resultado del asesinato de George Floyd, se ahn ido disipando. Esto ha sido un tema de reflexión para mucha gente, que ve la necesidad de entender un objetivo más allá de lo inmediato al salir y protestar.
Para entender ese objetivo, es necesario tener en cuenta fenómenos que se están volviendo cotidianos, y son reforzados por eventos como la protesta de supremacistas blancos en el State House de Columbus, Ohio, el sábado 18 de Julio. Es increíble e impensable que se haya normalizado el hecho de que personas civiles, porten armas automáticas en una protesta pública, con el pretexto de luchar por la libertad. Es impensable que la lucha por la libertad se limite al “derecho” de no usar una máscara para proteger al prójimo o a portar armas sin el menor control. Es increible como esta sociedad supremacista, machista y racista ha degradado la palabra Libertad.
Sunday, July 19, 7-9pm
City Hall to Broad and High Streets
During the first weeks of July, the intensity of the protests resulting from the murder of George Floyd, had gradually faded. This has been a matter of reflection for many people, who see the need to have and understand a goal beyond what is immediate when going out and protesting.
To understand that goal, it is necessary to take into account phenomena that are happening daily, and are reinforced by events such as the Stand for America 2020 rally at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, July 18. It is incredible and unthinkable that civilians carry automatic guns in a public protest under the pretext of fighting for freedom. It is unthinkable that the fight for freedom be limited to the "right" not to wear a mask to protect others or to bear arms without any kind of control. It is incredible how this supremacist, macho and racist society has degraded the word Freedom.
In the 1970s, the country was struggling to recover from the dual tragedies of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that toppled the Nixon presidency. That helps to explain why so many Americans were attracted to the “Moonies,” a Korean-born cult that promised to unite and heal the world.
Blessed Child is a documentary by and about a woman who was raised in a Moonie family and found the religion a comfort and an inspiration—until it wasn’t. Then it became an impediment to her happiness and threatened to drive a wedge between her and her devout parents.
Directed by Cara Jones and filmed by her brother Bow, the doc is a gentle yet wrenching portrait of a family that was at first united and later divided by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church.