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Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 6:00 PM. Otterbein University Debate Support Rally. Organized by Ohio for Bernie. Come out and hold signs, canvass and support Bernie Sanders at the next Democratic Debate in Westerville, Ohio. Though details are not worked out such as time and rallying locations, this event will happen. The event was created for everyone to plan accordingly, make signs and have conversations. Stay tuned! Location: Westerville Sports Complex. Westerville, Ohio. Facebook.
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Saturday, October 12, 6:30-11pm
1021 E. Broad St., Columbus
Parking in side driveway, on street or rear parking lot
Free, no RSVP required.
614-253-2571, colsfreepress@gmail.com
Come to network and socialize with progressive friends with refreshments, live music and a presentation by Dr. Bridget Williams and Emilie Ramach.
Dr. Williams is the owner of Green Harvest Heath, a Medical Cannabis clinic with offices in Pickerington as well as Broadview Heights, Ohio. Green Harvest Health is the only Medical Cannabis clinic in Ohio with life and wellness coaching incorporated into the practice. Dr. Williams brings nearly 20 years of experience in Family and Occupational Medicine from The Cleveland Clinic and training in life and wellness coaching to her practice. Her practice provides comprehensive and affordable care for the metropolitan Columbus and Cleveland areas with a satellite office in Cincinnati. She is also an administrator and teaching faculty member at the Cleveland School of Cannabis.
The Journey is led by those directly impacted by the death penalty, including the wrongfully convicted, the families of death row inmates, and murder victim family members. The events this Saturday are a chance to hear their stories and energize the movement. This comes at a crucial time, as leaders including the Governor, House Speaker, and others have signaled discomfort with the death penalty.
It must have been somewhat difficult to grow up as the namesake of one of the most prominent and controversial human rights leader in American history, Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., and his wife, Jacqueline Brown. Yet the younger Jackson followed in his father’s footsteps, graduating magna cum laude from North Carolina A & T University, earning an MA at the Chicago Theological Seminary. After attending Georgetown University Law Center, he transferred to the University of Illinois College of Law in 1993, where he finished a semester early, but declined to take the bar exam.
A career in politics was all but certain, and in 1996 he ran for the United States Congress in the 2nd Congressional District, which includes part of the infamous South Side and Southland, a collection of southeast suburbs; Jackson’s wife, Sandi, was elected an alderman to the Chicago City Council, representing the 7th ward in 2007. The Jacksons’ future political aspects looked bright; he was often touted as a future mayor of Chicago or a United States senator. Some even spoke of the possibility that he would be the first African American president. They were Chicago’s black Camelot.
Thursday, October 10, 6-8:30pm, Church and Community Development For All People, 946 Parsons Ave.
“On The Brink” is the story of a once-vibrant community on the brink of vanishing from Seattle and their struggle to have a place to call home in a rapidly-changing city.
Following the film, we’ll have a panel discussion about the issues of affordable housing, gentrification, and how the South Side of Columbus is tackling these issues.
Confirmed panelists are:
• Jason Reece, The Ohio State University (moderator)
• Cheryl Brooks Sullivan, Franklin County Treasurer
• Sheldon Johnson, Managing Director, CD4AP [Community Development for All People]
• Jeffrey Shulman, University of Washington, producer and co-director of “On The Brink”
• Angela Mingo, Community Relations Director, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
View the film’s trailer here: https://youtu.be/WAA-VhqnchI
Hosted by Church and Community Development For All People and “On the Brink.”
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 3:15 PM. Proponent Testimony for SR 211. Move to Amend Ohio just got the news that our "We the People" amendment is on the Ohio Senate agenda. This Wednesday, Ohioans will have the opportunity to directly inform our state legislators of our overwhelming support for the "We the People" amendment. This Wednesday, the Ohio Legislature will hear proponent testimony for SR 221, a senate resolution to abolish the notions that a) corporations are constitutional persons entitled to constitutional rights, and b) money is speech.
Columbus is booming. The unemployment rate is low, the economy is up. Central Ohio continues to attract new business and our designation as a Smart City means new innovations will be flowing in.
And yet, despite our growth, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Central Ohio jumped nearly seven percent in 2018.
That’s 1,807 people, the highest number recorded since 2007.
The obvious question is “why?” More jobs, more economic growth – why does this add up to more people without homes?
The reality is that unemployment isn’t the only cause of homelessness. In fact, 43 percent of people in Central Ohio’s homeless shelters are working. From housing costs to the structure of services, there are a host of factors that lead to and perpetuate a cycle of homelessness.
To date, some incredible organizations have taken steps to address these factors, including the Columbus Community Shelter Board. Founded in 1986, it was the first to create alignment among the homelessness service system and their model for support is still revered and used throughout the nation.
Bill Lyons was involved in the passage of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights and the Rights of Nature in Ohio, that passed with 61 percent of the vote this past spring – a first for this type of law protecting an ecosystem in the United States. The bill, initiated because of the lake’s toxic algae, was so ground-breaking that it received national attention and recently ended up as a question on Jeopardy. But strange language creeped into the State of Ohio budget this May undermining the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, stating that, “…nature or any ecosystem does not have standing to participate or bring an action in a common pleas court; it prohibits any person, on behalf of nature or an ecosystem, from bringing, or intervening in, an action in such court; and it prohibits any person from bringing an action against a person who is acting on behalf of nature or an ecosystem.”