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Hoof Hearted Brewery and Kitchen, 850 N 4th St. 7pm
****We'll meet outside of Hoof Hearted because it's near our desired location.****
We've all seen the video posted Fri, 6/8. The "dancin" pig known as "ohnoitsdapopo" punched a black man in the head, completely unprovoked, then put him on the ground and maced him for no reason. His mother got video of the whole thing on camera.
Let's talk about this "dancin cop," named AJ. This racist is a piece of work. He's been hailed for his community policing, for "motivational speaking," even being invited to Harvard, and for liking to get aggressive and punch suspects (according to an old Dispatch article). He has a history of violence on the job, having shot two people in a 2014 incident.
He has internalized his oppression deeply, as he says he grew up with a black, alcoholic father on the East Side, and claims to have hated the cops until a white FBI agent "saved" him from a life of certain ruin.
Kids at Rock City Church in the Short North know him as their youth pastor, where undoubtedly the seeds of hate are being sown into the next generation.
Tuesday, June 11, 6-9pm
Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, 60 Cleveland Ave.
This is the THIRD Community Pride event!
We will host a free screening of the documentary "Free CeCe!", followed by a panel discussion that will highlight transmisogynoir and it's daily violence against Black trans women, as well as the systemic dehumanization and criminalization of Black trans people.
When Black trans women are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNjzvlI0VxM
Queer and trans people of color showcased their artistic, poetic and musical talents by performing at the “Community Pride: Decades of Resistance” kickoff event on June 4th at The Vanderelli Room. The theme of this grassroots festival references the origins of Pride as a revolt against state violence to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that trans women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera had leading roles in. The first event was titled “Speak Up: Columbus Community Pride Spoken Word” to celebrate the radical nature of queer existence.
Dkéama Alexis and Charlie H.A. Stewart are co-directors of this year’s grassroots pride and are leading the Consciousness team of Community Pride. Alexis explained what decades of resistance means in their kickoff speech in the beginning of the show to highlight the need to stand up for the most marginalized members of queer communities.
The Columbus Black Theatre Festival (CBTF) celebrates its seventh year this July. As an African American playwright myself, my goal for the CBTF is to showcase original plays by other Black playwrights – especially new playwrights – to encourage them and others to tell our stories so that our generation can leave our future generations a blueprint of our lives as we lived them in our time.
When I first started the CBTF there were those who wanted the “Black” removed from the name, said it would be offensive to some races of people. My response was that only Black people were concerned about what others thought when the focus is put on their race. Columbus, Ohio has a wide variety of festivals throughout the summer. We have an Asian Festival, a German Festival, an Italian Festival and so many other festivals. Why can’t we have a Black Festival?
Monday, June 10, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Please join us on Monday, June 10th, at 6:30 p.m. as we continue the conversation on how we can best support Miriam Vargas and her family. Facebook.
Lily Kunning (Columbus, Ohio’s community herbalist) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund work on a comprehensive online course for girls and young women to learn about their bodies, sexuality, gender, relationships, and more. “It’s the course we all wish we had growing up,” says Kunning.
“As a girl child, I was not taught the name of all my body parts. I had to learn about sex and relationships through (sometimes bad) experiences. In short, I am not prepared for life as an adult.” continues Kunning. “Given the current state of affairs politically- with women losing civil liberties and autonomy over their own bodies under the law- I knew I had to do something! Given my skillset, creating Maiden Voyage was something I was born to do.”
My earliest memory of Comfest was probably the Summer of 2000. I was in the process of wrapping up a degree at Ohio State and living at a place on Tompkins Street. I was sort of dragooned into going by the guys who lived next door, who were more in tune with things. At that point I was unaware that Comfest – or Goodale Park for that matter – even existed.
I remember that we parked illegally in the Big Bear parking lot on Neil Avenue, which made me nervous. I think that it was either dark or getting dark when we arrived, and that I was pretty disoriented. The food stalls on Goodale Street seemed to come out of nowhere. I was fairly quickly pulled over to the main stage to see a band called the Jive Turkeys who were closing out the festival. Despite my bewildered state, the band blew me away. They were truly incredible, ending their set with Sly Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime.”
There are ways for straight and cis people to be supportive to the LGBTQ+ community that are more impactful than attending a Pride parade as an onlooker or marcher:
1. Volunteer with organizations that are putting on Pride events doing the work that is least fun – do trash pick up, help out in the parking lots, do clean up after the event. These roles are often filled by LGBTQ+ people who are missing out on the fun while allies are enjoying the festivities.
2. Offer to watch the children of LGBTQ+ people so they can attend parades and other events without children, if they want a kid-free day. Also, offer to do this for the evening events.
3. Give money to LGBTQ+ organizations, especially those that center trans folks and people of color.
4. Spend your money at LGBTQ+ owned businesses on days Pride isn’t happening.
5. Buy tickets to Pride events and offer them up to LGBTQ+ people. Some events are pricey and not all LGBTQ+ people can afford to go.
6. Drop LGBTQ+ people off and/or pick them up from the Parade. The traffic is wild and rides would be appreciated.
Sunday, June 9, 2019, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Please just us for a summer celebration! Enjoy food, drink, conversation, and music. See COWC’s new office and participate in the cornhole tournament! Bring the whole family, we will have kids’ activities. $20 suggested donation per person to enter the cornhole tournament. Great prize package for the winner! Location: Central Ohio Worker Center Office, Seafarer’s Union Hall, 2800 S. High St., Columbus 43207. Facebook.
Testimony before the Ohio legislature on House Bill 6, Ohio’s nuclear and coal plant bailout bill which ironically also cuts off funds for renewable energies.
Is Ohio's legislature declaring a state of atomic socialism?
It seems poised for a Soviet gouging of some $3 billion over the next ten years to bail out two dirty, dangerous, decayed Chernobyl-ready atomic reactors that are falling apart. Neither can compete in the free markets so many Buckeyes profess to love.
The legislature proposes this $3 billion bailout while trashing some $4 billion in private capital. That money wants to build thousands of wind turbines and create tens of thousands of jobs, generating safe clean energy far cheaper than those radioactive "mistakes by the lake." The fast-rising turbines would lower electric rates and bring in private development capital, not drain it out of the public pocket.
The astonishing turn to Soviet nuclear economics comes as FirstEnergy's top executives pocket some $25 million in annual "salaries" while they spent $3 million to "lobby" the Legislature.