Local
Saturday April 20, 2019, Noon-8pm
Genoa Park near the river by COSI) downtown
A day-long celebration at Genoa Park featuring great local bands, family-friendly activities, eco-friendly artisans, an electric vehicle ride & drive, and Columbus' best food trucks. Register to have a booth for your organization ($80). Free and open to all, rain or shine. Organized by Green Columbus. Go to www.earthdaycolumbus.org for more information on both events. Come visit our WGRN 94.1 radio booth!
Cleveland, OH – Ohio Immigrant Alliance welcomes the introduction of the NO BAN Act in Congress. The legislation, authored by Senator Christopher Coons and Representative Judy Chu, would put an end to President Trump’s discriminatory Muslim Ban, and make it impossible for future leaders to enact similar, prejudiced policies. The NO BAN Act also ends restrictions on asylum and refugees that the Trump administration put in place despite the generosity of Americans, who believe we should be an open nation that welcomes people fleeing violence and persecution. Read a summary of the legislation here.
What’s Right
Compost Exchange: This is an important and convenient way to keep food out of the landfill to get it used in urban gardens and farms. For a small fee you take home a yellow tub, put in your leftover or spoiled food waste, and bring it back for an empty one. Details and drop-off locations: thecompostexchange.com.
Bring your own bag, bulk foods and refill stations: Kudos to the grocery stores and co-ops that provide refill stations for olive oil, peanut butter, honey and water; bulk food areas allowing customers to bring their own containers; and “bring your own bag” incentives. Now, if the City of Columbus could just officially ban plastic bags!
Zero waste events: This is an effort to encourage local festivals and even OSU football games to stay clean and green. Guidelines include: supplying recycling containers with clear labeling; composting food waste; attendees bringing re-usable water bottles or dishes; and educating vendors about no-waste procedures.
I would like to announce the publication of a new book entitled “We Need An Ecological Revolution.” The book can be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link:
If printed copies are desired, they are available from Lulu.com
Our present crisis of civilization is unique
Climate change is here — that’s not up for debate. From this spring’s destructive floods in the Midwest to Cyclone Idai, one of the strongest tropical storms ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere, the climate crisis is already taking its toll on 2019.
What we need to know now is what our next President is going to do about it.
The climate crisis was ignored in the 2012 and 2016 elections. Since then, the fires, storms, and floods have made it devastatingly clear: we can’t afford any more climate silence in 2020.
Wednesday, April 17
Earth Day Electronics Recycling Drive
8am-2pm
950 Michigan Ave.
Join our 7th annual Earth Day Electronics Recycling Drive!
Many tech devices contain elements that harm our environment, like lead and mercury. Celebrate Earth Day and help us keep this hazardous ewaste out of the landfill by recycling old electronics instead of tossing them in the trash!
Bring your old, unwanted, and even non-working electronics. Fees apply for some items.
Details at IBSwebsite.com/ewaste.
We’re also offering paper shredding! Limit 5 boxes per person.
Buy lunch from Taquito's Truck from 11 am to 2 pm!
FREE TO RECYCLE:
Most electronics are free to recycle, whether they’re working or not!
Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 PM.
Edith's case is on the move! We currently have several projects getting started to help Edith's case move forward. But we need your help – Edith's ability to stay depends on our ability to grow our currently small organizing team. Please join us on Tuesday as we get hands-on with our current projects. You'll learn organizing skills in a supportive, team-based environment and help move the needle on immigration. Location: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave., 3rd floor. Facebook.
Monday, April 15, 6:30-8:30pm
Northwood-High building, 2231 N. High St.
Join us 4/15 for our second installment of our spring racial justice film series fundraiser. We will be screening the first episode of the miniseries "Time: The Kalief Browder Story" (The documentary recounts the story of Kalief Browder, a Bronx high school student who was imprisoned for three years, two of them in solitary confinement on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. He was accused at 16 of stealing a backpack, and his family was unable to afford his bail, set at $900.He committed suicide two years later, in 2015.)
Following the film will be a panel discussion with Stacey Little from the local Black Mamas Bail Out Project and People’s Justice Project as well as another speaker from People’s Justice Project.
We will be collecting donations for Black Mama's Bail Out Project. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. We will also have snacks and beverages.
Where: Room 100 @ The Northwood-High Building, 2231 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43201
Enter the building from the lower parking level entrance at the rear of the building
