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Saturday, April 13
Come to the first Free Press Network Backyard Fundraiser
12noon-5pm
1021 E. Broad St., backyard
Free, donations requested
Live performances by local artists, painting by local artists, speakers. Hosted by Bob Fitrakis and Haydyn Beer. Refreshments.
Raising funds for the Free Press, WGRN and WCRS community radio and all of our alternative media projects.
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Free Press Secone Saturday Salon
6:30-11pm
1021 E. Broad St., in the house, east side door
Free, no RSVP required
Parking in side driveway, back parking lot or street
Join progressive friends for food by Lavash, drink, and great music. Presentation by Cathy Cowan Becker on climate change, renewable energy, and the Green New Deal.
colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571.
Green building design is needed as we combat the impacts of climate change. The overuse of once-abundant natural resources has resulted in the scarcity of products and the increased price of supplies. The need implement repurposed items in the construction of new buildings is more urgent than ever.
The new approaches to green building design have resulted in a reduction of fossil fuel energy use and resource waste, as well as the use of virgin materials. The high-tech designs that were once reserved for expensive, futuristic buildings are now being implemented into the average home. The use of alternative energy systems in the family home is becoming more common, such as solar panels and small wind turbines. As green technology continues to evolve, it makes green building design more available to the everyday consumer.
Friday, April 12, 2019, 6:00 PM.
Holding space with Miriam Vargas to honor Rubén Castilla Herrera and provide support. First English Lutheran Church, 1015 E. Main St., Columbus, Ohio 43205.
Earth Day at Kossuth Street Garden-Tribute to Ruben Herrera and Amber Evans
Sat, April 13, 11am
641 E. Kossuth St.
Free and open to all. This is our 11th year and we will honor all social justice advocates, including Ruben Herrera and Amber Evans. An Easter Egg hunt will be at 10:30 at E Kossuth and Wager Street in Kobacker Park, sponsored by Southern Orchards Civic Association "Blessed be the peacemakers."
Saturday, April 13, 2019, 3:00 PM. Honoring the Life of Ruben Herrera.
Funeral service is open to all who want to join us in celebrating Rubén. For those who are able, we will meet on the steps of the Statehouse at 1:30 PM and march to the church.
Location: Broad St. United Methodist Church, 501 E. Broad St.
April 11- 13, 2019
Three days of festivities designed to celebrate independent film. Take part in honoring makers and creatives around the globe. Come one, come all. Location: Central Grip & Lighting, Grandview Theatre, and Studio 35. For a full schedule and tickets visit: www.Columbusfilm.org.
Ruben Castilla Herrera was the uncompromising conscience of central Ohio’s activist community. Wherever there was injustice – Ruben was there, demonstrating, demanding, asserting the rights of the people. Ruben dedicated himself to helping the working people, the underpaid, the Immokalee farmworkers. He was never caught up in personal gain for himself or making political connections.
He didn’t really trust elected public officials. What he understood was that real democracy was in the streets and injustice must be confronted. Public officials that tolerated it had to be called out. He led us in rallies about immigrant rights, sanctuary, police abuse, peace. He was always there with a bullhorn, his thought-provoking speeches inspiring hundreds through the years. Like legendary activists before him – Cesar Chavez, Eugene Debs, Martin Luther King, Jr. – Ruben was ubiquitous and unyielding.
Wednesday, April 10, 1pm
Ohio Statehouse
The Ohio House will vote on the six-week abortion ban Wednesday, April 10th at the Ohio State House. This is the same day as the Freedom of Choice Ohio Coalition Advocacy Day 2019 so we will meet at the Holiday Inn and walk over together. You may also meet us at the Ohio Statehouse chamber at 1:00 p.m. to pack the House and show our opposition to this harmful legislation!
Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Ken Loach’s Land and Freedom is a great introductory dramatization of the Spanish Civil War: the ideological, political and, ultimately, military conflict between the various factions, parties, militias, armies and governments of the Republican, Anarchist, and Communist resistance. (in English, 109 minutes) We'll project this on an approximately 8 foot space. Popcorn, coffee, tea, and other refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring anything for yourself or to share. BYOB! Donations accepted, not required. Sponsored by Columbus Anti-Racist Action.
Location: Sporeprint Infoshop, 979 E. Fifth Ave., Columbus.
More information on Facebook.
Over 50 people marched from Bicentennial Park to the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center today to demand the release of Masonique Saunders, 17, who was incarcerated last December. Saunders is being charged with felony murder after Columbus police shot and killed her boyfriend, Julius Tate, in an undercover operation. Saunders was not involved in the murder.
Singing and chanting, the marchers carried drums, instruments, and noisemakers so that they can be heard from inside the jail.
“Masonique did not murder Julius, the police did. They need to be held accountable, she needs to be with her family and community in her home and school,” said Lainie Rini, a member of the Coalition to Free Masonique Saunders.
Saunders has been in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center since last December. She has not been granted any bail. The Coalition has held actions and demonstrations for the past several months to demand the release of Saunders, including a sit-in in city prosecutor Ron O’Brien’s office last Monday.
Three years after their building burned down, Columbus KTC Buddhist Meditation Center began their rebuilding. On Sunday, April 7, they held a ceremony to bless the land where their original building stood in Franklinton. The event was led by a contingent of lamas from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, KTC’s home monastery in Woodstock, New York. The lamas led the assembled members of KTC in a litany of Tibetan prayers and then blessed the land with traditional rituals.
The official groundbreaking followed with Lama Kathy Wesley, KTC’s resident teacher; Kim Miracle, Board President; and Peter Macrae, new building architect, turning the first shovelfuls of dirt. The event marked the end of a long period of fundraising that showed the center’s commitment to staying in Franklinton, where they’ve been since 1990. They plan to be in their new building by this time next year.