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Moral Monday, August 4th at noon in the Capitol Rotunda.
Join us as we gather to build the Moral Movement of The National Call for Moral Revival. I fast when I'm seriously prayin', join me from wherever you are starting at 8pm Sunday evening and continuing for the following 72 hours.
Matthew 6:16-18 - “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others."
Sunday, August 3, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Franklin County Municipal Court, 375 S. High Street, Columbus 43215
Join Central Ohio Jews for Justice and interfaith partners and community organizations to observe the traditional day of mourning, Tisha b’Av. Sunday, August 3rd from 4 - 5 pm, 375 South High Street. We will gather outside the Franklin County Municipal Court which is allowing ICE agents into the court. We will be mourning the destruction enacted on our neighbors by our own government, and hearing from our partner organizations including calls to action. United States anti-immigration forces are carrying out campaigns of terror in the name of Jewish safety, which makes all of us less safe.
We speak out against the false use of Jewish safety to justify unjustifiable violence, from the destruction of Gaza to threats against our immigrant neighbors. Optional RSVP - link below - if you will be attending and would like to stay in touch for future events.
RSVP or send questions to Centralohiojewsforjustice@gmail.com.
Last week, Ayman Soliman and his attorneys filed a lawsuit challenging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) unlawful termination of his asylum status. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey P. Hopkins issued a 14-day Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and advised the parties that he could continue this relief once a new habeas petition is filed.
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan reminisce about the songs their parents' listened to in their family homes during their childhood and tell nostalgic stories about their parents.
Listen live at 11pm Fridays, August 1 and 8 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
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Mondays at 2pm streaming August 4 and 11 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM
Saturday, August 2, 2-4pm
Ohio Statehouse
From rapid response protests to coordinated mass mobilizations, we’ve been turning rage into power — and the American People’s Movement is only growing.
This isn’t a moment. It’s a strategy.
Nonviolent. Uncompromising. Community-led.
We’re not here to perform protest. We’re here to disrupt systems and build something stronger in their place.
We start with “America’s Mayor,” HEIDI LAMPERT of Waldport, Oregon.
We then meet the dastardly Jeffrey Epstein as presented by the great DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the first stories about Epstein's financial roots in Central Ohio.
Long-time activist JOHN STEINER raises the specter of gerrymandering and how we must fight it.
KPFA mainstay DON GOLDMACHER raises the issue of re-districting California to match the gerrymandering in Texas and other warped “rotten boroughs.".
“Policy is the answer” says HEIDI V as she conjures a movement to defeat fascism.
From Texas we hear ALICE EMBREE fill in many of the blanks the Lone Star fight over the manipulation of who will control the US House.
Long-time writer/activist THORNE DREYER founder of “The Rag” in Houston & Austin’s best left radio station shows us his great new “Notes from the Underground.”
Energy expert KEVIN KAMPS confirms that the South Texas Nuke Plant did freeze in the big Lodestar Storm, resulting in dozens of deaths.
Thursday, July 31, 3-6pm
925 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio
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Join us in celebration of the market's 9th year! Bronzeville Growers Market is building a sustainable local food system in a food desert. Every Thursday, 3-6pm.
Whatever you think you know about the relationship between gas and oil fracking and increased cancers, contaminated air, water and soil, and the acceleration of climate change, chances are you don’t know enough, say environmental advocates at Save Ohio Parks.
The statewide 501(c)4 organization dedicated to educating the public about the health, environmental and planet-warming effects of fracking under state parks and public lands announces a new public education service: in-person or virtual presentations on the facts about fracking.
The meetings include a Power Point presentation and audience Q&A on topics including:
Traditionally, executioners, bank robbers, and killers in horror films wear masks. It's easier to do bad things and to frighten others when you cannot be held accountable, when you cannot be recognized as human.
Gangs of masked men are kidnapping people in the United States on behalf of the U.S. government, and refusing to identify themselves. They could be non-governmental criminals, for all anyone knows, and yet refusal to obey them is treated as a crime, even if their victim had not been accused of any other crime prior to that moment.
We're pushing forward three pieces of legislation in the U.S. Congress:
The VISIBLE Act — introduced by Sen. Alex Padilla, this bill prohibits ICE agents from concealing their identities.
The No Masks for ICE Act — introduced by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, this bill bans ICE officers from wearing face coverings that obscure their identities.
The No Secret Police Act — introduced by Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat, this bill closes loopholes that allow federal agencies to act as unaccountable secret police, shielding themselves from public scrutiny.
The Central Ohio Worker Center and the Ohio Federation of Teachers are co-hosting the first Central Ohio High School Collective Bargaining Day. At least ten unions and 45 students will come together for a day-long program to learn about unions and participate in a Collective Bargaining Simulation. The curriculum and materials for the program are provided by the DePaul University Labor Education Center, and the Northeast Ohio Worker Center has hosted a similar program the last two summers. Students will leave with hands-on experience negotiating a work contract, will learn about what rights they have as a worker, and will make personal connections with local union leadership. Columbus City Councilmember Rob Dorans will share opening remarks. Event registration is full.