Local
Friday, January 25, 4pm
St. James Tavern, 1057 N. 4th St.
Roe V Wade was ruled on by the Supreme Court of the United States of America in 1973. The court ruled 7-2 that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. Here we are in the year 2019 and a woman's right to choose is being threatened in almost every state in the country, including and especially in Ohio with the threat of the Heartbeat Bill popping up constantly and the Method Ban passing. St James Tavern trusts women and supports their right to choose medical decisions needed for their own bodies. Join us for Happy Hour on Friday to raise money for Women Have Options. Michelle will be behind the bar and donating all of her tips plus 20% of the bar sales to WHO. Any donations over $10 will get you a copy of the Men of St James 2019 CALENDAR because you should be rewarded for supporting women and their right to choose!
January 24, 2019, 1:30 – 2:45 PM
Provost's Discovery Themes Lecture with Mary Robinson
One of the world's most respected advocates for climate justice and Ireland's first woman President, Mary Robinson leads the Mary Robinson Foundation—Climate Justice, a center for thought leadership, education and advocacy for the poor and disempowered in the world that are disproportionately threatened by climate change. Her new book, Climate Justice, has received glowing reviews from former world leaders and the environmental and human rights community.
Barack Obama, awarding Robinson the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, praised her as an “advocate for the forgotten and the ignored,” noting that she has “not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world.” Mary Robinson first rose to international prominence as President of Ireland from 1990-97. She is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and transformational leader who elevated the public role of the Irish presidency, helping to shape modern Ireland in a period of rapid and unprecedented economic growth.
Accepting applications through Thursday, February 21, 7:30 p.m. ET
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) seeks clinicians who want to serve the nation’s underserved rural, urban and tribal communities.
Kaleidoscope Youth Center (KYC) is excited to announce that we are now directly serving and supporting homeless and housing insecure LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults with the introduction of three new housing programs! Since 1994, KYC has worked in partnership with young people in Central Ohio to provide safe and affirming spaces for LGBTQIA+ young people in our drop-in center, in the schools, and in the community. Over the last year, KYC, in partnership with other local organizations, has worked to prevent and end youth homelessness through coordinated community planning.
January 21, 2019- Ohio State Representative Bernadine Kennedy Kent called for greater police accountability at the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration and breakfast put on by the Police Officers for Equal Rights (POER) at the First AME Zion Church. “It is imperative as we celebrate the life of Dr Martin Luther King that we speak up and demand Police Chief Jacobs, Commander Mark Gardner, and Detective Jay Fulton receives a full, complete, and unbiased investigation by law enforcement,” Kent said.
The Police Officers for Equal Rights (POER) host the annual Free MLK breakfast
Monday, January 21, 8-10am Breakfast, 10am-12pm - Program
First AME Zion Church, 873 Bryden Rd.
Breakfast is free, keynote speaker: Ohio House Rep. Bernadine Kennedy Kent (25th district)
All are welcome.
The Indigenous People's March comes to Washington today, and the snow-clad streets of the citadel of the American Empire are about to turn Red!
It might be mistaken for any other day. The slushy sidewalks are half full of sleepy eyed company men and Trump Administration apparatchiks, sliding to and fro. Those, that is, who are still showing up for their jobs.
But – then, the sound of drums in the distance, the steady beat of moccasined feet approaching. And they are about to do a stomp dance that's gonna rock this rotten country coast to coast.
Friday, January 18th, 2019 is just a day like any other day. It is a day for the true Native Nations of this continent to Stand Up for the Earth. A day to stand together for the People.
So say Native leaders gathering for today's march: “Our People didn't cross your border. Your border crossed our People.”
I didn't ask their names.
Identifying Indigenous activists in print can lead to the kind of trouble few members of the white elite in America will ever experience.