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There's no clearer example of Columbus City Council's complete unresponsiveness to the needs of our neighborhoods than the proposed giveaway of a Southside community park and $50,000,000 of taxpayer dollars to Jimmy and Dee Haslam in an attempt to lure a women's soccer team to Columbus.
Council is set to vote on this proposal Monday evening April 20th, so your letters of opposition are needed right now. (Councilmembers Green and Day-Achauer, to their credit, have spoken out strongly against this proposal; the rest of the councilmembers have not yet indicated how they will vote.)
Tell the City Council today: vote NO on this bad deal.
The proposal would commit $25,000,000 from city funds, with another $25,000,000 from Franklin County, to support the National Women's Soccer League proposal being submitted by the Haslams -- the billionaire owners of the Crew, the Cleveland Browns, and potentially the new team in Columbus.
Saturday, April 18 9am-12pm
The Point at Otterbein University, 60 Collegeview Rd, Westerville, OH 43081
Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.
Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.
https://www.repaircafe.org/en/about/
Electronic Recycling by AVAY. Check our their website for the list of acceptable and unacceptable items!
Volunteer During Earth Month
It is also a great opportunity volunteer a few hours of your time and effort to assist in the community. Even though we are almost halfway through Earth Month, there are still over 65 volunteer opportunities available in central Ohio through the end of April. Many are workdays at neighborhood community gardens and urban farms. There are also litter cleanups and beautification projects.
Residents of Franklin County are invited to a community event that raises awareness about the 10 most prevalent cancers affecting the region.
Presented by Teacher of Men and sponsored by the Zangmeister Cancer Center, the event will take place on April 18, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM at the King Arts Complex, 835 Mt Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH 43203.
The event will bring together local doctors, cancer survivors, and experts to share vital information, personal stories, and resources for prevention and early detection. The spotlight will be on the top 10 cancers impacting Franklin County: Prostate, Breast, Lymphoma, Pancreatic, Leukemia, Colorectal, Liver, Melanoma, non-Melanoma skin cancers, and Gynecologic cancers.
A Community United Against Cancer.
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear firsthand testimonies from survivors and participate in open discussions with medical professionals. Topics will cover the latest advancements in screening, treatment, and support services, as well as the importance of genetic counseling and understanding hereditary cancer risks.
Highlights Include.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 6:30pm
Endeavor Brewing and Spirits, 909 W 5th Ave #2, Columbus, OH 43212
Knowledge is Power is an inclusive and accessible group of progressive learners who are working to educate ourselves about the issues facing us today. From Central Ohio politics to climate change, we are arming ourselves with knowledge to actively work to better our world. More importantly, we are building community and supporting each other in these challenging times!
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US! We meet monthly all around Central Ohio to discuss a topic chosen by the group members. We offer multiple ways to access materials for each topic, from books and articles to podcasts and documentaries– because everyone learns best in different ways! Check us out at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblecentralohio/ and use the search option to search for Knowledge is Power.
Nosh, cocktails, imbibes and the other bachelorette lifestyles are often intertwined with Democratic, progressive politics and Columbus culture.
I spent winter 2026 with Tariq Ali’s catalog and a beer bong.
Spring is Sprung.
Columbus Vegan Dining Week is April 19-25th.
- Please elaborate about Columbus Vegan Dining Week.
Columbus Vegan Dining Week (CVDW) is a citywide celebration of vegan and plant-based dining during Earth Week. It highlights local restaurants across Central Ohio offering great vegan options — whether that’s a full vegan menu or a special plant-based feature. It’s a fun way for the community to explore new spots and support local restaurants during the week.
- Who organized Columbus Vegan Dining Week?
CVDW is organized by about a dozen local Columbus Animal Advocates volunteers. We are also partnering with Project Animal Freedom for this event as well.
The anti-ICE protester arrested by Columbus police outside the immigration enforcement’s hotel during its “Operation Buckeye” surge into the community had his charges dismissed by Franklin County prosecutors.
Kevin Logan (pictured above) was told by prosecutors he didn’t need to show in court on Monday, but he did anyway to hear for himself that the charges were dropped.
“Nobody would even make eye contact with me, so nobody actually said anything despite my attempts to engage them in eye contact,” said Logan who by all accounts was the most vocal of protestors at ICE’s hotel during those fateful nights.
He was charged with squealing his tires, a misdemeanor, and something he claims was a fabrication on the part of Columbus police. He was given a second charge, obstructing official business, which Columbus police and prosecutors never fully explained. The Ohio Revised Code states: “No person…shall do any act that hampers or impedes a public official in the performance of the public official’s lawful duties.”
Join us Friday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Goodale Park Gazebo in Columbus.
Palestinians know what it means to live with the fear that someone you love can be taken in the middle of the night. Across Palestine, Israeli soldiers regularly enter homes around 2 a.m., wake entire families, and take people away without explanation. Across the United States, ICE agents raid homes and workplaces, separate families, and detain people for months in abusive conditions. These systems are not identical, but they rely on the same logic: that certain people can be disappeared, stripped of their rights, and treated as less than human.
I attended the Monday, April 13 City Council meeting just to watch some of the most impressive verbal acrobatics ever seen outside a circus tent.
On one side there was your next mayor of Columbus, Council President Shannon Hardin, but the other side?
Pretty much everyone else.
Questions are a Sign of Intelligence.
Hardin kept asking questions of city staff concerning the planned destruction of McCoy Park for a new women’s soccer training facility. Unfortunately, the city employees kept answering his questions.
And all of the questions were points that you’d assume Hardin had already discussed before single-handedy negotiating a sweetheart deal with Haslam. Nope.
He has easily forgotten recording a video for Facebook bragging about how he had finished a breakthrough negotiating session with the Haslam Group and made a deal that would be the best for Columbus.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Church for All People, 946 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43206, in the Sanctuary. Guests are welcome to park in nearby surface lots, and free street parking is also available.
Join Ohioans to Stop Executions and United Methodist Church for All People for the Columbus stop of our Journey of Hope Ohio Mini Tour with Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr. This special evening will bring people together for storytelling, reflection, and conversation about justice, healing, and hope. We hope this gathering offers space for learning, connection, and meaningful community dialogue.
More information and registration here.