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Beginner's Guide to Deportation Defense

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Sunday, February 8, 1-4pm
400 W Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington,
Workshop Goal: to prepare participants to meaningfully advocate with and for immigrants who are at risk of deportation.

About this Event

Please join the Central Ohio Worker Center for an introductory training on deportation defense campaigns. You will learn the basics of immigrant-led organizing, how immigration law works, and how and why people are arrested, detained, and deported. You'll also learn how you can help prevent deportation, and provide meaningful support for immigrant families. This workshop is particularly suited for social service providers, health care professionals, educators, and attorneys who have clients/students who are at risk of deportation. You do not have to be a social worker; this is a public event.

YOU MUST REGISTER through EventBrite in order to attend. Removal defense is a sensitive topic and we take the safety of our presenters and attendees very seriously. Citizenship not required. More information will be distributed by email to all registered participants before the event. Class size is limited to *50*, so register soon.

The Emergence of Mass Incarceration and its Relationship to the State

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Saturday, February 17, 3pm
Columbus Metropolitan Library - Northside Branch, 1423 N High St.
SURJ is hosting an educational session about the history of mass incarceration and policing. Learn about how the practice of policing began and evolved through the present day. Workshop led by Aramis Sundiata from the People’s Justice Project and hosted by the Education Working Group of Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Planned Parenthood sues Ohio over unconstitutional abortion law

On Thursday, February 15, 2018. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio joined a lawsuit challenging an Ohio law that criminalizes abortions when one of the reasons for the abortion is because of a prenatal genetic test with a diagnosis of Down syndrome. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, on behalf of Preterm Cleveland and a number of other abortion providers in Ohio, including Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, filed this lawsuit earlier today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Cincinnati.

Water and Cities in Ohio: Are We Prepared for Climate Change?

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Friday, February 16, 12noon-1pm, Thompson Library [Rm. 165], 1858 Neil Ave.

The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), in cooperation with the OSU Office of Energy and Environment and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), is pleased to present the first of three events for Spring 2018, focusing on cities, water, and green infrastructure.

Panel Discussion: “Water and Cities in Ohio: Are We Prepared for Climate Change?”

Panelists:

• Kristen Atha, Vice President, AECOM [Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Management]

• Maria Conroy, Professor, OSU Knowlton School of Architecture

• Jay Martin, Professor, OSU College of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

• Keith Myers, Vice President, OSU Planning and Real Estate, Office of Administration and Planning

• John Stark, Ohio Freshwater Conservation Director, The Nature Conservancy

Contact: https://cura.osu.edu/feb16

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association 39th Annual Conference: “A Taste for Change”

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Thursday, February 15 to Saturday, February 17, Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth St., Dayton, Ohio

Registration is now open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s 39th annual conference, “A Taste for Change.”

Ohio’s largest sustainable food and farm conference features:

• Nearly 80 educational and inspiring workshops on sustainable farming, livestock, homesteading, gardening, and business on Friday and Saturday;

• A three-day trade show with 90+ businesses, organizations, and government agencies offering food, books, equipment, products, information, and services;

• In-depth, full-day Food and Farm School courses on Thursday;

• Engaging nationally-recognized keynote speakers Jeff Moyer and Stacy Malkan;

• Made-from-scratch, local, organic meals;

• Thursday and Friday evening networking and receptions;

• Kids’ conference, child care, and more!

Registration: http://www.oeffa.org/conference2018.php

Events at the Ohio Statehouse

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Stories and Songs of the Black Experience
Tuesday, February 13, 12noon-1pm, Ohio Statehouse Atrium
We’ve Known Rivers is an organization of teaching artists. They share timeless stories of America’s history through the impact and influence of the black experience. They make history come alive by creatively sharing dramatic presentations of famous African American characters, less well known, and composite characters through artistic dramatic performances.

7 days in … Surprise

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A lot went on in national politics this week. After a benign start to February, the past seven days stunned us by providing plenty of drama to think about and discuss. The Republicans have always been intent on dragging civilization back a few centuries, but it was amazing to see on how many fronts they are now appealing to their base. The Democrats took a big swig of Dutch courage and had someone be on their feet for eight hours straight. There was another shutdown, the vice-president embarrassed himself, and one of the world’s most famous election thieves crawled out of the woodwork to complain about election theft.

Tri-County Coalition of Landowners Say “NO” to Cabot Oil

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Most people generally feel that their piece of the American dream as landowners is located in the best part of the country. That, as landowners, their slice of heaven on earth is the best, and indeed that may be true for many. This is at the core of our countries declaration stating that "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” are three examples of “unalienable rights" which the Declaration says have been given to all human beings. There are two types of rights, Natural and Legal. Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws of government, and so are universal, inalienable and they cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws. Legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system, therefore they can be modified, repealed, and restrained by human laws.

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