Local
Monday, September 18, 6:30pm
Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley
Facebook Event
Come preview Overbites Pictures' hit documentary "American Mayor" at The Drexel Theatre before it's rereleased by Amazon Video on September 19!
Balloon Release for Anniversary of Tyre King
Saturday, Sept. 16, 6-9pm
Mock Park, 2520 Mock Rd
Facebook Event
It has been one year since Columbus Police officer Bryan Mason shot and killed 13-year-old Tyre King after mistaking him for a 19-year-old who allegedly stole $10. Bryan Mason is still on duty with the Columbus Police Department. Come out to join community, friends, and family as we send our Blessings Up to Tyre. The Details: Please arrive to Mock Park by 6 pm. We will release 13 BLUE balloons at 6:30 pm. Please feel free to bring a balloon (or balloons) with you, as long as they are NOT blue ♥ We would like to honor Tyre's 13 years of life through the 13 Blue balloons we will have one site, along with any other balloons you all may bring ♥
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, 7-8:30pm
St. Stephan's Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Since the election of Donald Trump, the emboldened far-right has focused on university campuses as a key site of organizing -- to both recruit young people to their white supremacist, fascist movement, and to target oppressed students and workers fighting together for justice.
The far-right's orientation on campus has forced students to ask a plethora of questions: Am I safe on campus? What can I do to stop far-right intimidation here? Is the university administration our friend in this fight? Why is this all happening in the first place?
At this meeting we will try to answer these pressing questions, distill the lessons of past and current student movements, and motivate how essential student organizing is today.
Only a strong and organized left can stop the right-wing threat on our campuses. And combating the right will be an essential part of our common struggle for a better university, country, and world.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 9:30am
High Street in front of Ohio Statehouse
Sponsored by Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE)
The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to stay the execution of Gary W. Otte. Gary currently has an appeal before the Ohio Supreme Court, asking them to halt his execution. He is arguing that his age at the time of the crime (20) should have precluded him from being sentenced to death.
HELP STOP EXECUTIONS
With the resumption of executions in July comes the admonition to us all to step up our work to end the death penalty in Ohio. The next 26 executions are set for 10am on Sept. 13, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15 (and almost monthly going into 2020!).
Contact info@otse.org to receive an action alert flier you can print out to post and/or distribute in your community
It is not easy being number one. Columbus is the best in the nation at only one thing. When it comes to the killing of black people, the Columbus Police Department is the New York Yankees, a dynasty team of history. Although they end more black lives per capita than any other metropolis in the nation, this time they did not extend their Babe Ruth like record as well as they clearly intended.
Timothy Davis walked into a convenience store in his own neighborhood to get change. Undercover officers followed him in, attacked him, handcuffed him, and continued to beat him five on one. He was stripped naked and left in a coma. Four uniformed officers showed up to join in the beating. Video clearly shows cops screaming for him to put his arms behind his back while holding his arms forward. The video clearly one cop repeatedly stomping on his head. Another screams “Got that taser? Tase this motherfucker!” The scene rapidly spirals into an orgy of violence where 10 white policemen beat him, while one attempts to block the camera and the store owner tries to seize the camera. Clearly they are not proud of what they are doing.
Tues Sep 12th, 6:00pm business, 7pm public
2231 N. High St., Northwood-High building, room 100 - park in back in "R" spots only
At 7:00 come hear Abe Bonowitz of Ohioans to Stop Executions discuss Ohio's death penalty, its racial bias, its unfairness, and the inevitability of wrongful convictions -- among its other evils, and discuss what you can do to help.
Tues Sep 12th, 6:00pm business, 7pm public
2231 N. High St., Northwood-High building, room 100 - park in back in "R" spots only
At 7:00 come hear Abe Bonowitz of Ohioans to Stop Executions discuss Ohio's death penalty, its racial bias, its unfairness, and the inevitability of wrongful convictions -- among its other evils, and discuss what you can do to help.
Last fall the Bureau of Land Management (BLMird lease auction is set for September 21st. On August 17, Eclipse Resources, which won about 1,300 acres in the first two BLM auctions, applied for its first drilling permit to begin fracking under public land in Wayne National Forest from a well on private land in Green Township in Monroe County.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017, 5:00 – 6:30 PM. Rally support for DACA and our friends and neighbors affected by it! Show your support for immigrants and Dreamers. Urge our representatives to uphold this crucial program. Hosted by Indivisible Columbus. Location: outside the Ohio Union at OSU on High Street. Facebook.