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Sunday, April 30, 3pm
Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch Auditorium, 96 S. Grant Avenue
For those in Congressional District 3 (Joyce Beatty's district)
Facebook Event
Indivisible is a grassroots organization that resists the Trump agenda by targeting our federal members of Congress. If you live in Ohio District 3 (Joyce Beatty’s District), or even if you don’t, and you want to get involved, join us! We focus much of our activisim on Senator Portman. At this meeting, we’ll talk about our wins in Trump’s first 100 days and what our plans are moving forward. We also will have an update on the Fair Districts Fair Elections anti gerrymandering campaign and a presentation on how members can use FB and Twitter to support the resistance!
Despite the rain and gloom, several hundred people gathered for the People's Climate March on Saturday, April 29 in downtown Columbus.
In Columbus, the enormous influence of corporate interests and wealthy campaign donors are reflected in the city's policies and initiatives. As a result of these imbalances, many of the city’s residents, particularly those in poor and minority neighborhoods, have very little impact on decisions made by our city’s political leaders.Although the political leadership in Columbus is dominated by the Democratic Party, this does not necessarily translate into progressive policies.
The Easton tax abatement is not old news and we cannot treat it as such. City officials agreed to a complex, massive tax giveaway worth $68 million to an out-of-state corporate developer (also, a campaign donor to the mayor) to build housing at Easton Town Center. The developer, in return, agreed to provide a mere $5.75 million for infrastructure and revitalization efforts in Linden, most of which will be reimbursed by taxpayers.
Thousands, possibly millions, of Americans have been calling for President Trump’s impeachment. They want to save the world by making him lose his job. Sadly, it is just a knee-jerk reaction that will do nothing to protect immigrants, end war, or rescue funding for essential programs. The country’s violent swing to the right does not live and die with Trump. Removing him from office will only result in a different scumbag becoming the official spokesperson for evil.
Saturday, April 29, 11am
Ohio Statehouse, Broad and High Streets
In Solidarity with the PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH 2017 in Washington D.C.
Facebook Event
PURPOSE
"WHY WE’RE MARCHING: There is no denying it: Donald Trump’s election is a threat to the future of our planet, the safety of our communities, and the health of our families.
This new administration is attacking the hard-won protections of our climate, health, and communities, and the rights of people of color, workers, indigenous people, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA, young people, and more.
If the policies he proposed on the campaign trail are implemented, they will destroy our climate, decimate our jobs and livelihoods, and undermine the civil rights and liberties won in many hard fought battles.
It’s up to us to stop that from happening before it starts.
Thursday, April 27, 7-8:30pm
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and University Center, 30 W Woodruff Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Facebook Event
As we approach the Day Without an Immigrant nationwide series of protests scheduled for International Workers' Day on May 1, taking the time to learn about the long and rich history of labor struggles in this country -- and the radical origins of May Day -- has become especially important.
Join us for our next monthly study group as we read and discuss "Subterranean Fire: A History of Working Class Radicalism in the United States" by Sharon Smith. By situating the ongoing decline of the labor movement in this country's larger history of working class struggle, Smith argues for a perspective of rank-and-file unionism that remains vital today.
Copies of the book are available through ISO Columbus.
A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet
Tuesday, April 25, 7-9pm at the Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.
Earth Day and People's Climate Mobilization Special Event - FREE!
This powerful film is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. From halting dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace saving the whales to Chico Mendes and the rubbertappers saving the Amazon; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization... the film tells vivid stories about people fighting - and succeeding - against enormous odds. Donations support the nonprofit Drexel theatre. Reserve free tickets on Eventbrite.
Dennis Kucinich will have a Press Conference about the issue of the impact of the Charter Schools Movement and other privatization schemes on Public Education and Ohio Taxpayers at the Statehouse Women’s Gallery on Monday, April 24, at 10:00 AM. Please come and support former Cleveland mayor and former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich as he exposes the corruption behind the charter schools.
Tuesday night, April 25, 6:30 PM - there will be a Columbus: Town Hall Meeting at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd. Dennis Kucinich will talk there about large privately-owned for-profit corporations lobby their way into the educational system, donate vast sums to legislators, get themselves classified as "Public Schools" and operate, in many cases, without accountability and oversight.
An estimated 5500 people came out to support science at the March for Science April 22 in Columbus, Ohio today. The marchers started at the Statehouse and walked to the Commons for the Earth Day celebration.
Drone photos courtesy of Eric Vestfals
Sunday, April 23, 1-7pm, Free
The Crazee Mule Pub & Grill, 6188 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43231
Facebook Event
The Open Shelter, an Advocacy & Day Services Center for the homeless & marginally housed, is proud to announce that a fundraiser on our behalf will be held at The Crazee Mule Pub & Grill on Sunday, April 23rd from 1pm until 8pm.
Three bands will generously donate their time & perform at the event. The bands are Coffee House Rebels www.briangriffin.net, Acoustic Reflections & One Notch Down www.facebook.com/One-Notch-Down-Music who will be premiering their new song, “Homelessland”.