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Tuesday, March 14, 6pm-business meeting, 7pm-public presentation
Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., room 100, parking in rear in "R" spots only
Addressing Trump's Domestic and Military Agenda
A discussion of the proposed policies and how to fight back!
Healthcare - Bob Krasen, SPAN Ohio State Council member will discuss the Trump healthcare plan and compare it to the Single Payer Plan recently introduced in the Ohio Senate. Also discussion of immigration issues and military spending.
fcgreenparty@gmail.com
614-374-2380.
Two events on this subject have occurred recently. The first on February 15th and the second on March 7th. The first was a "speaking and listening" session held at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Church and the second was a follow-up hosted by Tifereth Israel Synagogue with speakers from New York, Detroit and Baltimore discussing their experiences implementing their city's programs. The links to these videos are:
Speakers at the Sanctuary City demonstration Monday, March 13 outside Columbus City Hall demaded sanctuary for all: "Immigrants, refugees, Muslims, Mexicans, Asians, Black people and Trans people." Although it was bitterly cold, several dozen people held signs and rallied hoping to get their message to the Mayor and City Council meeting inside.
Speakers included organizer Pranav Jani of the International Socialist Organization, Ruben Herrera of the Central Ohio Workers Center, Zarqa Abid of ProjectUSA, Tynan Krakoff of Showing Up for Racial Justice, Tammy Fournier Alsaada of the People's Justice Project and others. All of them agreed that Mayor Ginther had given lip service to making Columbus a sanctuary and opportunity city -- but the continuation of Columbus police shooting black people, pepper spraying and arresting protestors and the expansion of the Summer Safety Initiative prove he is not serious about creating safety for all residents of the city. The crowd chanted "Liberation! No incarceration!" "Black Lives Matter!" and "No Ban, No Wall!"
Monday, March 13, 4:30-6:00pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
A RALLY TO DEMAND SANCTUARY FOR ALL
Several organizations representing diverse communities within the greater Columbus area have joined together to make sure that we protect ALL people in Columbus. As we thank our Mayor Ginther and the Columbus City Council for the steps that they have taken to start the process towards making Columbus a Sanctuary City for some, we would like to ask for an Expanded Sanctuary. #ExpandSanctuaryCBUS means a #SanctuaryForAll
We demand that all marginalized groups - irrespective of their religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability and immigration status - be welcomed and provided sanctuary and safety by our City, County, and State officials.
Everyone who was Amy Wickes Friend on Facebook will remember her iconic pose: one hip thrust out, a big smile on her face as she flashed a peace sign. Amy left us too soon on March 9, 2017. To understand her life, one need only read her important book, From Privilege to Prison: Finding Purpose in a Dark Place. Anyone being abused in jail, in prison or in any part of the criminal justice system could count on Amy to come to their aid. Anyone with influence, be it County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien, City Attorney Rick Pfieifer, all the judges in Franklin County, media people – including me as the Editor of this newspaper – could count on the Wickes treatment: a passionate and unrelenting appeal for morality, decency, justice and facts.
Silence is Death
March 10 7-11pm
Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St., Franklinton
This neighborhood exhibition explores the social and political role of creatives to ignite change, empower the people and challenge hatred in our community.
We UNITE to celebrate OUR HUMANITY. We UNITE to take a STAND AGAINST HATE. We have the POWER to eliminate hate when we are UNITED.
All GREAT revolutions are fueled by CREATIVES.
Curated by: Alicia Jean Vanderelli, Dana Harper, and Tona Pearson
Planning committee: Dana Harper, Gaye Reissland, Heidi Madsen, Hakim Callwood, Callie King, Lisa Steward, and Lynne Bieber
Inclusion - Promenade Gallery, 400 West Rich-
Locker Room Talk - 129 Studios
The Pussy Grabs Back - The Vanderelli Room
Making America Create Again - The Idea Foundry
Make Mine America - AWL (artist wrestling league) Headquarters
Soapbox- Lundberg Industrial Arts
**20% of sales will be donated (distributed evenly) to Gladden House, Planned Parenthood, Standing Rock and the ACLU
Kick-Off Meeting for Columbus City Council Reform Working Group
March 9 - 6:30PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library, 1600 E Long St, Columbus, OH 43203
Kick-off meeting on 2017 campaign to reform Columbus City Council. Help organize our thinking around a new campaign and strategy to victory on election day.
A Day Without A Woman: Women's March Ohio & International Women's Day Rally
March 8, 4:3-7:30pm rally, 6-9pm fundraiser
Outdoor event at the Gazebo in Goodale Park, indoor event in Goodale Shelter House, 120 W. Goodale St. 43215
Outdoor event – free. Rally will present speakers from the community, local leaders, elected officials, and a variety of food trucks
$20 donation for indoor fundraiser benefiting The RISE Project with RISE Travel will be held at the Goodale Shelter House from 6pm-8pm. This donation will help sponsor the WMW-OH Rally and includes drinks, music, snacks, a silent auction, plus raffles.
Actions include your personal contribution In Solidarity to A Day Without A Women. Attend the WMW-OH local International Women's Day Rally, get together with a group of women over breakfast or lunch at home verses a restaurant In Solidarity with underpaid workers, boycott businesses that further disenfranchise people in our society, and or strike from cleaning or cooking. What is A Day Without A Woman to you? Please Share! #HearOurVoice #WithoutAWoman #WMWOH.
The last time I wrote, I said that I was on my way home from the DAPL protest at the Sacred Stone Camp in the Standing Rock reservation. Well, I got as far as Jamestown, ND, rented a motel room, and found I simply could not sleep. I was worrying too much about the few protesters I had left behind, and was afraid that I was wrong in my opinion that the camp would not be raided. So, I emptied my car of all my gear so that I might be able to carry people back with me, then went back to the camp.
There were very few people left. It was an incredibly surreal landscape. There were literally tons of perfectly good gear laying abandoned. Lumber, sleeping bags, dozens of ti pis, semi-permanent dwellings people had built, tarps, wooden platforms, wood burning stoves--literally every kind of camping gear you can imagine, and some I'd never seen before (like a propane powered instant hot water tank).
Wednesday, March 8, 3-5pm
Following the International Women's Strike Solidarity Teach-in, the Columbus Coalition for International Working Women's Day is calling for a rally on OSU's campus.