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February 23 at 4:00pm - Hope City House of Prayer
3330 El Paso Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43204
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Join the People's Justice Project in a One Mile Prayer March to May Ginther's 2017 "State of the City" address which will be held at the Police Training Academy. Mayor Ginther and has decided to extend the "Summer Safety Initiative" that killed 23-year-old Henry Green in June to a year-round program - the exact opposite of what community members have been demanding since his death. The more recent deaths of T'yre King and Jaron Thomas by the hands of Columbus Police have not resulted in any justice for their families.
Healthcare should be about keeping people alive and healthy. Period. It should have nothing to do with business school graduates getting rich or ridiculously large corporations amassing political power. Alas, America’s political elite have no problem with individuals and companies profiting from their constituents’ accidents and general ill health. In fact, they actively assist those entities in their endeavors; the taxes on millionaires and billionaires are inexcusably low, the government is banned by legislation from negotiating for lower drug prices, medical students have to pay exorbitantly high tuition fees, and there has been no movement towards a single-payer program. Unfortunately, those aren’t the only issues. Having a private health insurance system creates problems that directly interfere with the care patients receive.
Monday, February 20, 7 PM - 9 PM
Northwood High Building
2231 N High St., Columbus, Ohio 43201
Noted Columbus Photographer, Bob Studzinski , will be sharing his photographs and experiences while on assignment at Standing Rock. Come join us to learn more about Standing Rock and what we can do support the water protectors.
Sunday, Feb 19, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Ohio Union at The Ohio State University
1739 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Saturday, February 18 at 2 PM
Battelle Riverfront Park, 25 North Marconi Blvd, downtown Columbus, by the river
Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio was saddened to learn of the recent vandalism of the Ahlul Bayt Society Islamic Center on Dublin-Granville Road. Surveillance cameras at the mosque caught the perpetrator writing anti-Muslim messages on the front glass doors of the mosque after morning prayer on Saturday, February 11, 2017. The case has been referred to local law enforcement, who will investigate this as a possible hate crime. This mosque is a center of prayer for fellow Ohioans, and as such deserves to be treated with care and respect.
This act does not represent the values and ideals of our community. We stand in solidarity with all those who are targeted by such hateful behavior and all who are made to feel insecure by the ignorance that produces it. We believe that security, strength, and understanding is fostered and sustained when the community stands up in dark times and vocally opposes the normalization of such events. The Jewish tradition teaches that we take ownership over the character of our community and advance tikkun olam (or repair of the world) by exchanging hate for love.
Federal agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office, also known by the chilling acronym ICE, have ramped up their efforts locally since Trump’s immigration ban. According to the Columbus-based Ohio Hispanic Coalition, ICE is waiting outside the homes of suspected undocumented immigrants, following them in unmarked cars, pulling them over without cause, and in some cases, arresting them when they cannot provide proof they are American citizens.
So far six Columbus families have had loved ones arrested by ICE after they drove away from their homes, says Josue Vicente, the executive director of the Ohio Hispanic Coalition, a non-profit for Ohio’s Latino population. He suspects there are more families who are too afraid to come forward with similar stories.
Vicente says some of undocumented immigrants arrested are believed to not have criminal records or outstanding warrants in the US or their home country.
