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I gave this letter to DNC Chair Candidate Sam Ronan to give to every DNC candidate. He has promised me that he will deliver it. I am also emailing it to their campaigns.
Greetings,
My name is Bijan Nader Sharifi, I am a former U.S. Army infantryman, first generation Iranian-American, and currently I teach high school art in a juvenile correctional facility. I have been concerned with U.S. policy in the Middle East since my time serving in the Army. I remember watching the events of Sep 11th, 2001 in our company training room on a small television surrounded by 150 other soldiers. We immediately knew after the second plane hit that there would be a war. I remember the conflicted feelings of shame and ethnic pride hitting me in the gut when my platoon sergeant thought out loud “that it was probably the Iranians”. I was relieved to find out that Iran had nothing to do with the attack and that there was a spontaneous candlelight vigil in Tehran that night. Soldiers in my unit unfortunately did not recognize the difference between Arabs and Persians and had not heard of the candlelight vigils all over the Middle East.
Saturday, February 11, 2017, 6:30-11:00pm
1021 E. Broad St., parking in side driveway, front or rear parking lot
Join progressive activists for food, drink, art music and a presentation:
A former gang member, Sean Stevenson was incarcerated for 20 years as a result of his gang activities. He is now in a unique position to talk to youth about avoiding gang activity and violence. In his program stop the violence he does outreach to at risk youth in Columbus. He and his organization encourage young people to focus s on education family and work instead of the gang lifestyle.
Connie Gadell-Newton is a criminal defense attorney in Columbus who represents the general public and activist in civil disobedience cases. She will give a know your rights presentation that covers what to do and what not to do when a person has police contact in their home, car, or at a protest.
Free, no RSVP required.
614-253-2571
WASHINGTON DC -- Moments ago, Reuters reported that in a phone call between Russian and U.S. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Trump rejected the possibility of extending the New START Treaty and derided the nuclear arms control agreement as favoring Russia.
The New START Treaty requires that both the United States and Russia reduce their deployed strategic nuclear warheads to no more than 1,550 accountable offensively deployed weapons by 2018, the lowest level since the 1950s. It also caps the number deployed land- and submarine-based missiles and nuclear-capable bombers. It does all this under rigorous on-the-ground inspections by both countries.
Friday, February 10, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00 PM.
Location: Norwich Township Safety Services Building, 5181 Northwest Pkwy, Hilliard, OH 43026-3108.
Currently, we are very concerned about the recent executive order by President Trump banning Muslims from certain countries and the message that his administration is sending to minority and historically disenfranchised communities. It affects our youth and families directly in Central Ohio.
Therefore, this Friday, we have called an emergency community meeting of all members of the Central Ohio community, activists and organizations from across Central Ohio to discuss this. We are expecting many elected officials in attendance as well. We would like to invite you to a very important community meeting that is being organized under MY Project USA. As you know, we are dedicated to the well being and empowerment of immigrants and refugee youth and families. We organize the community around issues that matter the most as well as provide services and empowerment programs for young people.
A few blocks north of Old Worthington’s quaint downtown area, Executive Center, an unobtrusive brick office complex, is nestled between a bank and another office building, and surrounded by a generous parking lot. On most days passersby are unlikely to notice the building managed by international real estate giant CBRE, but on January 14th a group of protesters lining North High Street in front of Executive Center with signs bearing anti-racist slogans directed at Greg Anglin, one of its tenants, were hard to miss.
The “Demonstration Against Hate From Worthington To Whitefish,” was organized by Columbus’ chapter of Anti-Racist Action (ARA), to raise awareness about Morningstar Ministries’ ties to Daily Stormer, a neo-nazi news site popular with Alt Right millennials, run by Greg Anglin’s globe-trotting son, Andrew, who grew up in Worthington. On the site’s donation page Andrew Anglin listed his father’s Christian counseling office’s address in Worthington for cash donations, explaining that he and his site have been banned from Paypal and other electronic payment services.
Thursday, February 9 and Friday, February 17 at 1 p.m.
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad Street
Join the movement for an expanded Columbus City Council with representatives from wards instead of all ar-large. The Charter Review Committee is holding two additional working meetings to deliberate on information presented during its initial six sessions. Members will continue to form recommendations for the full report to be delivered to City Council and Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. Public comments can be made at the meetings. Written comments can be submitted on the committee's website at https://www.columbus.gov/council/Charter-Review/Charter-Review-Committee/
Everyday for the next two weeks you can help us flood fb with Jaron Thomas aka Prince Rasu. You can share this event or just the picture of the event and pick ya times by est time zone. We will be going at 6pm, 7pm, and 8pm for full high traffic impact. Please join us and push the Columbus Police Department to tell us #whathappened2jaron And on FEB 18, 2017 at 2 pm we will be knocking on thier door to ask in person
https://www.facebook.com/events/596042650595820/
www.614UNITY.org
Join us on Tuesday to discuss how can we build on the momentum from Monday's protest in Columbus and build a movement to fight back against Trump and the billionaires agenda of fierce right wing attacks on immigrants, refugees, women, unions, and people of color. This event will include a talk and discussion on what we can learn from social movements historically, what it will take to organize effectively against Trump, and info on how to get involved in Socialist Alternative Columbus.
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Tuesday, February 7th, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Communication Workers of American Union Hall
27 Euclid Ave. Columbus, OH
Transportation & Parking
Directly off COTA bus routes #2 & 4
Near COTA bus routes #5, 7, 8, 12, 18, 96
Some parking available on side of building. Additional parking available on street.
Monday, February 6, 6-8pm
Columbus Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave.; continuing each week until March 13 [except that there will be no session on February 20]
• Learn mental, verbal and physical self-defense techniques.
• Have fun, meet new people.
• Learn to take care of yourself and your community.
Wear comfortable clothes and shoes; bring a water bottle.
Please pre-register by calling BRAVO at 614-294-7867.
Co-sponsored by Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization [BRAVO] and the Columbus Public Health LGBTQ Health Initiative.