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Thursday, March 20 11am-2pm
Ohio Statehouse
Main Post Office, 850 Twin Rivers Dr.
For 250 years, the U.S. Postal Service has been a public, self-funded agency that processes, sorts, and delivers essential mail to every address, no matter where you live. In the U.S., postal correspondence remains one of the most secure and resilient forms of communication.
The USPS we all rely on for our letters, medications and parcels, has come under threat. On February 20, the Washington Post reported that the President would issue an Executive Order firing the postal Board of Governors, the Postmaster General and placing the USPS under the control of the Commerce Department and its billionaire Secretary Howard Lutnick. These efforts have since been confirmed by the President, in an effort to take us one step closer to privatization.
On Wednesday, March 19, over 1000 Ohio State students and community allies marched from The Ohio State University to the Ohio Statehouse to protest Senate Bill 1, dubbed the "Higher Education Destruction Act." The bill threatens to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, restrict academic freedom, and impose political interference in higher education institutions. Students are calling on Governor Mike DeWine to veto this bill and protect the future of Ohio’s universities.
The march began with a statewide walkout at noon and culminated in a rally at the McKinley Statue outside the Statehouse.
“Senate Bill 1 is an attack on students’ futures. We will not let our voices be silenced as lawmakers prioritize politics over education.” - Clara Conover, Lead Organizer, Ohio Student Association
“This bill jeopardizes everything that makes higher education a space for growth and opportunity. We are urging Governor DeWine to stand with students and veto SB 1. We’ve submitted over 1,700 testimonies opposing this bill. It’s clear: Ohio’s students reject SB 1.” - Sydney Ball, Budget Fellow, Ohio Student Association
EPA cancels grants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has terminated grant agreements totaling $20 billion. The grants were issued under the Biden administration to form a Green Bank program, designed to finance clean energy and climate friendly projects.
The idea was to create a nationwide version of government backed and nonprofit green banks that are currently operating in 17 states. The law gave the EPA $27 billion to grant to states, tribes, nonprofit groups and public private consortiums.
Those grantees in turn can lend or grant funds to projects or initiatives across the country while bringing in private sector lenders or financial backers to try and multiply the effects of this money.
In April of 2024, the EPA picked eight coalitions to receive the funds.
The South Side of Columbus – often forgotten and maligned by the rest of Central Ohio – could someday be transformed by two massive mixed-use developments with their developers seeking greater density (building higher) with little to no parking. One at the Great Southern Shopping Center, after it is bulldozed, and the other across South High St. from “The Fort,” which is near the State Route 104 on-ramps and a few miles from German Village.
On Wednesday, March 19th, the Ohio Student Association is marching from the Ohio State University to the Ohio Statehouse while the House votes to pass Senate Bill 1, the Higher Education Destruction Act. We call on DeWine to Stand Up for Students: Veto SB 1.
WHO: Ohio State Students and higher education allies
WHAT: We are marching from The Ohio State University to the Ohio Statehouse while our elected representatives in the House vote to pass Senate Bill 1. Students call on Gov. DeWine to do the right thing: Stand Up for Students. Veto the bill.
WHEN + WHERE: Wednesday, March 19, the Ohio State University → the Ohio Statehouse
Wednesday, March 19, 1:30pm, Ohio Statehouse
Block off your calendar for this coming Wednesday, 3-19-2025. We need you in Columbus.
The Higher Education Destruction Act (Ohio S.B. 1) is scheduled to pass out of the Ohio legislature that day. We need a huge Statehouse presence.
You can march to the Statehouse from The Ohio State University (leaving from the intersection of 15th Ave. and N. High St. at 1pm) _or_ meet us outside of the Statehouse [near the McKinley statue] at 1:30pm.
This protest will last as long as the Ohio House is debating the Higher Education Destruction Act (S.B. 1).
Please come if you can. We need as many people in Columbus as possible on Wednesday.
Hosted by Honesty for Ohio Education.
The United States of America—the 50501 Movement is calling for the immediate impeachment and conviction of President Donald J Trump for the high crime of abuse of power. The 50501 movement will continue to stand up for the Constitution and for American democracy, even when our own government refuses to.
TRUMP’S ABUSE OF POWER
At 12:35 AM ET on March 17th, President Donald Trump made a post on Truth Social “declaring” the reversal and voiding of all pardons made by former President Joe Biden, including four members of the January 6th investigation committee. This action isn’t only an attack on the former president; it is a direct assault on the rule of law in our country and a chilling escalation of political persecution.
Sixty-two years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., ignited America with his dream of what this country could be. Regrettably, that dream turned into a nightmare when Walter Carter, Jr., the president of the Ohio State University, declared that OSU would “sunset the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI)” as well as the Center for Belonging and Social Change (CBSC), effective February 28. So the sun is going down on diversity and inclusion at OSU? Is OSU now a “sundown town?”
For those of you too young to remember such places, they were towns that made it clear that Black people were not welcome there “after sundown,” often displaying these hostile sentiments on large billboards on the way into and out of town. Who is welcome here, and who is now excluded from the OSU community? What ideas and thoughts are welcome here, and which are excluded? Carter could not have made it more clear by leaping to obey legislation that has not even been enacted yet and federal executive orders that do not carry the weight of law.
Monday, March 17, 2025, 4:00 PM
The catastrophic shutdown of lifesaving foreign aid is putting millions at risk of disease and death despite lawsuits and promises of waivers. And now Congress is threatening draconian cuts to Medicaid and food assistance for low-income Americans. The drama in DC is constantly shifting, making it hard to keep up.
RESULTS is on Capitol Hill every day and holding meetings with congressional offices across the country and with partners around the world. In this hour-long chat, we’ll share the latest on the struggle to save foreign aid and to protect Medicaid and SNAP. We’ll leave ample time to answer your questions and hear your concerns. Join us to learn what your support has made possible, what we’re doing now, and what’s next.