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​AN EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY MAN: Theater Review

John Colella’s An Extraordinary Ordinary Man is a paean to the writer/actor’s dad and his
Italian-American clan. In his autobiographical one-man show Colella lovingly, vividly brings his
family alive onstage, regaling the audience with vignettes from his youth, growing up amidst the
family business in Chicago. Claudio Pastry was established by Colella’s immigrant grandfather,
who arrived penniless from the Mother Country and created an enduring, thriving business that
was passed down to the playwright’s father.
The bakery became the center of the family’s existence. When John was a child, he relished
learning all of the tricks of the baker’s trade, as well as devouring delicious desserts baked right
on the premises. In the play, indulging in paisano pastries such as cannolis and eclairs, little John
amusingly muses that it was as if he had his own private, personal “Willy Wonka.” He also
idolized his dad, a baker so skillful that to his son, his pop was a three-star-plus Michelin chef,
imbued with mystical flour power.
However, to his son’s surprise, John Sr. would repeatedly counsel his lad to “be anything but a

Talks and BDS (Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions)

Thursday 18 January 2024 3PM EST (10 PM Palestine) Professor Mazin
Qumsiyeh  Talk "Under the gun in Palestine: Genocide, ethnic cleansing, and
resistance."  The War Industry Resisters Network. Register here:
https://secure.everyaction.com/r4R08jSFrUmIft6bA4uxxQ2

Also For those who speak arabic: talk Thursday 18 January 11 AM Palestine
time on environmental impact of war (email me for link)

Saturday Jan 20, 2024 11:00 AM Arizona Time (8 AM Palestine time)
Topic: Resistance in the time of Apartheid & Genocide with Drs. Mazin
Qumsiyeh & Jeff Halper: Via Zoom

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We're still moving "Beyond Vietnam"

“And some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak.”

Take a day, pore over a few of his words. I’m talking about Martin Luther King, of course. His “day” is over, but his message still pulsates. We must speak! The world is bleeding with the wounds of war and poverty and racism, just as it was 57 years ago, when he spoke — infamously, you might say — at Riverside Church in New York City. He defied LBJ and stared directly into the muzzle of the Vietnam war, declaring it to be moral savagery, declaring the United States to be “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”

Columbus Stand Up, Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change, National Council of Negro Women, Columbus Section host candidate forum for 2024 Franklin County Prosecutors Race

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Columbus Stand Up, Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change, National Council of Negro Women, Columbus Section are hosting a candidate forum featuring candidates for Franklin County Prosecutor. 

The forum will take place on January 18, at Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, located at 2283 Sunbury rd. Doors will open at 6:30 pm, and the event will commence at 7:00 pm. This non-partisan gathering will bring together all of the candidates running for the position of Franklin County Prosecutor to discuss their vision, priorities, and plans to address the challenges facing the community. 

During the forum, each candidate will have the chance to present their platform and answer questions from Rodney Dunigan, anchor for WSYX 6, the forum’s moderator. No direct questions from the audience will be permitted, but attendees can submit questions upon arrival and in advance via social media. 

Lobbying 101: How to Influence Your Elected Officials

Ohio Statehouse

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 7:00 PM
Protecting the rights of solar owners is at the core of our mission at Solar United Neighbors. It has been shown that one of the most effective ways to demonstrate to decision makers that solar matters is giving them an opportunity to hear from constituents like you. Join us for this Lobbying 101 Training where you will learn how to hold an impactful and effective meeting with your elected officials and make your interests known.  

Register here. 

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National Call-In Day - help us pressure Congress to speak out against human rights abuses and attacks on democracy in El Salvador!

People celebrating in town square

January 16 marks 32 years since the signing of the historic Chapultepec Peace Accords that ended El Salvador's 12-year civil war. Unfortunately, in order to further consolidate his contemporary dictatorship, the current regime of Nayib Bukele has torn down many of the pillars of the Peace Accords that allowed the Salvadoran people to build a post-war democracy

Sign up here to make a call tomorrow!

We hope you will join us on Zoom on Tuesday at 12 pm ET (9 am PT) to hear a quick update from organizers about current conditions in El Salvador, ask questions, and get all the information you need to call Congress - then make your calls and report back!

Stoners’ Lament: Ohio GOP may divert legal recreational marijuana tax revenue to “Cop City”

Young white woman smiling and Cheech and Chong

It would be the ultimate stoner irony and hypocrisy. But according to one police brutality activist, fully legal recreational marijuana could someday pay for Ohio’s “Cop City,” which may be built somewhere in Central Ohio.

“It’s very likely the AG [Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost] and Republicans will want to divert those funds for training. Representative Cindy Abrams, former law enforcement, introduced a bill to mandate funds be spent towards law enforcement officer training and equipment,” said Emily Cole, Executive Director of Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change (OFUPAC). This is the lobbyist arm of Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality, which was founded by Sabrina Jordan of Dayton who lost her son to police brutality in 2017. Jordan’s nonprofit represents 700 Ohio families who have also lost a loved one since the turn of the century to police violence.

Stoners’ Lament: Ohio GOP may divert legal recreational marijuana tax revenue to “Cop City”

Young white woman smiling and Cheech and Chong

It would be the ultimate stoner irony and hypocrisy. But according to one police brutality activist, fully legal recreational marijuana could someday pay for Ohio’s “Cop City,” which may be built somewhere in Central Ohio.

“It’s very likely the AG [Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost] and Republicans will want to divert those funds for training. Representative Cindy Abrams, former law enforcement, introduced a bill to mandate funds be spent towards law enforcement officer training and equipment,” said Emily Cole, Executive Director of Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change (OFUPAC). This is the lobbyist arm of Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality, which was founded by Sabrina Jordan of Dayton who lost her son to police brutality in 2017. Jordan’s nonprofit represents 700 Ohio families who have also lost a loved one since the turn of the century to police violence.

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