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Save Ohio Parks: Hold state legislative candidates accountable for voting to frack Ohio state parks

Outdoor protest with signs about Save Ohio Parks

In December 2022, during the Christmas holiday season and lame duck session – with no public input - the Ohio General Assembly stuffed a poultry bill with amendments and passed a law requiring fracking under Ohio’s state parks and public lands for gas and oil.

HB 507 also falsely defined gas as a “green energy,” despite climate scientists’ warnings that methane gas emissions related to gas and oil production are 80 percent more potent than carbon dioxide and accelerate climate warming.

Ohio public lands include state parks, forests, wilderness and wildlife areas, public colleges and universities, and Ohio Department of Transportation rights of way.

Save Ohio Parks, the statewide, all-volunteer group concerned about the effects of fracking on human health, the environment, its fresh water, and planet warming, lists in a Candidate Accountability document the legislators who voted yes on H.B. 507 and are running for office in 2024: 13 for Ohio Senate seats and 35 for the Ohio House.

Join Co-op Columbus

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Thursday, October 10, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Join us for the launch of our Co-op Circle – a space for learning, collaboration, and community-building around cooperative enterprises.
Whether you're a seasoned co-op enthusiast or just curious about how co-ops can transform our community, this event is for you!  
More details to come – stay tuned!  Let’s fuel the cooperative fire in Central Ohio!  Location: Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, 1126 Parsons Ave, Columbus 43206.  

The Mounting Costs of Enabling Israel’s War on Gaza

The U.S. government often claims to stand for the rule of law, but this past year has made it painfully clear that this doesn’t apply to Palestinians. The moral, financial, and security costs of U.S. support for Israel’s rapidly expanding wars are adding up for Americans, too.

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Are You Ready to Decide America’s Fate from Home?

November 5’s life/death presidential choice is in less than a month.  
 
You may not be in one of the seven decisive swing states.
 
But you want to have impact beyond your own vote.

If Only Some Lives Matter, No Lives Matter

Colonialism is hardly a thing of the past – it’s alive and vibrant as ever . . . from the Middle East to Western Europe to the United States to India and God knows where else. And it can be profitable as hell, at least for the right industries.

Be afraid. Be very afraid!

This is true especially if you belong to a wealthy, heavily armed nation – because your enemies are everywhere, clustering at your borders or, even worse, daring to claim possession of their ancestral land and inconveniencing your possession of it.

A Year of Genocide - Despite the Unbelievable Pain, Palestinians Emerge Stronger

No one had expected that one year would be enough to recenter the Palestinian cause as the world’s most pressing issue, and that millions of people across the globe, would, once again rally for Palestinian freedom. 

 The last year witnessed an Israeli genocide in Gaza, unprecedented violence in the West Bank, but also legendary expressions of Palestinian sumud, or steadfastness. 

 It is not the enormity of the Israeli war, but the degree of the Palestinian sumud that has challenged what once seemed to be a foregone conclusion to the Palestinian struggle. 

"A Crime of Forgiveness" stage play by Lynette Grace

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October 11-13, 2024
Madlab Theater, 227 N. Third St., Columbus OH 43215
Have you ever searched for something all of your life, and when you finally find it:  you realize THAT'S what you'd been looking for? Only to have the thing you finally found, that you had been searching for all of your life, get stolen from you in an instant?
A Crime of Forgiveness is about an unlikely friendship between two people who find forgiveness, healing, and reconciliation through a tragic incident.  
A bond of friendship and a journey of healing develop that aren't readily welcomed with open arms-- and that reach far beyond the grave.
Based on a true story.
Friday, Oct 11 - 8pm
Sat, Oct 12 - 1pm, 8pm
Sun, Oct 13 - 4pm
Tickets - $20.00

Black immigrants in Ohio - what you need to know

Faces of black immigrants

Black immigrants have been methodically making their mark in Ohio with little notice or fanfare for decades, until Haitian-Ohioans in Springfield were unwittingly thrust into the national political conversation. “Black Immigrants in Ohio: A Demographic Data Brief” is the latest installment from “Behind Closed Doors: Black Migrants and the Hidden Injustic

  A Movement on the Move: A Conversation about the State of Climate Advocacy in 2024

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Over the weekend, Hurricane Helene caused widespread devastation in the Southeast and left more than 100 people dead and communities reeling. From record-breaking climate disasters to rising threats from extremist plots like Project 2025 -- it's a lot to hold all at once. The climate crisis, driven by the continued burning of fossil fuels, is causing weather events like this one to be more frequent and more intense.  We must take bold climate action.  Join us for a livestream with Sierra Club experts to make sense of the moment, learn what this means for the climate and our future, and find out how to get involved.  

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