Wednesday, October 11, 6-8pm
GRND, Ground x Grind, 1106-1108 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43205

Signature Drive + Info Session hosted by OFUPAC x the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign (CSCC).

We’re organizing to create a nonpolice emergency response system that serves all Columbus residents — rooted in care, anti-racism, and true community safety.

This is your chance to:

An interview recently with the United Auto Worker’s (UAW) Sean Fain was a time and temperature check on the reform movement in the union that propelled his election several years ago. Before that, the long running efforts of the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is known to many and continues to be active. We talked to Ken Paff of the TDU several years ago on Wade’s World and it’s clear the fire still burns.

More than fifty years ago, the reform movement that caught all of our attention was centered on the Mine Workers of America, which, even though declining, was still in the 60s and 70s, a major factor in both the labor movement and the US economy. The Miners for Democracy (MfD) rose in reaction to the assassination of Jock Yablonski and members of his family, a reformer who had lost a contested election unfairly to Tony Boyle. MfD was a rank-and-file effort that consolidated around Arnie Miller, a leader among miners campaigning to get health relief from black lung that was killing many. This was a huge campaign that attracted attention both inside and outside of the labor movement back then, even though not well-known now.

Vermont, New York, Washington, New Jersey and Maine have the best combination of relatively low environmental risks and robust environmental policies, according to a report released this week.

West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi ranked lowest on the 50-state scorecard produced by the Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that advocates for health care improvements.

Ohio ranks 31.

Researchers at Northeastern and Yale universities ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, natural hazard risks to health care facilities and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector. The authors of the report also analyzed states’ clean energy policies and climate change mitigation efforts.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
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Knowledge is Power is an inclusive and accessible group of progressive learners who are working to educate ourselves about the issues facing us today. From Central Ohio politics to climate change, we are arming ourselves with knowledge to actively work to better our world. We meet monthly all around Central Ohio to discuss a topic chosen by the group members.

We offer multiple ways to access materials for each topics, from books and articles to podcasts and documentaries– because everyone learns best in different ways! For this meeting, we will be discussing POLITICS IN OHIO. The materials are below, but will also be emailed directly to all who RSVP.

BOOK: Laboratories of Autocracy, by David Pepper (Intro, Ch. 1, and Ch. 11). PODCAST: “Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map,” on This American Life (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/784/mapmaker).