Sunday, June 6, 5-6pm, Mayme Moore Park, 867 Mt. Vernon Ave.

Recent events in Columbus and in the world may have you feeling ready to get involved, but uncertain of how to get started.

Join us at Mayme Moore Park to learn about the basics of being a community organizer and how to grow connections, plan an action, and work towards a better movement ecology with other organizations!

Water and snacks will be provided. All ages are welcome, and a playground is on site!

Hosted by Black Queer and Intersectional Collective [BQIC].

ITEM: A Cleveland-based masseuse admitted she gave some Ohio State University football players more than back rubs last year and was apparently forced to give up her license after an investigation by an OSU-hired law firm. She provided massages to a couple dozen OSU football players while wandering through an apartment complex populated by the players and reportedly had sex with a few. She later denied any wrongdoing. The OSU-paid-for report said no NCAA violations were done.

Friday, June 4, 2021, 3:00 PM
Location: 37 West Broad St., Columbus.
Hosted by SURJ of Lancaster and Fairfield. Every Friday at 3:00 pm we will rally in support of the For The People Act. Join us as we once again ask Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown to pass this bill. Across this country a minority of Americans have been able to rule through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and dark money. Their time is up. We the people demand equality in representation. We demand For The People Act." 

Mack Beggs has a problem. The Texas teen is an accomplished wrestler, but the state forces him to wrestle girls. That’s because Mack was born a female, and though he’s begun transitioning to male, Texas law requires young athletes to compete in the gender they were assigned at birth.

Mack is one of three teenagers portrayed in Changing the Game, a documentary directed by Mark Barnett that examines the controversial issue of trans athletes in a way that’s compassionate, thoughtful and evenhanded. It’s also comprehensive, as each of the youths lives in a different state, and each state has a different way of dealing with the issue. Also featured are:

• Sarah Rose Huckman, a competitive skier who lives in New Hampshire, which allows trans athletes to compete in their chosen gender, but only if they’ve undergone reassignment surgery.

• Andraya Yearwood, a track athlete who lives in Connecticut, which allows all athletes to compete in their preferred gender regardless of where they are in the reassignment process.

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 feature Apocalypse Now depicted war crimes committed by U.S. troops against Vietnamese people: An unforgettable, operatic, bone chilling chopper air raid attacking a Viet Cong village set to Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” so a surfer whose name is initialed “LBJ” can ride the gnarly waves there (Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now (3/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD - YouTube); a Yankee patrol boat opens fire on a traditional Vietnamese craft after a woman tries to protect a puppy (APOCALYPSE NOW - I told you don´t stop - YouTube); and so on.