Every Peace Group and Activist Should Join Strike DC for the Earth’s Climate

Peace activists and organizations have

One Columbus Launch

SEIU Local 1199 logo

Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:00 AM
A march from the Local 1 office to the 12pm action at Nationwide and High Street. Join SEIU Local 1 janitors and supporters as they kick off the 2019 contract campaign. SEIU is running a “One Columbus” campaign geared at fighting for better jobs, higher wages, and securing a better future for the workers and their families.  Location:  Local 1 Office, 700 Bryden Road, Columbus 43215.  From there, they will travel to a 12:00 PM action at Nationwide and High St. SEIU says this is where they need the most community support. No RSVP needed. 

Smedley Butler’s Speech Against War in Charlottesville in 1937

I didn’t know until recently that Smedley Butler had ever been to my town. Then I heard that he’d spoken at the University of Virginia here in Charlottesville in 1937. The University of Virginia had the speech tucked away in its stacks and was kind enough to dig it out. It’s pasted below.

If you haven’t heard of Smedley Butler and don’t know why he’s a major hero to Veterans for Peace and peace advocates in general (as well as having been a Major General), I can try to summarize his incredible life in a few sentences. The man ought to be a hero to opponents of fascist marches, which, by the way, have also come to Charlottesville.

Legislative Training – Presenting Statehouse Testimony

Big government building rotunda in the dark and people rallying in front

Sunday, September 15, 2019, 3:00 PM

When The Black Box Ate Our Democracy

UPDATE: Guilford County returning to paper ballots! ( https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/guilford-county-returning-to-... ) The Free Press Network attempted to broadcast LIVE the Emergency Town Hall Meeting Monday September, 16th at 6pm, presented by the North Carolina NAACP. Unfortunately, loss of WiFi killed the feed, and a sound-system malfunction ruined the footage. But a distinguished panel of election integrity advocates and computer security experts shared their experiences and warned of the risks of electronic voting.

A message from a Hong Konger

Cartoon of protestors with face masks marching

The Protest started in the middle of June.

Bring Approval Voting to Columbus Ohio

Ballot with x's for some candidates

Dear Editor:

Columbus Women's Chorus accepting new members in September

Logo with musical symbol and words Columbus Women's Chorus

Columbus Women's Chorus, the only feminist chorus in central Ohio, is open to new members on September 16, 23, and 30, 2019.

All women, and those who identify as women, who can sing alto or soprano and are 16 years old or older, are welcome to our non-audition chorus.

Rehearsals are Mondays from 7-9pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Road, Columbus 43214. Please arrive at your first rehearsal by 6:45.

Our next concert will be Sunday, November 17, 2019, at the Unitarian Church.

For more info, please see our website

www.colswomenschorus.org

7 Year Old Starts Inclusive Apparel and Accessory Line to Represent Girls of Color

Clothes with picture of young black girl on them with words Shop KylieDreamz

Kylie Dreamz, LLC is a girl’s apparel and accessory line with the purpose of empowering little girls of color who are often underrepresented. The new business is owned by seven-year-old Kylie Scroggins; a second grader in Galloway, Ohio. Kylie officially launched her business on August 17, 2019.

According to Kylie, she “Does not see a lot of brown girls on shirts in the stores.” Kylie’s mother, Kortney Ester, also shares her daughter’s frustration with the lack of representation for girls of color and suggested to Kylie that she starts her own clothing line. Mainstream clothing lines are getting better with including African-American girls, however the race is so broad and unique in shades and features, that it seems that only the more popular characteristics make the cut, which is unfair  and sends a negative message to girls who have opposite features. Kylie is doing something about that.

Tips and Tools #13: Building an Organization? How to Identify and Recruit Organizing Committee Members

Two sets of black people shaking hands

If an organizing committee is at the heart of building a community organization, how do you find the people who will join that committee? This definitely is not simply “add water and stir!”

Assuming we have already identified and defined the community, for an organizing committee to be effective, it will have to be representative of that community. All of the community!

If the community is geographical, that means ideally that the organizing committee will include active members from all points of the compass. Furthermore, the committee will also have to reflect the diversity of the community, racially and ethnically for sure, but also in terms of gender and possibly religion.

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