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Is This My Punishment?

Judge Janet Washington took a sip of her coffee as she read the messages that were starting to pile up on her desk. Since the murder of her son, she wasn’t on top of her game. She wasn’t returning calls in a timely manner. She missed a few important meetings entirely and arrived late at others. People who felt her compassion in the past, now felt her discontent. She wasn’t sleeping well and had gained ten pounds from eating junk food throughout the night. People gave her a pass due to feeling sorry for her losing her only child, but she knew it was only a matter of time before that grace period was over.

Protest

Monday, February 26, 12:30pm, Nationwide Insurance Headquarters, One Nationwide Plaza, W. Nationwide Blvd.

Tell Nationwide: “Insure Our Future, Not Fossil Fuels”

In 2023, the United States experienced a record number of weather-and climate-related disasters that each caused $1 billion or more in damages: 28 severe storms, floods, wildfires, winter storms, hurricanes, and droughts, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The insurance industry stands on the front lines of this climate crisis. Every time a climate-related fire, flood, or storm damages or destroys an insured person’s home or business, they expect their insurance policy to help foot the bill for repairs and rebuilding.

Please register for this event using this form so we can keep you informed of any last-minute changes in plan such as weather delays or street closures. Thank you!

Stone sign at opening of Salt Fork Park

Save Ohio Parks statement on court’s decision to dismiss appeal

Save Ohio Parks is disappointed that our appeal of the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission’s (OGLMC) decision to approve fracking lease nominations in our state parks and wildlife areas was dismissed. But we will continue to advocate for the protection and future of our public lands and public trust.

Ohio statute says it is state policy to use our natural resources responsibly. There is nothing responsible about how water, one of our most precious natural resources, is used in the fracking process. Fracking permanently pulls millions of gallons of water out of our water supply, laces it with toxic, cancer-causing chemicals, injects this mix at high pressure deep into the earth, pulls it back up, and then injects the radioactive waste that results from it into another series of wells—wells that can leak and endanger our water supply.  

Stone sign at opening of Salt Fork Park

Save Ohio Parks statement on court’s decision to dismiss appeal

 

Save Ohio Parks is disappointed that our appeal of the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission’s (OGLMC) decision to approve fracking lease nominations in our state parks and wildlife areas was dismissed. But we will continue to advocate for the protection and future of our public lands and public trust.

Ohio statute says it is state policy to use our natural resources responsibly. There is nothing responsible about how water, one of our most precious natural resources, is used in the fracking process. Fracking permanently pulls millions of gallons of water out of our water supply, laces it with toxic, cancer-causing chemicals, injects this mix at high pressure deep into the earth, pulls it back up, and then injects the radioactive waste that results from it into another series of wells—wells that can leak and endanger our water supply.  

Two hands holding a big red heart

Sunday, February 25, 7-9pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

The Faith in Life Committee of the Diocese of Southern Ohio [The Episcopal Church] will offer “Two Truths in One Heart; Two Peoples in One Land,” a presentation by Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Noor Awad, leaders of Roots/Shorashim/Judur, a local Palestinian Israeli initiative for understanding, nonviolence, and transformation. This presentation will take place in the sanctuary; a reception will follow.

Hosted by Faith in Life Committee of Diocese of Southern Ohio [The Episcopal Church].

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Coverage and discussion of the Fanni Willis trial with Ray McClendon, Alexander Petrovnia with https://transformationsproject.org, advocating against the anti-trans legislative crisis. Rosedanie Cadet talking self-sustaining Ag in Haiti http://noramise.org/. Tim Judson and Kevin Kamps talking anti-nuclear.  

The 32nd Pan African Film & Arts Festival, America’s largest Black-themed filmfest, took place Feb. 7 – Feb. 19 in Los Angeles. During Black History Month PAFF annually screens movies ranging from Hollywood studio productions and Hallmark Channel TV-movies to indies, foreign films, documentaries, low budget productions, shorts, animation, etc. Films span the spectrum from Oscar nominees to hard-to-find gems from Africa, the Caribbean, America and beyond that L.A. viewers are unlikely to be able to see at any other venue. Here are reviews of short films that audiences had an opportunity to see at PAFF as part of the “New Media” screening:

MOMENTS: A GROUP HUG FOR GROUP THERAPY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Saturday, February 24, 6:30pm, Tap Shop, 2326 Summit St.
https://tapshop.org/location/
There is street parking along Summit, Maynard, and Wyandotte.

Join us for a night of music dancing. Suggested $5 donation will support Honesty for Ohio Education. Can’t make it? You can still support Honesty for Ohio Education here.

Come learn about Honesty's mission to protect honest education across Ohio AND join an Honesty Team in your community!

doors 630
Redbuds 7-745
YBW! 8-845
KFH 9-945

Hosted by Will KlattLaura Fyfe SmithAllie Smith BoyerEd Sauer, and Joseph Klatt.

The 32nd Pan African Film & Arts Festival, America’s largest Black-themed filmfest, took place Feb. 7 – Feb. 19 in Los Angeles. During Black History Month PAFF annually screens movies ranging from Hollywood studio productions and Hallmark Channel TV-movies to indies, foreign films, documentaries, low budget productions, shorts, animation, etc. Films span the spectrum from Oscar nominees to hard-to-find gems from Africa, the Caribbean, America and beyond that L.A. viewers are unlikely to be able to see at any other venue. Here is a review of just one of the off-the-beaten track films that audiences have an opportunity to see:

THIS IS LAGOS: A CRIME DRAMA IN URBAN AFRICA

The rich history of genocides does not show us combination like the one we
have today:
1) Overwhelming evidence of intent broadcast and available to everyone on
instant communication devices (phones, tablets, computer) and based on a
messianic model of chosenness linking to biblical mythologies of conquest
of Canaan, wiping out other nations etc
2) Wanton destruction of people and their livelihood. Destroying all their
means of livelihood denying them food, medicine, water, fuel etc. Man made
famine of thsi scale and meanness never happended before. Addedto direct
bombing of civilians, hundreds die daily and so far 1 in 20 people in Gaza
iskilledorn injured.
3) Wanton destruction of property to make life unnlivable even after the
genocide stops. 70% of all building are destroyed so far: homes hopsitals,
mosques, churches, civil defence, police buildings, water facicilities,
trees etc
4) Wanton attack and destruction of humanitarian aid organizations and
their facilities(e.g. the UN agencies)
5) Never in history do we see such division between the wishes of hundreds

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