Monday, January 23rd, 2012, 7:00 PM. Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting. Fred Suter will be giving us a presentation about his most recent trip to the Congo. His purpose for the trip was to participate in two different water projects in two different locations where there is no potable water. Fred has many photos to share with us and his adventure into this wonderful country that is currently suffering from wars in the present and recent past. Fred Suter is a member of the Central Ohioans for Peace and active in counter recruiting youth into other careers other than military service. Fred has approached administrative staff in the Ohio public school system to offer informational tools to school councilors. He has educated many young people about other career opportunities other than military service and continues to be active with this very personal and controversial project. Location: Columbus Mennonite Church (35 Oakland Park Ave., Columbus OH 43214). The latest information about our upcoming meetings can be found on our new website at https://sites.google.com/site/centralohioansforpeace/
Monday, January 23rd, 2012, 7:00 PM. Screening of the documentary on Fracking: GasLand. Location: St. John's Church at 59 East Mound Street in downtown Columbus. The St. John's Church is located on the corner of 3rd Street and Mound Street. You will park in the 3rd Street lot right on the corner of 3rd and Mound Streets. You will enter the Church through the glass doors at the stop of the stairs which is just adjacent to this parking lot.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 7:30 PM. Free Press Free Movie - Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos. Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos is a story about two communities in two different nations and how they intertwine. Ultimately, it is about how we define ourselves as nations and neighbors, our vision of community, and our efforts to connect to one another. News stories about immigrants in the United States appear on TV and in the papers daily. But we don't have to listen to the news to know that undocumented immigrants live in nearly every community across the U.S. Thus Brother Towns is a story that also affects nearly every city and town in Mexico and Central America, and one that helps us think about not only citizenship, but what it means to be human.
http://www.brothertowns.com/ Location: Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley, 253-2571, truth@freepress.org
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012. 6 PM Reception - Food/Cash Bar/7 PM Film Screening. Freedom of Choice Ohio and the National Council of Jewish Women, Columbus Section invite you to join us in remembering the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. This year, FOCO will host a screening of When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories. When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories is a 1992 short documentary film directed by Dorothy Fadiman. This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Remembrances include those of women who experienced illegal abortions, doctors who risked imprisonment and loss of their licenses for providing illegal abortions, and individuals who broke the law by helping women find safe abortions. Purchase tickets online here. The Gateway Film Center 1550 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43201, $15 General Admission, $10 Student Admission, Reservations are required. Register by January 20. For more information: 614-221-2594
FOCOhio@gmail.com. About Freedom of Choice Ohio: FOCO is a coalition of progressive, pro-choice organizations across Ohio working together to protect access to safe, legal reproductive health services.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 7:00 PM. Defeat the Heartbeat Bill!!! For the month of January, we are providing several opportunities to learn and discuss the importance of women’s reproductive rights. Take this opportunity to read and discuss the Heartbeat Bill and write to our senators. Copies of the Heartbeat Bill will be provided as well as stamped and labeled envelopes. ALL ARE WELCOME!!!! Location: SPOREPRINT INFOSHOP, 172 E. 5TH AVE (CORNER OF 5TH AND HAMLET), E-mail: defeatheartbeatbill@gmail.com, http://www.sporeprint.info/ The Sporeprint infoshop is a non-hierarchical, volunteer-run, not-for-profit social center. It is a safe space for independent thinking, face-to-face communication, skill sharing, community-building projects, and the distribution of alternative media to further social, political, and environmental consciousness.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM. Community Development Neighborhood Summit at Vets Memorial. Learn about groundbreaking new projects ranging from transportation, health, food, safety, education, housing, and economic development. Sponsored by the Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus, working to pursue neighborhood revitalization initiatives. Open to all. Register by Dec 31. Get all the details from the Summit brochure here. Fee: $50, includes parking, continental breakfast, lunch, and "Experience Our Neighborhoods event, which will showcase the diversity and multifaceted assets of our neighborhoods through food, music, arts and community involvement. Location: Veterans Memorial, 300 W. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215. Contact: Phone: 614-228-6488 E-mail: Jess@hztrust.org.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 6:30 AM. Get On The Bus To Stop Right To Work (For Less)!!!. At a time when so many hardworking families are struggling, our elected leaders are playing the same old partisan games that do nothing to put people back to work or fix our economy. Corporate CEOs spent billions to put some politicians in office. In return, they want laws that let them get away with lowering working standards. And because unions are a check on corporate power, some of these wealthy CEOs and politicians want to eliminate them. We stopped these attacks in Ohio by repealing Senate Bill 5, but our sisters and brothers in Indiana are facing the attack of Right To Work (For Less) and they need our help. There are 40 seats available on a bus from Columbus to a rally at the Indiana Statehouse. If you can get on the bus to attend the rally email Sarah Smith here. It has been amazing what the Indiana workers and legislators have done so far to hold off Right To Work (For Less), but they need our help to ensure Hoosiers can have good, middle-class jobs. If Indiana can hold out 11 more days, we can be victorious so join us on the trip to save America's Middle Class! Email us if you can attend the rally by getting on the bus from Columbus, OH at 6:30am at the Ohio AFL-CIO building located at 395 E. Broad St. If you cannot make the bus trip from Columbus, you can volunteer at a phone bank in your area. You can also use the following contacts below to learn of carpooling opportunities to Indiana as well. But either way, we hope you will join us in this fight for the 99%! Columbus: Ohio AFL-CIO Contact: Tonya Ellison 614-397-2426 or Jason Perlman/ 614-302-4542.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 6:00-8:00 PM. Fundraiser at Global Gallery for Cheryl Johncox, Candidate for the 86th Ohio House District. Cheryl Johncox is the executive director of the Buckeye Forest Council. She recently organized the press conference calling for a moratorium on fracking in Ohio. Please join us at a fundraiser for this remarkable woman as she walks her talk and runs for the Ohio House in the 86th District (Marion, Marysville and south to parts of Dublin). Location: Global Gallery, 682 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43215. $25 or more minimum suggested. Checks should be payable to “Cheryl Johncox for Ohio” Send to: 15895 State Route 739, Richwood, OH 43344. RSVP to Rob Doersam at rob@bluestreakstrategies.net or (614) 434-8487.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, 6:30 PM. Story of Broke & Story of Citizens United Featured at Simply Living Movie Night. Come see the two latest Story of Stuff videos produced by Annie Leonard’s team – the Story of Broke (we aren’t) and The Story of Citizens United (on Corporate Personhood). Michael Greenman has agreed to lead the Q&A discussion after these short films. Michael will have suggestions for how to take action and get involved in activities that address the issues raised in the films. Location: Earth Block Building (Solar Home) Map here. Exit I-71 at E. 17th Ave. (enter at large pole of skyride, north off 17th Ave) Contact: Chuck.Lynd@gmail.com or call 614-354-6172.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Noon – 1:00 PM. Kirwan Brown Bag Lecture: Identity and the American Landscape : The Photography of Wing Young Huie. The photographs of internationally known artist Wing Young Huie have been exhibited in major museums and in epic public installations. Collectively they reflect the dizzying socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural realities of American society. In his dynamic slide show presentations Wing addresses the ethical, aesthetic, and cultural issues of intimately interacting with thousands of strangers, while sharing anecdotes and insights behind the images. Wing also fosters dialogues by showing photographs from his many projects that are open to cultural interpretations, inviting participants to offer their own points of views and to consider not only how their perceptions may differ from those around them, but also how our perceptions are formed by the overwhelming media and marketing photographs we consume on a daily basis. www.wingyounghuie.com If you are located off-campus Hagerty Hall is conveniently located very near the parking garage next to the Ohio Union at 12th Avenue and North High Street. Please find the campus map of the building here, with links to garages here. Sponsored by the Kirwan Institute, www.kirwaninstitute.org
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, 6:00 PM. Fracking Truth! Coshocton Citizens For Truth About Fracking will feature "Fracking and Farming, What You Should Know" presented by Joe Logan, Agricultural Director, Ohio Environmental Council and past president of the Ohio Farmers Union. Location: the Frontier Power meeting room, 770 South Second Street, Coshocton. The public is invited for this informative presentation. http://www.facebook.com/groups/199849692677/10150710457587678/ For more information, see: http://www.napalmcreek.com/
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, 2:30 – 5:30 PM. Solidarity Event for the Revolutions of the Arab Spring. January the 25th marks the first day of the Egyptian revolution, and according to Egyptians, this ignited a global popular movement that its foundations were set by the Tunisians. This movement was designed to fight social, political and economic injustices; and from the flames of rage against all injustice came other popular revolutions, the anti-austerity demonstrations in Europe, and the occupy movement that has swept the world. Therefore, on Wednesday, January 25th 2012, we will all stand in the Oval in order to honor and celebrate this historic day, to honor the popular global uprising against injustice, to stand in solidarity with those who still are still struggling, and to honor those who gave sacrificed lives and health for the greater good. https://www.facebook.com/events/193859897366999/ Bring your signs, your ideas, and your voices and let’s honor this day together!"
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 6:00 PM. Support Reproductive Rights!!! Viewing of the movie 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS. Set in the 1980’s Communist Romania when abortions were illegal. This is the story of the difficult trek two young women face when trying to get an abortion. Discussion will follow. THIS EVENT IS FOR WOMEN ONLY. E-mail: defeatheartbeatbill@gmail.com Location: Sporeprint Infoshop, 172 E. 5th Ave. (corner of 5th and Hamlet). The Sporeprint infoshop is a non-hierarchical, volunteer-run, not-for-profit social center. It is a safe space for independent thinking, face-to-face communication, skill sharing, community-building projects, and the distribution of alternative media to further social, political, and environmental consciousness.
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. The Ohio Environmental Council & the Ohio League of Conservation Voters Legislative Summit 2012. Together, we can build on our recent successes, examine upcoming challenges, and gain skills and knowledge to make Ohio's environmental and conservation network even stronger in 2012 and beyond. The day will include updates, workshops, and training, including: leveraging social media for successful campaigns, building effective and diverse coalitions, understanding the legislative process, and an overview of current issues facing Ohio's environment and the health of our communities. Location: Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square, 75 E. State Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Cost, includes lunch & materials. OEC Members - $20, Non-Members - $25, OEC Legacy Club & President's Club Members - FREE! Register by January 25 at http://www.theoec.org/LegSummit2012.htm or call (614) 487-7506.
Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Poverty Simulation. The Poverty Simulation is a unique, interactive experience that helps individuals begin to understand what life is like with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress. It moves people to think about the harsh realities of poverty and talk about how our community can address the problem collectively. Location: 1111 East broad street (Enter through the front doors).
The FREE activity lasts approximately 3 hours which includes an introduction and debriefing for participants to share their experience. Immediately following the debriefing LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED! Call 645-1950 if you are interested in participating. Space is limited! Sponsored by Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks
Community Relations Commission of City of Columbus.
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 12:30-2:30 PM. Move to Amend Central Ohio Meeting and Potluck. Move to Amend - Central Ohio is a grassroots organization whose website and meetings are hosted by the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio dedicated to ending corporate control of American economic and political life and restoring real democracy — enabling human beings to control their lives by eliminating Corporate Personhood. See: http://www.movetoamendcentralohio.org Contact: mgreenman@wowway.com Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Clintonville. Room 6 – we have a lot to discuss and plan!