Action Alerts

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's staff is currently looking at clemency materials in the case of Rocky Myers, who may have an execution date set soon.

The Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity (OCEQI) is on a vital mission, and we need your support! We are currently collecting signatures statewide for our **Wrongful Conviction Amendment**—a crucial step toward addressing systemic racism and injustice within our legal system.

If you would like to physically sign the petition or volunteer your time to help with this important initiative, please reach out to me directly. Your involvement can make a significant difference in our fight for justice.

You can read the summary language of the amendment and learn more about our mission on The OCEQI website. This amendment is more than just a piece of legislation; it is a fundamental call to action to end systemic racism in Ohio.

Sunday, February 23 @ noon
Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, 3055 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH 43202
Join or Die is a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it. Follow the story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of Robert Putnam, whose legendary "Bowling Alone" research into American community decline may hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis. Free and open to the public.

Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up their war on public media. They’re threatening to cut funding for PBS and NPR, launching politically motivated investigations, and even forcing PBS to shut down its diversity and inclusion office.

Why? Because independent, fact-based journalism doesn’t serve Trump’s agenda.

The FCC, now stacked with Trump loyalists, is targeting NPR and PBS, looking for excuses to justify gutting their funding. And Trump’s allies in Congress are eager to go along, calling public media “biased” as they push to silence it.

PBS and NPR provide trusted news, educational programming, and cultural content to millions of Americans. If Trump succeeds, we lose one of the last remaining sources of independent public media.

Congress must act. Sign the petition now to demand they protect PBS and NPR from Trump’s attacks.

SIGN THE PETITION

A free press is the foundation of democracy. We won’t let Trump destroy it.

Thursdays, 8:30PM EST
Virtual event - Join from anywhere

Our right to protest is under attack—and we’re fighting back. Greenpeace USA is facing a $300 million SLAPP lawsuit from the oil giant behind the Dakota Access Pipeline – an attack to silence us and potentially destroy the organization. But this isn’t just about us. This is part of a much bigger effort by billionaires and corporations to crush dissent and rewrite the rules to serve their own greed. We’re not backing down—we’re getting louder.

That’s why we’re launching Protest on Trial: A Series for Democracy – a weekly webinar series every Thursday from February 20 to March 27 as this trial unfolds. These sessions will bring you inside updates from the courtroom and conversations with frontline activists, legal experts, and movement leaders on the broader threats and strategies to fight back—for protest, for free speech, and for democracy itself.

SESSION LINEUP

Feb 20 – Protest on Trial

Ohio Immigrant Alliance is helping to host a community conversation for the grassroots, advocates, and policymakers on February 20 from 12-1:30pm ET, to share how we can advance a more humanizing immigration narrative in Ohio, during a difficult time for everyone.

Hear from Houleye Thiam of the Mauritanian Network for Human Rights; Viles Dorsainvil of the Haitian Community Help & Support Center; Jona Hilario of OPAWL - Building AAPI Feminist Leadership; and Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance about what we know from public opinion research; how immigrants say they want to be seen in the media; and how content creators can help ensure a broader picture comes into focus. The discussion will be moderated by Ohio Voice.

Next Sunday, February 23, our local Veterans For Peace Chapter 183 will be participating in a Global Day of Action to Close Military Bases. Sponsored by World Beyond War, the event will call attention to "the thousands of military bases, both foreign and domestic, around the world [that] are a critical piece of the war machine that must be dismantled. Closing bases is a necessary step to shift the global security paradigm towards a demilitarized approach that centers common security — no one is safe until all are safe." 

The VFP-Central Ohio action will also be protesting Anduril Industries, a defense technology company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and data integration software. A month ago today, the company announced that it would be building a drone warfare complex just outside of Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Pickaway County, Ohio. (See article: Anduril announced their Arsenal-1)

It's hard to believe, but overnight the National Park Service has removed "transgender" and the "T" from the LGBTQ+ acronym on their webpage about the Stonewall National Monument — a monument to honor the LGBTQ+ movement!

This is not just a slight—it exemplifies the ongoing rollback of LGBTQ+ protections under the current administration, specifically targeting transgender individuals.

This incident underscores the urgency of our work. If actions like these go unchallenged, they risk becoming entrenched, perpetuating discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals. We must act now to prevent this from becoming the norm.

Please take action: sign our petition directed at Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the White House.

Our vision is clear: a society where LGBTQ+ individuals are fully recognized and protected under the law, where diversity is celebrated, and where everyone can live with dignity and respect. This is about more than our fight for rights—it's about our shared humanity.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 4:30pm PT, 5:30pm MT, 6:30pm CT,  7:30pm ET
Regional Veterans For Peace hosted Zoom meeting

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83840337260

Speaker:  Rory Fanning, Post 911 Veteran, peace activist, and war resister joins us to discuss pending challenges to the military and veteran community and thus the country and ways to resist including counter-recruitment, resisting orders to the border, and overseas deployments.

Monday, February 17, 2025, 12:00 – 8:00 PM
This President’s Day protest is sponsored by the 5050/1 group.  Location: Ohio Statehouse.  
More information here.