Action Alerts

Thursday, January 30, 2025, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Our monthly Ramp Up for Repro trainings will further acquaint you with political advocacy tactics, repro lingo, and help you find the best way to get involved.

Every month, we'll dive into movement ecology, abortion messaging, the current landscape of abortion access, and provide next steps for you to take action!  

The majority of the content of this training does not change between sessions, with the exception of current events and policy updates. In an effort to create a safe and secure space for all participants to engage, these trainings are not recorded.  

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On Thursday, January 23, concerned community members attended the latest quarterly meeting of the Franklin County Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) to challenge Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan’s investments of taxpayer money into the State of Israel. The high stakes meeting was the last before $5 million dollars in Israel Bonds mature on February 1. Historically, the treasurer has used money repaid upon maturity to swiftly repurchase new Israel Bonds.

Allies were arrested in NYC after staging peaceful sit-in to support union baristas' fight for a contract.

Why are we doing this now? It’s been more than three years since baristas in Buffalo like me won their union and ignited a movement. It’s time for Starbucks to come back to the table with a fair contract offer so we can finalize a framework for contracts and focus on the future.

Starbucks needs to listen to us. Starbucks paid their new CEO Brian Niccol over $96 million in just four months and gave him a private jet to commute to work in Seattle. Then the company turned around and offered baristas no raises or benefits increases in the first year of our union contracts. Are you kidding me? And to top it all off they proposed closing this store in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Meanwhile, we’re struggling to keep up with rising costs — rent, food, bills — here in Brooklyn and all over the country. Our union has filed more than 90 unfair labor practice charges in January alone.

TELL THE U.S. SENATE: The International Criminal Court is being targeted for attempting to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes against Palestinians. The U.S. should not issue sanctions to the Court for pursuing justice. 

Sign the petition: Block U.S. sanctions against the ICC!

The U.S. Senate will vote TODAY, Tuesday, January 28 on sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for the Court pursuing justice against Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.1

It’s clear that these sanctions are meant to shield Israel from all accountability related to its siege on Gaza and the murder of more than 46,000 Palestinians. The House has already passed the sanctions bill. Now, our Senators must stand against such unjust, undemocratic sanctions.

Sign the petition: Urge your Senators to vote NO on ICC sanctions. Don’t let Congress send ICC sanctions to Trump’s desk!

The State of Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1847, and constitutionally prohibited it in 1963. Human rights norms prohibit the transfer of prisoners to other jurisdictions where they may suffer punishment that is disallowed in the originating jurisdiction. And yet, Michigan sent Demetrius Frazier to Alabama to be suffocated to death.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has a chance to uphold Michigan values and halt the next Alabama execution. Learn more and take action!

Sunday, January 26th, 2025 from 1:00PM to 6:00PM
Seventh Son Brewing Co., 1101 N. 4th St., Columbus, Ohio 43201
1:00PM to 3:30PM Community Organization Interaction
4:10PM to 4:40PM Social Action Songs with Joanie Calem and Brian Clash
5:00PM to 5:50PM Gathering Stars Trio

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 1:30 – 3:00 PM
Citadel’s Main Room and Rooftop, 1761 Parsons Avenue, Columbus 43207

Our communities remain at the crossroads of climate change, and your voice is essential in shaping the solutions we need.

This event is open to all—community members, activists, organizers, students, and anyone passionate about building a more just and sustainable future. Whether you’re new to the movement or a seasoned advocate, your voice is essential in this conversation.

We’re proud to be partnering with Black Girl Environmentalist and Black Men Build to create another meaningful space for dialogue, learning, and collective action.

We would love for you to join us once again, whether by sharing your insights, bringing others along, or contributing in a new way. Your involvement will help amplify the call for climate justice and strengthen our communities. 

Marisa here from Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Donald Trump and his anti-science loyalists are determined to implement the worst of Project 2025 and are already working with corporate polluters to intimidate scientists and sideline science—endangering communities, people, and the planet. We have to intervene NOW and build the public pressure we need to stop attacks against scientists and science.

​​We know from experience that when science and scientists are sidelined, people get hurt. Will you sign the petition?

The Trump administration's current agenda would eviscerate the protections that everyday people support and count on. Clean air and water. Safe food and medicine. Products that won't harm us. Protection from extreme weather and other damaging effects of climate change. Without strong public science, people will suffer, and historically marginalized communities will continue to bear the burden of these harms.

Thursday, January 23 at 6pm
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (30 W Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210) or online at tinyurl.com/CORSmeeting
A presentation and discussion on the ceasefire and what’s next for the Palestine solidarity movement.

Thursday, January 23, 2025, 2:00 PM
Location:  Michael J. Dorrian Building, Main Lobby, Board of Commissioners Hearing Room, 369 S High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215.
Join the Franklin County Investment Advisory Committee Meeting to take a Stand.  
Let’s pressure Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan to Divest $5 million in Israel Bonds maturing February 1 and stand for justice.