Action Alerts

Many people are not aware that Columbus is home to several community owned radio stations that offer programming you will not find on mainstream stations.

Everyone is aware of our excellent public radio stations WOSU.org and WCBE.org. WOSU is well known for NPR news and the locally focused All Sides with Anna Staver (formerly Ann Fisher). WCBE’s focus on music and the arts includes Studio 35 and generous offerings from local bands.

They should be on your car radio presets but I hope this article will convince you to add 91.9, 92.7, 98.3, 98.5, and 102.1 – all “low power” non-profit radio stations available over the air in most of Franklin County and streaming online from anywhere! Note: newer cars often cannot pick up low power stations using the scan function. Try disabling the auto scan and go directly to the call number.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Location: Whetstone Library, 3909 N. High St. Columbus 43214.

We have gotten word that Columbus is now an official Veterans For Peace Chapter!

Please come and celebrate the occasion.

You don't have to be a Veteran to come help us celebrate!

We are Veterans for Peace, Columbus, Ohio Chapter 183!  

Boeing workers in the Pacific Northwest are staying on strike, having voted to reject an offer from management. They are holding out for a real pension plan and better pay and benefits. In so doing, they are supporting themselves, but also helping other workers and the economy, which can only benefit when a major corporation improves its standards. Click here to tell them you support them!

The striking workers at Boeing know that the company’s top executives and wealthy shareholders have received billions in stock buybacks and dividends, while executives keep lining their own pockets (with the CEO expected to receive $20 million in compensation next year).

Sunday, October 27, 12noon, Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.

This Sunday [10-27-2024], the Simply Living Film Series returns with the first Columbus screening of the sequel to “Kiss the Ground,” “Common Ground.”

“Common Ground” is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, “Kiss the Ground,” which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, “Common Ground” unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system.

Saturday, October 26, 3pm
Witchlab, 1187 W. Broad St.
Admission: $10
Dan Dougan and Friends invites you to join him and his band for a matinee including Halloween music, covers of songs by the Rolling Stones Black Sabbath and others, and a performance by Pilgrim Heidi and her OpenHeart Creatures. Witchlab lounge has a parking lot, bar and a connected store with occult oddities and antiques. 

Please join We Are Ohio and Union Strong in Columbus on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. 
The meeting will take place at IBEW 683, 939 Goodale Blvd., Columbus, OH 43212 with food served at 6:30 p.m. and the program beginning at 7 p.m.

Urgent Community Meeting to get a Yes on Issue 1 yard sign and talk about..

…Issue 1, the effort to have fair maps and fair elections in Ohio..

…the threat to all Ohioans posed by an extreme out-of-touch legislature…

…and what you can do to fight back.

Learn why you need to Vote Yes on Issue 1 on or before Nov. 5 to give citizens, not politicians, the power to draw fair maps for fair elections.

Even as war keeps spreading, the world is outgrowing many other forms of violence and cruelty. Violent crime outside of war is decreasing in many countries, and so is the death penalty, which is now limited to a small and shrinking list of mostly the worst national governments on Earth and 21 U.S. states (plus six that have paused without yet permanently banning capital punishment). Those 27 states include OH.

Click here to tell your state legislators to catch OH up with the country and the world.

Even as war keeps spreading, the world is outgrowing many other forms of violence and cruelty. Violent crime outside of war is decreasing in many countries, and so is the death penalty, which is now limited to a small and shrinking list of mostly the worst national governments on Earth and 21 U.S. states (plus six that have paused without yet permanently banning capital punishment). Those 27 states include OH.

Click here to tell your state legislators to catch OH up with the country and the world.

Join us for O22 2024 on Tuesday, October 22nd from noon-2pm on the lawn in front of the Ohio Statehouse (High Street side). RSVP here!

As Ohio’s cannabis industry grows, it's time for lawmakers to take the next logical step: launching a pilot program for cannabis social lounges. By looking to the successes of other states, Ohio can create safe, legal spaces for public consumption while supporting small businesses and enhancing public safety.

Currently, cannabis use is largely confined to private residences in Ohio, leaving renters and residents in public housing, where landlords may prohibit cannabis use, with few options. This forces many to resort to consuming in less-than-ideal locations like cars, public spaces, or hotels, increasing risks and public safety concerns.

Designated social lounges would help mitigate these issues. Just as Nevada reduced public consumption problems in Las Vegas by introducing lounges, Ohio could do the same, keeping cannabis off the streets and out of parks in popular areas like the Short North and Easton.