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This week we are calling the following Ohio House Energy and Natural Resource Committee, Ohio Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Members. Please help us track the number of phone calls being made by responding with the word “Done” to info@benohio.org when you have completed your calls.
Call House Energy and Natural Resource Committee member Denson, (614) 466-1308 (Vote No on HB282), then Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee member Maharath (614) 466-8064 (Vote No on SB171)
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Bol Aweng, now of Hilliard, Ohio, is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. At the age of six, he was forced to flee his village and travel 1,500 miles on foot to a refugee camp in Kenya. Bol eventually came to the United States. He graduated from The Ohio State University, majoring in fine art, and was awarded the Robert Duncan Alumni Citizenship Award for starting the Buckeye Clinic in South Sudan.
Bol lives in Hilliard, Ohio with his wife and five children. He speaks to thousands of students each year, sharing his story and raising funds for his clinic.
The following is his chapter “The Journey of Hope” from Far From Their Eyes: Ohio Migration Anthology, edited and published by our friend Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.
October has beennamed “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” In its honor and for breast cancer patients …
Who started Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, “October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease.” It was founded in 1985 collaboratively between the American Cancer Society and what is now AstraZeneca, which develops and markets cancer drugs.
Why the pink ribbons?
Featured speakers for Gift To Be Simple include:
Here’s what happened at the October Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon on October 9.
Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery kicked the salon off by announcing it was the Free Press’ annual “Libby” award ceremony.
Free Press volunteer Suzanne Patzer explained who Libby Gregory was – she was aformer 70s and 80s era Free Press Editor and tireless activist for environmental, peace and women's issues. She was also an entrepreneur -- starting the first vegetarian restaurant in Columbus, the King Avenue Coffee House; Tradewinds (one-time home of the Free Press); and Byzantium, colubus’ premier bead store. She was tragically killed in a 1991 plane crash. The Free Press honors her memory by giving the Libby award each year to honor our local community heroes, who promote alternative paths and are helping to give birth to a better world.
Sunday, October 10
Today’s the day! People across the country are ready for our annual ADL Walk Against Hate. They will be raising awareness that hate has no place in our communities, and many are raising money to expand ADL’s work towards a world with no antisemitism, bigotry and bias.
As a retired Ohio State University professor and 17-year homeowner in Columbus’ University District, I have encountered the steadily increasing numbers of undergraduate and graduate student renters for years. This year, my wife and I interact with our student neighbors and other students (especially those walking their friendly pandemic dogs) we encounter on our regular evening walks. When we wear our matching “Octo-Hug” T-shirts, many students express their enthusiasm and compliments! These interactions create powerful impressions.
The Columbus Free Press Libby Award for Community Activism for 2021 honors Esther Flores, born for such a time as this.
Esther Flores is a registered nurse fiercely committed to restoring the dignity and health of women who have been thrust onto the streets of Columbus by sex trafficking, addiction, and domestic violence. Through her harm-reduction non-profit 1DIVINELINE2HEALTH, she offers support and services to the women she calls “Street Sisters.”
Esther says, "They are not prostitutes. They are ‘Women Who Haven’t Been Loved Enough.’ “