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Thursday, August 19, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn about methods and tools for communicating effectively with Ohio State Legislators via social media, email, phone, at hearings, and in face-to-face meetings. This webinar is a lead-in to the September 22 #StatehouseStomp day of legislative visits and rally focused on stopping the Ohio anti-protest bills. This webinar is led by Rev Joan VanBecelaere, Larry Bresler, and guests.

Please use this link to register in advance for this meeting.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Morgan Harper, a consumer protection attorney and community organizer, is a 2022 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate for Ohio. 

Born to a teenager, Morgan lived in a foster home for nine months before being adopted and raised in Columbus by a public school teacher. She received scholarships to attend Tufts (BA), Princeton (MA) and Stanford (JD). During the Obama administration, she served as a Senior Advisor at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) responsible for protecting consumers against predatory lenders. 

Wednesday, August 18, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Back by popular demand, join Alwiyah from Ohio Voice as she teaches you about a foundational idea for community organizing! “Social Movement Ecology” lays a framework for organizations with different theories of change to recognize each other’s strengths and weaknesses and work together to produce large-scale social change. This training will provide participants with the skills, tools, and confidence to identify complex layers of approaches in social movement.

Please note that there is a two-step registration process to maintain a secure digital space.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Ohio Voice.

Wednesday, August 18, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Back by popular demand, join Alwiyah from Ohio Voice as she teaches you about a foundational idea for community organizing! “Social Movement Ecology” lays a framework for organizations with different theories of change to recognize each other’s strengths and weaknesses and work together to produce large-scale social change. This training will provide participants with the skills, tools, and confidence to identify complex layers of approaches in social movement.

Please note that there is a two-step registration process to maintain a secure digital space.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Ohio Voice.

From the ACLU:  Since COVID-19 hit prisons, tens of thousands of people incarcerated in federal facilities have been allowed to serve their sentences at home under the CARES Act. They have started planning futures, gotten jobs, signed leases, and reintegrated with their families and communities. Now over 4,000 of these individuals may be sent back because of a Trump memo issued right as he left office. Forcing thousands of people back to prison in this way would be cruel, legally unnecessary, ineffective at making us safer, and cost taxpayers millions.

Letter to Congresswoman Joyce Beatty:

Congresswoman Joyce Beatty
Ohio District 3

Dear Congresswoman Beatty,

Above is a photo of the group of us from SPAN Ohio and Our Revolution who gathered outside your Columbus Office yesterday. We came to ask you to become a cosponsor of Medicare for All, HR 1976, and to support the Medicare Expansion legislation that hopefully will be included in the reconciliation bill.

This gathering was prompted by the lack of a response to a meeting we had by ZOOM in May with Janay Eyo, a member of your staff, attended by 8 of us, including 6 constituents. We made the same ask of her at that meeting. We have had no response.

Columbus' metropolitan area now boasts over a dozen 100% vegan restaurants:

Ye's Vegan Asian Kitchen (Hilliard) Asian Food

The Little Kitchen (Dublin-Bridgepark NorthMarket)

Green House Canteen (Grandview)

Vida’s Plant-based Butcher (Grandview)

& Juice Co (Clintonville) Fresh Pressed Juices daily, and lovely weekend brunches and a monthly special dinner

Eden Burger (OSU Campus) Vegan Burgers, Fries and Milkshakes, other vegan Americana foods and incredible desserts by Doughasis (another vegan bakery)

Nile Vegan (OSU Campus & Grandview)

Ethiopian 4th & State (Downtown Columbus)

Two-Dollar Radio (German Village/Parsons Ave Columbus)

Lifestyle Cafe (Old Town East) Whole Foods meals from Waffles Soups Salads and Breakfast items and Bakery

Portia's Cafe (and Portia's Next Door in Clintonville)

Portia's Diner (Clintonville) Her latest whole foods restaurant

Seitans Realm (Clintonville in October 2020)

Woodhouse Vegan Cafe and Space (Italian Village -4th Ave just off 670 offramps)

Willowbeez SoulVeg (North Market Downtown)

Here’s what happened at the August Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon on August 14 with the theme “Radical Nutrition.”

Watch the recording here.

Cyber-salon host and Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery introduced the first speaker, Eriyah Flynn of Vegan Shift. She spoke about veganism, stressing that it is a consciousness, not simply a diet choice. Veganism is a way to live fairly and equally with all earthlings, not to embody human supremacy over animals. She mentioned several informative videos, includingCowspiracy.

Here’s what happened at the July Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon on August 14 with the theme “Radical Nutrition.”

Watch the recording here.

Cyber-salon host and Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery introduced the first speaker, Eriyah Flynn of Vegan Shift. She spoke about veganism, stressing that it is a consciousness, not simply a diet choice. Veganism is a way to live fairly and equally with all earthlings, not to embody human supremacy over animals. She mentioned several informative videos, includingCowspiracy.

Sunday, August 15, 1pm, Goodale Park Gazebo, 120 W. Goodale St.

We’ll plan to meet by the gazebo! Street parking is free on Sundays.

If you feel comfortable with participating, please bring a whole food plant-based dish to share with everyone who attends (details are below). If you do not feel comfortable, no worries — we’d still love to have you join us! Also, please bring along a towel and/or chair for you to sit on.

Please ensure that your dish is:

• whole food plant-based, which means primarily made from unprocessed, unrefined fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts and seeds, etc.,

• made with little to no added oils, and is

• free from animal-derived products, such as meat, dairy, egg, fish, etc.

If you are able, please bring a copy of your recipe for people to pass around / take a picture of, as well as the necessary serving utensils that your dish requires, such as a ladle if you bring soup.

If you have any questions about what to make or bring, feel free to check out the following: