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Success for the Columbus Community Bill of Rights

The third time was a charm for the Columbus Community Bill of Rights initiative which is confirmed to be on the Columbus ballot this November. The following is what one of their tireless activists...

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COPWATCH: White, Blue and Boom! Does Anybody have any C-4?

What’s a black female police officer to do when her fellow white male police officer talks about blowing up Black Lives Matter protestors? Any words of caution may be interpreted as anti-police...

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From Paradise to Sanctuary as Resistance

There is a sanctuary as resistance movement across the continental United States, in Ohio and in Columbus. According to the newly emerging, Columbus Sanctuary Collective, this resistance will only...

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Action Alert

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Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Community Forum on Police Reform - Stop the racism!
Thursday, July 19 2018 6-8pm Columbus Early Learning Center, 240 N. Champion (Use rear entrance) Join the discussion with panel members: Pastor Mike Reeves Minister Donell Muhammad Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Kee Charles Traylor...
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Lots of smiling white people male and female leaning toward each other all wearing blue T-shirts in a city council chambers
11 July 2018
Success for the Columbus Community Bill of Rights

The third time was a charm for the Columbus Community Bill of Rights initiative which is confirmed to be on the Columbus ballot this November. The following...
Politics
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18 July 2018
7 days in … Kindergarten
Kirk Bampton

The week of July 9th took me back to a world my young daughter left behind years ago. A leader is choosing like-minded friends for his team no matter how...
Editorial
Book cover with the words Nuts and Bolts the ACORN fundamentals of organizing by Wade Rathke
11 July 2018
Tips & Tools #3: Building an Organization? The Beginnings Prejudice the Ends
Wade Rathke

Let’s be honest.

There are many reasons that people decide to build an organization. Anger is one. A rage at injustice or an action by the government...
Music
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16 July 2018
Lauren Sanderson Announces Summer U.S. Trust The Universe Tour

Riveting newcomer Lauren Sanderson has announced summer U.S. headlining dates, aptly dubbed the Trust The Universe Tour, her first...
People
Book cover that's red white and blue with a black and white photo of Robert Kennedy as a young man in a suit walking through a crowd on both sides of a street and the book title at top and the words From Power to Protest After JFK
11 July 2018
Book Review: The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK by John R. Bohrer
Marilyn Howard

After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, nobody other than his widow, Jacqueline, suffered worse than his brother, Robert, the attorney general...
Geek Speak
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16 July 2018
GeeklyCon Columbus

July 19-22
Renaissance Columbus downtown hotel
The heart of the annual GeeklyCon is the board game room, Dungeons and Dragons is just one of...
Arts
Drawing of Batman and words American Indian Artists Series
16 July 2018
Meet Your Creative Community: American Indian Live Paint

Thursday, July 19, 6:30-8:30pm
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St.
Experience an American Indian live paint event presented by The Ohio...
Protest Reports
Scene in downtown with tall office buildings lots of people in the streets with protest signs, a lot of police and a tepee looking wooden structure
10 July 2018
Columbus Abolish ICE protestors released

Anti-ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) activists shut down city streets around ICE headquarters in downtown Columbus, attempted to occupy the ICE...
Dining
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11 July 2018
So you want to be a vegan…Meatless Mondays

One way to start your vegan journey is to eat like a vegan one day a week. That way you get a chance to taste some delicious meat-free dishes...
Action Alerts
Orange black and yellow flyer with all the details of the event, silhouettes of people protesting at the bottom and holding signs
18 July 2018
Community Forum on Police Reform - Stop the racism!

Thursday, July 19 2018 6-8pm
Columbus Early Learning Center, ...
Human Rights
Lots of diverse people sitting at tables in a big room
14 July 2018
Examining white privilege in Bexley
Samuel Green

When one thinks of communities that are facing the problem of white privilege head on, Bexley Ohio is probably not high on the list. With their racial...
Feature
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11 July 2018
Ohio State students #Fight4HER to end Trump's Global Gag Rule
Kate Richardson

At first glance, there is not much in common between the 19-year-old single mother living in the Kibera slum of Kenya pictured here and the Ohio...