Saturday, September 17, 12:30-2pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

When the Founding Fathers signed the Constitution in 1787, less than six percent of Americans could claim their rights as legal persons. A hundred years later, the Supreme Court recognized personhood rights for corporations while denying those rights to the majority of actual human beings living in the U.S.

• How have corporations gained constitutional rights? Through unelected Courts without a democratic process.

• How have “We the People” gained constitutional rights? Through hard-fought struggles led by powerful grassroots movements of people.

The Central Ohio affiliate of Move to Amend invites all persons and groups to its national Movement Education Program. Beginning September 17, we will discuss how past movements have succeeded, where they have faltered, and what we can learn from their experiences. The program consists of seven sessions, including discussions on the suffrage, civil rights, labor, disability, and LGBT movements.

Join us for Session I, or an introduction, to how we define oppression and solidarity, examine how corporate rule benefits from oppression, and learn how oppression damages democracy and diminishes the power of all people.

Sponsored by the monthly meeting of the local affiliate of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech.

Contact: Sandy Bolzenius at sbolzenius72@hotmail.com.