Protest for Public Transit
Saturday, October 16, 1-4pm
Ohio Statehouse; 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215
A rally to demonstrate the importance of public transit. We are rallying a few days before Congress is back in session to demand that the Reconciliation Bill pass with 3.5 trillion dollars over 10 years. We want Senator Sherrod Brown to know that cutting corners with climate and transit is not an option. We need financial and political investment in public transit nationwide. Public transit is an economic engine, civil right, and a climate imperative. We are calling on Sherrod Brown to support the passage of the reconciliation bill and to keep the pressure on so that funding for transit remains in the bill. 

Columbus Stand Up! and Ohio Climate Justice Fund Hosts Conversation about Racial Justice and Climate Action 
Saturday, October 16, 2-4pm
Venture Suite (780 Mt. Vernon Ave). Click here to RSVP.
At a time when clean energy projects are developing across the state, Columbus Stand Up! and the Ohio Climate Justice Fund will host a community conversation in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of Columbus to discuss ways to advance an equitable clean future for everyone in Ohio. As we look toward the development of clean energy in Columbus, we’re excited to host our last session on the fast-growing near East side. While population growth has meant utility and infrastructure updates in the neighborhood, residents are concerned that they’re seeing new gas lines placed instead of infrastructure for clean energy. We hope that our conversation will encourage residents to begin advocating for the development and inclusion of clean energy infrastructure as the neighborhood is updated. We look forward to joining one of the best known fixtures of the Mt. Vernon community, Bronzeville Growers Market, to add a discussion of clean energy to their longstanding conversations about soil quality, lack of trees, and access to fresh and affordable produce on the near East side.
“Conversations about climate and clean energy haven’t really been happening in Mt. Vernon and on the near East side,” said Kwesi Low, community organizer and area resident. “Unlike the previous three neighborhoods where we’ve hosted our talks - Barnett/Livingston Ave., Linden, and Southfield/Marion Franklin - Mt. Vernon hasn’t experienced any recent factory explosions or ecological disasters; rather, it’s in a state of growth. That’s why it’s so important that we bring the conversation to the neighborhood at this time: to ensure that increased development also includes investments in clean energy and environmental justice.”