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Protestors with shields as police in riot gear prepare for attack
21 June 2020

After a day including an LGBTQ-Black Lives Matter march at noon and other anti-police brutality gatherings at the Statehouse this evening, the Columbus Police and SWAT seemed to anticipate trouble with an unprecedented and unnecessry...

Cop hitting someone on the ground
21 June 2020

Back in the mid-sixties, in the heady days of Lyndon Johnson’s ‘Great Society Program,’ I was working in my first job out of college as an ‘intergroup relations professional’ at the Detroit Commission on Community Relations. I spent my...

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21 June 2020

Sunday, June 21, 12pm
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
“We need in every bay and community a group of angelic troublemakers.”
Bayard Rustin
Join Kingfinity and the Columbus, Ohio LGBTQ+ Community as We March...

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20 June 2020

Did you miss the June Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon?

If so, here's a run-down of what happened and how you can be involved next time!

Last Saturday, June 13, was the Second Saturday Cyber-Salon with the ...

Chalk words on ground Yes Columbus Community Bill of Rights
20 June 2020

COLUMBUS, OH: June 17, 2020 - Today a lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio, demanding the immediate suspension of a unique Columbus City Charter provision which places a one year timeline on ballot initiative...

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19 June 2020
The protesters in our streets have spurred action by our local and state leaders, and it’s long overdue considering the Columbus Division of Police (CDP) officers who have killed our neighbors are still on the force and facing no...

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