“September Green Drinks: Tree ID Walk with Mort Schmidt,” hosted by Green Columbus

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Wednesday, September 25, 6-7pm, Whetstone Park of Roses Shelter House, 3901 N. High St.

What: Join us for a walk through Whetstone Park with Mort Schmidt. We will learn all about the trees that reside within this park. Join us for drinks and snacks afterwards at Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern, 4109 N. High St.

Why: To learn more about the trees that support the Columbus community!

Who: Open to the public; must be 21+ to enjoy drinks.

Hosted by Green Columbus.

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Trump’s mass deportation plan, a modern-day trail of tears

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Following his humiliating debate performance, Donald Trump is leaning even harder on the fear factor to rally his base. At the core of that strategy is engendering fear of immigrants. “We have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums.”  He is doubling down on his calls for mass deportation, promising “the largest deportation in the history of our country.”

I am concerned that Americans have only begun to imagine how devastating mass deportation would be. There are around 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US.  Many are deeply established in their communities. The Migration Policy Institute estimates that more than three million own homes.   What will it look like when millions of established families, many of them with deep roots in their communities, are forcibly torn apart?

Sign up for Election Protection training

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We are Ohio's coalition of voter advocates dedicated to ensuring that our elections are modern, secure and accessible to all Ohioans. The Ohio Voter Rights Coalition believes our democracy is strongest when it includes us all. When voters have access to the ballot and make our voices heard, we create a democracy that is more just, equitable, inclusive, and reflective of the values we want to see in the world. 

2024 Fall Election Protection Trainings

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Open Office Hours: For all your questions or just to say hi! We will be here every Friday from 1-2pm starting October 11 through Election Day. Join here!

Poll Monitors 

Poll Monitors support voters at the polls in-person, answering questions but also connecting voters denied the ballot to legal resources. This is a great way to directly assist voters and be our eyes and ears at the polls, making sure every valid registered voter gets to exercise their rights.

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Ukrainian Vision of Peace

Refuse War, resist for peace and man breaking a gun in half
Clean skies are proudly azure,
When bloodshed of inhuman war is ceased,
And peace endure.

So says the last poem written by Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko; he desired to end the first world war, but didn't lived to see the Peace of Versailles. If he would, he might be disappointed by short-sighted plans of peaceful life written by victors who never seriously considered life without wars and because of that failed to build sustainable peace.

Of course, in most places, most of the time, people always live in peace, because peace is the need and natural right of every person and every community, including the people of Ukraine. Restraint, truth and love, good trusting relations for centuries and millennia allowed people to live peacefully on the common planet Earth and in each of its countries, including Ukraine.

Peace, rooted in every particle of existence, always surrounds us. Even when we don't notice it. Even when injustice and evil far or near disturb us, cause pain and loss.

How Positive Tipping Points Change the Climate Story

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Monday, September 23, at 12pm US Eastern Time
When we talk about climate change, we often talk about negative tipping points — irreversible devastation that can set off or accelerate the destruction of ecological systems. But there’s another side of the story: positive tipping points. In this one-hour Covering Climate Now press briefing, experts will explain a new report, authored by panelist Professor Tim Lenton, that will be released on Monday, September 23.
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