Monday, March 13, 11:30am-12:30pm, Ohio Statehouse

Parents, child care providers, and child care advocates recently announced coast-to-coast events coinciding with the Day Without Child Care (DWOCC). The DWOCC will be held on May 13, and is designed to build support for fully funded, quality early childhood education and care.

In Ohio, The CEO [Care Economy Organizing] Project, a division of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, will bring about 500 providers to the Ohio Statehouse. The advocates released the following statement:

“The work of caring for children and families is critical,” said Tami Lunan, director of The CEO Project. “Affordable, quality child care makes it possible for parents to go to work, knowing that the most precious people in our lives are in good hands. Yet it’s some of the most invisible and undervalued work. It’s time to invest in expanding affordable, quality child care with living wages for the hardworking child care providers who care for and nurture our children.”

Who:

• The CEO Project

• Parents, child care providers, advocates

• Additional speakers

Saturday, May 11, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Theme: A heart for the homeless

Speakers:

• Emily Grace, Heer to Serve, a group dedicated to providing food and other resources to the houseless on the city’s west side

• Matina Bliss, houseless advocate

• Winie Wirth, houseless volunteer

• And more!

A “question-and-answer” period will be included.

If you have announcements for the progressive community, let us know at <colsfreepress@gmail.com>.

Please use this Zoom link to join this event.

Hosted by Columbus Free Press.

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Original at Tom Dispatch

Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a rebellion close to home. Young people — least inclined to deference, most inclined to moral outrage — are leading public opposition to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. The campus upheaval is a clash between accepting and resisting, while elites insist on doing maintenance work for the war machine.

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