Joe Motil, former Columbus City Council candidate and longtime outspoken critic of Mayor Ginther and City Council’s blanket tax abatement policies, once again blasted them at last night’s City Council meeting for approving of a $1.1 million 10-year 75% tax abatement to the T. Marzetti Company.

T. Marzetti’s has been in business for 125 years and Lancaster Colony has owned Marzetti’s for 52 years now. Marzetti’s is headquartered here in Columbus along with five of its company’s operations and two additional ones are located elsewhere in Ohio. 

Wednesday, February 24, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Protesting pipelines, fracking wells, power plants, and other polluting and dangerous “critical infrastructure sites” just got a lot harder now that Ohio S.B. 33 is law.

What does this mean for you if you engage in public witness events? What are the new rules about liability for social justice organizations, churches, etc.? Find out in our free webinar discussion, “Your Protest Rights and Risks With Ohio S.B. 33,” on Wednesday, February 24 at 7pm.

Panelists include:

• Larry Bresler, Organize! Ohio

• Gary Daniels, Ohio ACLU

• Tadd Pinkston, Pinkston Law and UU Justice Ohio

Please register in advance for this webinar by using this link.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Learn how to protect yourself and your organization.

Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26, this on-line event requires advance registration

We are excited to announce the virtual Nguzo Saba festival for Black History month. This will take place the fourth week of February as a celebration of Black History Month — Monday, the 22nd until Friday the 26th — streaming from 5pm to 7pm each day.

This virtual festival will feature music, dance, poetry, education, activities, and a game show hosted by the lovely Navitta C. Nelson.

This will livestream through Gye-Nyame Journey Media, YouTube: Kwanzaa365_media, Black Liberation Movement Central Ohio, and GNJ.media during the evenings that week.

Want to participate? Email blmcentralohio@gmail.com

We are seeking performers, lectures about Black History, and more! We want to feature examples of Nguzo Saba.

What is Nguzo Saba? It is the Seven Principles: Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work/responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith).

or decades, The New Yorker has set a high bar for journalistic excellence.

Graced by its signature brand of droll, sophisticated cartooning, the magazine’s exquisitely edited screeds have reliably delivered profound analyses of the world’s most pressing issues.

But in a breathless, amateurish pursuit of atomic energy, the editorial staff has leapt into a sad sinkhole of radioactive mediocracy.

The latest is Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow’s shallow, shoddy “Activists Who Embrace Nuclear Power,” yet another tedious plea that we learn to love the Peaceful Atom.

For at least a century, countless scientific pioneers have exposed the murderous realities of nuclear radiation. Legendary researchers like Marie Curie, Alice Stewart, Rosalie Bertell, Helen Caldicott, John Gofman, Ernest Sternglass, Thomas Mancuso, Karl Z. Morgan, Samuel Epstein, Robert Alvarez, Arnie Gundersen, Amory Lovins, and others have issued vital warnings.

Sunday, February 21, 4-6:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This February, join us as we honor our past, present, and future. During this virtual forum, black radical scholars has partnered with community leaders to discuss topics related to the Black community.

Community leaders will facilitate topics in Zoom breakout rooms for 45 minutes. There will be two sessions during the forum. Session one will have three breakout room topics and session two will have three breakout room topics. Participants will be able to select their breakout room of interest during the event.

Session One Topics:

• Black Mental Health: Stigma and Solutions

• Community Healing: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome and Generational Trauma

• We’re Not Taboo: Discussing Black Maternal and Reproductive Health

Session Two Topics:

• Where the Money Reside: Generational Wealth and Wealth Attainment

• Rest as Resistance: Meditation and Finding Inner Joy

• Living Ancestors: How Connecting with Elders Can Help Shape the Future