Meeting

The monthly meeting of the local affiliate of the national Move to Amend organization that is calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to reverse several U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the past century and thereby to firmly establish that corporations are not people and that money is not free speech. Find out what can be done locally to restore democracy! Bring a brown bag lunch.

This meeting will unite the new Ohio Young Communist League, the Friends of the People’s World, and the Columbus Club of the CPUSA and will include a presentation on “The Internationale” and an introduction to the work of the Communist Party USA and the Young Communist League.

Contact: 614-325-1926

A reading group initiated by the Franklin County Green Party has formed to discuss Naomi Klein’s latest book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. The group will meet the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in Room 100 of the Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St. This event will follow the regular second-Tuesday 5:30pm Franklin County Green Party meeting.

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

Contact: fcgreenparty@gmail.com

We will view the film “Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives.” When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930s, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. During this time, the Federal Writers Project hired journalists and writers to travel the county and record the memories of this last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.

Our mission is to empower marginalized communities by expanding their capacity to convert their social power into significant economic driving forces that propel social justice movements towards victory. We advocate for alternative economic models that pose serious challenges to the existing capitalist system.

Our focus for these meetings will be to draft an alternative economic vision, community-building strategy and implementation plan for central Ohio.

Contact: Michael Vinson, 614-843-8721

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com

Redistricting reform was on the ballot in 1981, in 2005 and in 2012. We can all agree that legislative districts shouldn’t be rigged to favor the political party in power and that manipulation of district lines manipulates the vote. But can we actually change this winner-take-all system? Catherine Turcer, Common Cause Ohio’s policy analyst, will take a look back at reform efforts of the past and walk us through a discussion of Issue 1, the redistricting reform measure on this November’s ballot.

Columbus Residents are working to ensure safe drinking water, clean air, and safe soil in the City of Columbus.

The Columbus Community Bill of Rights is an Amendment to the Charter of the City of Columbus. This rights-based amendment will give Columbus residents local control over the extraction of hydrocarbons and protect their unalienable rights for pure water, clean air, and safe soil, free from “toxins, carcinogens, radioactive substances, and other substances known to cause harm to health.”

Columbus Residents are working to ensure safe drinking water, clean air, and safe soil in the City of Columbus.

The Columbus Community Bill of Rights is an Amendment to the Charter of the City of Columbus. This rights-based amendment will give Columbus residents local control over the extraction of hydrocarbons and protect their unalienable rights for pure water, clean air, and safe soil, free from “toxins, carcinogens, radioactive substances, and other substances known to cause harm to health.”