Meeting

Topic: “Women’s Equality in the Catholic Church” with Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americans Watch. Roy continues to be a tireless advocate for the equality of women in the Church despite being severely punished by the Vatican for speaking his conscience. This talk is part of the “Justice In The Catholic Church Series” of talks with prominent Roman Catholic priests.

We will watch “Dirty Wars.” Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America’s expanding covert wars in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, etc.

http://dirtywars.org/the-film

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.”

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.”

We start with an icebreaker topic for conversation and then move to an open discussion. Our agenda is always open but in general we discuss life and living beyond religious belief.

This event, “a chance for Ohio’s progressive activists, organizers, leaders, techies, fundraisers and bloggers to dialogue with each other,” previously scheduled for Saturday, February 28, has been postponed until Saturday, April 25.

Contact: Denise Gastesi, denise@progressohio.org or 614-441-9145

Speaker Sarah Adams, a former worker with the Mennonite Central Committee, will share stories of the conflict in Syria and the way that churches and community groups in Syria and Lebanon have stepped forward to care for the needs of the displaced and work at conflict resolution in their communities.

Tish O’Dell, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund [celdf.org] Ohio organizer; co-founder of MADION (Mothers Against Drilling in Our Neighborhoods), 2012; successfully passed a Bill of Rights in the City of Broadview Heights, Ohio.

Contact: ColumbusBillofRights@gmail.com or Greg Pace, 614-565-6067