Protest/Rally

Thursday, June 17, 11am-2pm, Ohio Statehouse [Ladies’ Gallery]

On June 26, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will end the $300/week federal unemployment benefits for Ohio. These payments are federally funded in full and were supposed to be available until September. Far from recovered, workers still need these payments to pay their bills and buy groceries.

Wednesday, June 9, 11am-12noon, Ohio Statehouse

We’re going all in for Ohio’s kids to demand our lawmakers pass the #FairSchoolFundingPlan. Together, we’re helping all of our kids thrive — no exceptions.

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative is joining the Ohio Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, and other partners to deliver petition signatures and to raise the urgent need to pass the Fair School Funding Formula.

Come with your school spirit wear!

Saturday, May 22, 12noon, beginning and ending at the intersection of N. High St. and North Broadway

Sunday, May 16, 1:30pm, Bicentennial Park, 233 S. Civic Center Dr.

Ohio is coming together to stand in #solidarity against hate, hate crimes, racism, and violence in our community. We are #united, and we will have Asian American, Black, Jewish, Latino, LGBTQ, Muslim, Women, and more #representation.

Saturday, May 8, 1-3pm, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

Israeli settlers, backed by the US-funded Israeli Occupation Forces, are trying to force Palestinians out of their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. 500 Palestinians are at risk of eviction.

Settlers and Israeli soldiers have been attacking Palestinians daily and are inflicting severe violence in their attempt to ethnically cleanse East Jerusalem. On Wednesday night [5-5-2021], Israeli forces murdered 16-year-old Said Odeh, elsewhere in the West Bank, near Nablus.

Saturday, April 10, 12noon, Ohio Statehouse and via “Facebook Live”

The Ohio Legislature is proposing bills that are so broad that peacefully protesting would be fair game for felony convictions and exorbitant fines. One such bill (S.B. 33) goes into effect on April 12.

Use this link to learn more information about these bills.

Let’s protest while we still can and shed some light on the detrimental effect that they will have on our First Amendment rights to free speech.

Saturday, April 10, several different times and locations across Ohio

Protests across Ohio and a “Virtual Story Circle” (via Zoom) will be happening on April 10 at around 12noon, to speak out against anti-protest bills that have been proposed in Ohio. See below for links to each event.

Saturday, April 10, several different times and locations across Ohio

In an effort to bring press and statewide attention to the four anti-protest bills sitting at the Ohio Statehouse (H.B. 22, H.B. 109, S.B. 16, and S.B. 44), UUJO: Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio and the Our Voices Together Coalition are organizing a statewide protest action.

Saturday, March 27, 2pm, Ohio Statehouse

Last Tuesday, March 16, we lost eight lives, six of which were Asian women, to a violent shooting. The country mourns and grieves for the lost. We continue to hold healing spaces but seek to empower Asian American / Pacific Islander and other POC communities towards international solidarity against Asian Hate, to Stop White Terror.

Saturday, March 20, 7-8pm, Goodale Park Gazebo, 120 W. Goodale St.

There will be an in-person vigil today at 7pm at the Goodale Park Gazebo in the Short North.

We will hold space for the women who were killed in Atlanta, Georgia. This space is also for Asian Americans to process their grief and anger during these difficult past few days. However, white allies and other POC folks are encouraged to come as this fight against racial inequality cannot be accomplished without support from all fronts.