Protest/Rally

Sunday, August 18, 2019, 12pm, North Bank Park, 311 W. Long St.

Join gun reform advocates for Everytown for Gun Safety’s national call to action during the Congressional recess, as we pressure Gov. DeWine, Senator Portman, and Senator McConnell to support and pass livesaving gun reform legislation! Dayton and El Paso are the newest communities to join the list of communities that are devastated by gun violence. Join us to make your passion seen and your voice heard!

Friday, August 16, 3:45-6:30pm, Ohio Statehouse

We will be rallying outside of the Statehouse to demand the liberation of our undocumented friends!

Hosted by RAID [Resistance Against Immigrant Detention].

Thursday, August 7, 12noon-1pm, outside of U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s Columbus office, 37 W. Broad St., Ste. 300

#Fight4HER Ohio has been working hard collecting petitions all over the state to put an end to Trump’s Global Gag Rule. This year, we’ve collected thousands of petitions and will be heading to Senator Portman’s office to demand his support of the Global HER Act.

Join us, Wednesday, August 7, for a rally and petition drop-off in front of Portman’s Columbus office.

Friday, July 12, 7-10pm, Ohio Statehouse

This is a nationwide mass mobilization effort. We will gather here in Columbus and meet at the Ohio Statehouse for a rally; then we’ll march to the LeVeque Tower, which holds an ICE office. It’s also directly across the street from U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s office.

Saturday, June 22, 11am-4pm, McFerson Commons, 218 West St.

Join Voices United for Women (previously known as Her Heartbeat Ohio), on June 22 at 11am, in protest of recent legislature aimed at taking control from women when it comes to their own reproductive health.

Voices United for Women unifies the women of Ohio, standing hand in hand with us, fighting for the reproductive rights of women.

Friday, June 7, 12noon-6pm, beginning at the Ohio Statehouse and then marching to the OSU campus

The government is trying to take away basic human rights and a woman’s choice to have an abortion and to receive adequate birth control is something not to be deemed “unconstitutional.”

The three founding principles of this country are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and they are under attack.

In light of the government’s actions, the public’s voice needs to be heard.

Wednesday, June 5, 4:30-6:30pm, Ohio Statehouse [corner of S. Third St. and E. State St.]

Ohio House Bill 6 would eliminate Ohio’s energy efficiency and clean energy programs. It would replace them with a charge on every Ohioan’s electric bill that would go to bail out First Energy’s crumbling leaking nuclear plants and two coal-fired plants, one of which is in Indiana.

Tuesday, May 21, 12noon [local time], many locations across the country, including Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 77 S. High St.

Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of extreme bans on abortion, stripping away reproductive freedom and representing an all-out assault on abortion access. This is Trump’s anti-choice movement . . . and it’s terrifying, particularly for women of color and low-income women who are most affected by these bans.

Thursday, May 9, 9am-12noon, Franklin County Municipal Court, 375 S. High St.

Activists will hold support for 17-year-old Masonique Saunders by rallying outside of the Franklin County Courthouse, demanding her immediate release and freedom from all of her charges.

Friday, May 3; to Friday, May 10, Columbus, Ohio

On December 7, 2018, Columbus police murdered 16-year-old Julius Ervin Tate Jr. On December 13, they arrested his 16-year-old girlfriend, Masonique Saunders, charging her with the murder they committed.