Cathy Cowan Becker will be presenting the latest information about the Columbus Climate Action Plan. Her slide show will explain how the City can improve the plan to ensure that the goals keep pace with what climate science says we must do.
Mayda Sanchez, director of the Ohio Public Banking Coalition, and Chuck Lynd, Simply Living volunteer and chair of the Support Ohio Local Economies (SOLE) initiative, will provide an overview of the Public Banking movement and an overview of the Ohio plans to bring the power of public banking to our state, cities, and counties.
Lynn Stan, Simply Living Board Member, will talk about the initiative to develop a database of locally owned businesses, locally and eventually statewide. She will explain how supporting our local business community keeps money locally and contributes to the resilience and sustainability of our cities and neighborhoods.
Chuck Lynd will moderate the Q&A discussions.
Bill Lyons of the Ohio Community Rights Network will talk about their upcoming Democracy Film Series, co-sponsored with Simply Living.
To Join the virtual event use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83906590837
Sunday, March 21 6:30 – 8 pm
Care & Share Time Bank Gathering
Special Program on Neighborhood
Community Solar Power
Planning a Local Community Solar Project in Columbus
Art Yoho will talk about plans to build solar arrays at a local school and on several 3-4 acre properties in the area. Art and other Simply Living members (SL is an affiliate member of the Time Bank) have met with the City of Columbus (Councilman Emmanuel Remy and various aides) to explore how the city might support their project. It has the potential to become a model community solar project serving 80 local homes as well as schools, and could be replicated in other neighborhoods to meet the city’s goals in their Climate Action Plan.
The zoom link and additional information will be posted soon on the CSTB website: cstimebank.org
The Ohio Community Rights Network
and Simply Living Present
The Democracy Film Series
See the website here for details and registration links
Sun March 28 at 2 pm
What is Democracy?
and
Sunday April 25 at 2 pm
Invisible Hand
WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?
INVISIBLE HAND
Documentary on the Rights of Nature
$5 donation is requested. Both films are virtual and a link to the film will be provided to watch the film 24 hours in advance of the Discussion and Q&A. Details and discussion leaders on both films are HERE.
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Carolyn Harding, host of Grassroot Ohio, interviews Abbie Sigmon and Donny Murray, leaders of the Columbus Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. New legislation that taxes carbon and returns revenue to families could make a real difference in lessening global warming. Listen live Fridays at 5 pm on 94.1 FM or streaming on WGRN.ORG. More here
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Tuesday March 16 8 – 9 pm Free video series from Greg Braden, Bruce Lipton, and Lynn McTaggart offer deep dives into the nature of the universe and how we are part of the whole.
March 18 @ 6 pm ET. Conversations For A Preferred Future-Series: Enright Ridge Urban Eco Village. Jan Spencer from Eugene Oregon is interviewing Jim Schenk, founder of Imago and this Cincinnati ecovillage. More info and links to other Jan Spencer presentations here.
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Meet the EPA’s New Leader: Michael Regan
Wednesday was a watershed day for the people of the United States. Congress passed a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill and confirmed more of President Biden’s Cabinet nominations — including Michael Regan as leader of the Environmental Protection Agency. “Michael Regan could be the transformative leader the EPA desperately needs, but the challenges are enormous,” said Kierán Suckling, the Center for Biological Diversity’s executive director. “Reversing Trump’s gutting of the EPA’s pollution, climate and science programs is his first task. But Regan must also break the pesticide and pollution industry stranglehold on the EPA that has endured for decades under both Republican and Democratic administrations. To make environmental justice the EPA’s central mission and slow the extinction and climate crises, Regan must cut through the Gordian knot of industry control.”
The new edtion of Yes! magazine is about the path to aNew Ecological Civilzation. Simply Living is giving away copies at Portia’s Cafe, Global Gallery Coffee Shop, Northstar restaurants, the Bexley Co-op, and KEMBA in Clintonville.
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In This Issue…
- Unlimited ideas for Spring Break in Columbus
- Free Sundays at Columbus Museum of Art
- Planetariums and Astronomy: Celestial events and best places to see the stars
- Over 100 free or cheap events this weekend in Columbus
- Nature walks and scenic hiking trails in Columbus
- St. Patrick’s Day Events in Columbus
- Last Chance! Columbus Zoo Half Price Winter Admission Discount
- Find a Friday Fish Fry for Lent in Columbus, plus other dining options
- Columbus Bunny Run and Hilliard Kidsfest with KidsLinked
- Free Kid’s Meal at Boston Market (with coupon). Limited time!
- St. Patrick’s Day Festivities at Fadó Irish Pub Easton
- The Columbus Dispatch Home and Garden Show: Remodeled for Safety
- Skate Around the Town at Easton Ice Rink
- Three Bags Full and other Upcoming Consignment Sales in Columbus
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Mega Weekend
Saint Patrick’s Day, Chillhop, Power Rangers & More!
Have a great weekend! Pi Day is Sunday! Dempsey’s Food & Spirits has reopened. Turn your clocks forward and check your smoke alarms.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Take a look at what Dublin has planned for celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day. Do the Shamrock Run. Byrne’s Pub has a Saint Patrick’s party.
Check out what Sideswipe has going on for St. Paddy’s Day.
SHOPPING
Final weekend for Home & Garden Show. Sip & Shop at The Forum.
Get an autograph from Jason Faunt of Power Rangers.
ENJOY EXPLORING ART
Other things are going on for Franklinton Friday.
Popgun is streaming a concert with Natalie’s.
BalletMet presents Rainbow Etude. Hear The Paperweights.
Saturday is Chihuly Nights. Enjoy Jazz and the Struggle of Freedom.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO
THIS WEEDKEND?
Cheer on Columbus Blue Jackets, and try a dinner at Zoup!
There is a Memorial for Babachu Spriggs on Thursday night.
Talk Trans Wellness on Friday during lunch.
Did you sign up to hear about Strong Towns? Clean up Old Oaks.
Check out Chillhop on the Hilltop.
Thanks for reading and enjoy your weekend!
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Friday, March 12, 2021, 5:00 – 5:30 PM. GrassRoot Ohio With Carolyn Harding. Our mission is to profile every-day people working on important issues and to connect them with other folks who want to help. Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio Justice: environmental, social, racial, economic, w/ folks on the front lines. LISTEN TO 94.1 FM and stream US online at WGRN.com. You can find all GrassRoot Ohio podcasts/shows on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ.
Friday, March 12, 2021, 12:00 PM. J Street Webinar: QAnon, White Nationalism and Antisemitism: A conversation with State Sen. Scott Wiener and Sophie Ellman-Golan. Join J Street for a webinar discussing the alarming growth of QAnon and other white-nationalist, antisemitic conspiracy theorists and its impact on our politics. We’ll seek to better understand the nature of this extremist movement and to explore how American Jews can take action ourselves and in partnership with other vulnerable communities to combat this threat and call out the extremist right’s increasing access to more mainstream Republican circles. We are excited to be joined by California State Senator Scott Wiener, who after leading progressive LGBTQ civil rights legislation, was aggressively targeted by QAnon conspiracy theorists. He received thousands of death threats, many of which focused on his identity as a gay man and a Jewish progressive. Our other panelist will be Sophie Elman-Golan, Director of Strategic Communications at Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, who throughout the Trump era has been one of the leading national voices combating antisemitism and white nationalism while helping to expose the ties between far-right movements and elected officials. The conversation will be moderated by Logan Bayroff, J Street’s Director of Communications. Register here.
Friday, March 12, 2021, 7:00 – 8:30 PM. Panel and Discussion: Healing From Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation. Join a virtual panel discussion featuring among others Sammy Rangel, one of the members of Life after Hate. Healing from Hate is a documentary film that takes a deep dive into the minds of men who gravitate toward white supremacist hate groups. Focusing on the bold work of the group Life After Hate – an organization founded by former Skinheads and neo-Nazis now engaged in de-radicalizing violent extremists on the front lines, the film examines the root causes of hate group activity. Healing from Hate is at once a document of racism and white-male grievance in America, and a portrait of a group of people working together to heal communities torn apart by hate and division. To register to watch the film and attend the event, use this link: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/3256910. A link to view the film from home anytime between Friday, March 5 and Sunday, March 14 will be sent to all registrants.
Saturday, March 13, 2021, 1:30 PM. International Working Women’s Day Coalition Webinar 2021. Women and Gender-Oppressed Workers Rise Up: The Real Pandemic is Capitalism. The Cure is Global Solidarity and Resistance. Register here.
Saturday, March 13, 2021, 4:30 PM. International Working Women’s Day Commemoration Event.Celebrating activist women who organized in March 1983 and subsequent years after, some on New York’s most inclusive international Working Women’s Day events led by a coalition of Black, Latin American, Asian American and Indigenous women and their allies.Register here.
Saturday, March 13, 2021, 12:00 – 2:30 PM. ‘Kiss the Ground’ Watch Party. Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, “Kiss the Ground” is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that explores the first viable solution to our climate crisis. “Kiss the Ground” reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil is the missing piece of the climate puzzle. This movie is positioned to catalyze a movement to accomplish the impossible–to solve humanity’s greatest challenge, to balance the climate and secure our species’ future. More information and tickets here.
Sunday, March 14, 2021, 3:00 PM. US Exceptionalism: Its Story in Nicaragua and Beyond. Please join us for a webinar on Sunday, March 14, with three stimulating speakers: Brian Willson, Kathy Hoyt, and Sofia Clark. “US American Exceptionalism” is a concept promoting the United States as the Shining City on the Hill. The first among nations. The example all other states should follow. This webinar will address the notion of US exceptionalism, with special but not exclusive focus on Nicaragua. Brian Willson will describe the history and origins of the dogma of US American exceptionalism – the fear and trickster psychology behind it, the adolescent culture which produced it, and its origins in Nicaragua and Central America in the 1800s and 1900s. Kathy Hoyt will focus on American exceptionalism as an ideology to justify punitive sanctions on other nations. She will discuss sanctions in general, with emphasis on the illegality and harm caused by US unilateral sanctions, and she will review current US sanctions on Nicaragua. Sofia Clark will examine American exceptionalism in the global context – how it is used to justify US foreign policy around the world. Register here.
Monday, March 15, 2021, 11:00 AM. The Battle Inside the ADL. A conversation about the history of the Anti-Defamation League, its role in American politics, and the struggle for civil rights everywhere. Join us for a panel on civil liberties, Israel/Palestine, and the Anti-Defamation League. Following the recent Jewish Currents report citing various sources inside the ADL about conflicts between their civil rights work and Israel advocacy, this conversation will explore the history of the organization, its role in American politics, and the struggle for civil rights everywhere. Moderated by Noa Yachot, and joined by attorney Diala Shamas and journalists Alex Kane and Jacob Hutt. Register here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 7:00 PM. Ohio Poor People’s Campaign Spiritual Council. Virtual meeting every third Tuesday. Register here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 12:00 PM. Ohio Sunshine Week: Transparency Team Training. Join Common Cause Ohio during Sunshine Week for a training focused on Ohio’s Sunshine Law and how to do a public records request. Register here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 7:00 – 8:00 PM. Women’s March Take Action Tuesday. The elections may be over, but our work isn’t. We’re making sure women’s priorities are top priority for the new administration. We’re taking a stand on COVID relief for women, and we’re taking action by writing online LETTERS TO THE EDITORS of local, regional, and national publications. Women’s March will target publications for your area and give you everything you need to write a great letter. We’ll discuss the topic together, and of course, you’ll get live support and troubleshooting. We’ll have a different topic each Tuesday, so join us for all of them!Register here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 5:30 PM. Clintonville Area Progressives Happy Hour.Dennis Willard of We Are Ohio will join us to discuss the SB 5 campaign. This is the tenth anniversary of the successful campaign to preserve collective bargaining rights in Ohio. Join Zoom Meeting: https://ashlanduniversity.zoom.us/j/94816344243. Meeting ID: 948 1634 4243. Dial by your location: +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC).
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 5:30 PM. Planned Parenthood Virtual Voices with Connie Schultz! Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Connie Schultz in conversation with our own President and CEO Iris E. Harvey! Their conversation will be moderated by Connie’s stepdaughter and Columbus City Council President Pro Tempore Elizabeth Brown. Register here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 8:00 – 9:30 PM. Speak Up! Spoken Word & Open Mic. Join us for BQIC’s monthly fundraiser, BQIC speak up! Spoken Word and Open Mic. Come out and share your poems, songs, monologues, inner musings, and good encounters, bad days, good dates etc on the digital mic! LGBTQIA+ people of color take priority. The suggested donation is $5. Link to the event and more information here.
March 17 – 21, 2021. Digital Capitol Hill Days 2021. Population Connection and Population Connection Action Fund will host their annual advocacy conference, Capitol Hill Days, virtually in 2021! Each year, we bring together activists and advocates from across the country and around the world to talk about global reproductive health, environmental, and population issues. Through a series of virtual, hands-on advocacy trainings and informational workshops held from March 17-21, participants will learn how to: !) advocate for reproductive health and rights for everyone, everywhere, 2) urge their elected officials to support an investment in global reproductive health and family planning, and 3) stay engaged in reproductive rights advocacy locally, year-round. On Monday, March 22, participants will attend virtual meetings with their senators and representatives to advocate for the permanent repeal of both the Global Gag Rule and the Helms Amendment, and for a greater U.S. investment in international family planning and reproductive health services. More information and registration here.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 7:30 PM. Protect Our Waterways – Webinar #3 | Port Hope : A Case Study in Radioactive Risk. This third webinar in the Protect Our Waterways series will look at Port Hope, the legacy of radioactive wastes the community is burdened with, and community concerns, particularly in light of a recent proposal to relax environmental cleanup criteria that many felt were already too lax. Faye More, Chair of the Port Hope Community Health Concerns, will speak about radioactive contamination in Port Hope and the community’s journey from realizing the extent of the widespread contamination through efforts to address it, including responding to the federal government’s decision to consolidate contaminated soil into a “mound” in Port Hope and continued issues and concerns as the “plan” is put into operation. Theresa McClenaghan, Senior Counsel and Executive Director at the Canadian Environmental Law Association will speak about the privatization of radioactive waste management in Canada, with a special focus on the contractual arrangements between the federal government and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and CNL’s owner /operator companies. More information and registration here.
Thursday, March 18, 7:00 PM. The Doomsday Machine with Daniel Ellsberg. Join us for a conversation with Daniel Ellsberg about his book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. “The father of American whistle-blowing”, as Edward Snowden calls him, Daniel Ellsberg has served as consultant to the White House, and has drafted U.S. plans for nuclear war. Daniel Ellsberg as White House consultant, was an inside player during the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and more. His unique perspective can inform and empower us, as the current nuclear arsenal is larger than ever. Even with a nuclear arsenal that can destroy our global population many times over, hundreds of billions more of our tax dollars are being wasted on new nuclear weapons. Ellsberg performed a great public service when he released the Pentagon Papers, and risked his freedom to do so. Once again, Daniel Ellsberg performs an invaluable public service by giving us a window inside U.S. nuclear war planning, which is far more destructive, genocidal and suicidal than the public ever knew. This book talk is sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action and Maine Peace Action. Register here.
Thursday, March 18, 2021, 3:00 PM. Advocacy Training Series: Issues and Policy. Panel of experts will discuss priorities in state budget. In preparation for Ohio Council of Churches Advocacy Day March 2021. Register here.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 12:00 PM. Columbus Metropolitan Club. Solving the Affordable Housing Puzzle. According to a September 4, 2020 article in the ColumbusUnderground, “There have been plenty of reports and studies in the last several years on the shortage of affordable housing in Central Ohio. And last year, a $100 million housing fund was established and Columbus voters approved a $50 million bond package to address that shortage. A new effort was unveiled this week which aims to lay out a clear strategy both for the allocation of those types of resources and for making sure that the burden of tackling the challenge doesn’t fall solely on the shoulders of Columbus – that the many suburbs, towns and smaller cities throughout the region also take part. Featuring Lark Mallory, General Counsel and Director of CDFI Investments at Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County; Aaron Schill, Director of Data and Mapping, MORPC, and Jennifer Gorsuch Walters, President & CEO, Gorsuch Community of Companies. Host to be announced. Live on YouTube. More information here.
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 5:00 PM. ACLU Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About Redistricting. Every ten years, Ohio lawmakers redraw our state and congressional districts to reflect shifting populations as captured in the decennial census. However, this process will be different in 2021 than in decades past. For the first time ever, Ohio will redraw state and congressional districts in accordance with two constitutional amendments that were overwhelmingly passed by the public in 2015 and 2018. This webinar will focus on how Ohioans can expect this new process to unfold and how this new process can inject fairness and accountability into the historically partisan and secret process of redistricting. Register for the zoom link here.
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