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Join us at Franklin County Board of Election
on Monday, August 20th, for support

 
From Bill Lyons:

We are on the Franklin County Board of Elections meeting agenda for Monday, August 20, at 3:00 pm. They will vote on whether our ordinance is on the November ballot.  The address is 1700 Morse Rd, Columbus.

You are probably asking "Could they keep it off the ballot?".  Well, the Mahoning County Board of Elections did for a very similar Youngstown Water Protection Bill of Rights.  They had to sue all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court where it was ruled that the Board improperly considered the constitutionality in refusing to place the Bill of Rights on the ballot.  By that time they only had two weeks to campaign!  We want to put pressure on them to do their job and decide now to put this on the ballot!

We have all worked so hard on this - for over 3 year and collecting more than 43,000 signatures - for it to be sabotaged by an unelected body!   Core members, and anyone else who can, let's meet beforehand, at least by 2:30 pm in the parking lot.  If we change this to somewhere nearby I will let you know.
Many thanks!  Power to the People!
 

 
 
Get Energized!
Your Community Rights Conference Invitation

 

Exciting opportunity for the Growing Roots and Rights for Just Communities  Conference this September 29 in Columbus at Quest Conference Center  - 
why not register TODAY! After all it's a GREAT DEAL at only $10 for the entire day including lunch!! 
 
Besides presenting great key note addresses Dr. Melina Abdullah and Mari Margil will also participate in our Community Conversations where issues such as police accountability, rights of nature and sustainability, fair elections, worker rights, treatment and legalization of drugs instead of mass incarceration, will be discussed with the following participants sharing their experiences with audience members and inviting audience members to participate as well:
Dr. Bob Fitrakis - Columbus Free Press, author and educator - Susie Beiersdorfer – Geologist, educator and community rights activist - Mike Ferner – Author, former Toledo Councilman, peace and environmental activist -  Ben Price – National Organizing Director for CELDF and author -  Kevin O’Donnell – Ohio Student Association organizer and social justice activist -  Cathi Steele – Founder Mid-Ohio Worker’s Association and activist fighting poverty issues for over 20 years -Chad Nicholson – Pennsylvania Organizer CELDF - Saraquoia Bryant – Local business owner from Athens, community rights activist and marijuana legalization activist - Tish O’Dell – Ohio Community Rights/CELDF Organizer and activist.

 
 
Registration has already begun and seats are limited. Sponsorships and tabling opportunities to get your organization’s name in the program and to be affiliated with this “first in the state” conference bringing together activists from environmental and social justice groups focusing on their common issues and possible solutions are also available on the registration site.
Registration is only $10 to reserve your seat for this sure to be enlightening and eye opening conference and that price includes lunch.
AND, if you purchase your ticket by August 25, you will be entered into our drawing to receive a basket of community rights resources valued at over $75.
 
So what are you waiting for? REGISTER TODAY at
http://ohcommunityrights.org/growing-roots-for-just-communities/                    
 
Ohio Community Rights Network
 
www.ohiocrn.org
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." 
 
Alice Walker
 
 
 
Please visit our website.  We have alot of information on our fracking issue pertaining to the Columbus area. If you visit our 'Help Out' page,you can read meeting minutes from previous meetings, as well as download materials we use for petitioning.  The password to the Organizing Meetings page is "helpout".
 
Remember, this is OUR
Participatory Representative Democracy
If we don't use it, we lose it

 
 
You can download and read the 2017 language of our Columbus Community Bill of Rights from our website.  Click on the large symbol above to access our website, or on the link below. 


 
Toxic Radioactive Waste Doesn’t Belong Here
Protect our Home, our Families, our Rights!
 
 
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