States Consider Calling Back Nat'l Guards from Iraq

Featured Events this week:

Ongoing – Through August 15^th, 2008.  The Puffin Foundations Does ArtSpace, at Northwood ARTSpace.  LAWS OF WAR/LAWLESS WARS.

Saturday, July 12^th, 2008, 6:30 PM – Midnight.  Free Press/Green Education Fund

Second Saturday Salon.

Thursday, July 17, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 PM.  Columbus Green Drinks – Green Investing.

July 19^th, 2008, 4:00 PM – 2:00 AM.   WCRS LP-FM BENEFIT SHOW.

Details on these and other events below.

Events/Meetings

Ongoing – Through August 15^th, 2008.  The Puffin Foundations Does ArtSpace, Opening Reception at Northwood ARTSpace.  LAWS OF WAR/LAWLESS WARS.

Location:  Northwood-High Building 2231 N. High St. Room 100

Always Free and  Everyone Welcome Fridays 3-8

And GALLERY HOP SATURDAYS TOO!

Featuring: 

·         Photographs by DOROTHY LANGE & ANSEL ADAMS depicting the Wartime Internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans.

·         Poems From Guantanamo: “The Detainees Speak”

·         My Tour of Duty Photos of Guantanamo by KARL SCHAAB

·         Painter of True Life Atrocities - ERIC HUMPHRIES

Join Together in the Exploration of Race Prejudice, War Hysteria And the Failure of Political Leadership in Our Times.

Pizza and Movie Nights:

Friday July 11^th  Snow Falling on Cedars @ 6:00 p.m.

Friday July 18^th  The Road to Guantanamo @ 6:00 p.m.

Friday July 25^th Poetry Jam  Readings from Poems from Guantanamo and Open Mic

Saturday August 2^nd Speaker Eva Hashiguchi will give her oral history of her internment as a 16 year old Japanese-American citizen following the bombing of Pearl Harbor @ 3 pm

Followed by Pizza and a Movie Faces of the Past, Voices of the Present @ 4 pm

Friday August 8^th From a Silk Cocoon @ 6:00 p.m.

Friday August 15^th  Franz Kafka’s The Trial by Orson Wells (1962) @ 6:00 p.m.

Inquiries answered at puffinoh@columbus.rr.com or call 223-1055

*Check your local newspaper’s weekly calendar listings and listen to your Community Radio Station 98.3FM and 102.1FM for calendar details or check the website at universitydistrict.org under ARTSpace

Monday, July 21, 2008, at 7:00 PM. Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting.  Video: "A Force More
Powerful" (Episode 1, 87 min) looks at the Nashville Student Movement of the 1960s, Gandhi and independence for India in the 1930s, and the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1985.  All meetings (unless noted) at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm  For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 7:30 PM.  Free Press Free Film Night.  “Oil, Smoke and Mirrors.”  Sponsored by Central Ohio Green Education Fund and the Drexel East.   Location:  Drexel East Theater, 2254 Main St., Bexley.  For more information, 253-2571 or  truth@freepress.org

July 22, 2008, 5:30 – 7:00 PM.  Saving the World from Your One Bedroom Apartment (Individual Environmentalism).  Columbus Metropolitan Club Event.  With great power, comes great responsibility.  You don’t have to be a super hero to make a difference in our world, heck, don’t even need a second bedroom.  Individual environmentalism is all the rage, so how can you get in on the revolution?  Ask the experts. 

Panelists:

Tad Dritz, Columbus Green Drinks

Michael Jones, The Green Grocer

Erin Miller, MORPC

Moderated by:  Kinberly Gibson. 

Pre-event Networking and Trade Show from 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Saving the World Panel from 6:30 – 7:15 PM

After Party from 7:15 - ? Andyman’s Treehouse, 887 Chambers Rd.
Location: The Ohio 4H Center 2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus, Ohio, 43210

Cost:  $10.00 for the general public.  To register, go to Columbus Metropolitan Club.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 6-7:00 PM.  Defining Green Business.  The local chapter of the Sierra Club is working on a Columbus "green" pages--a catalogue highlighting Columbus' eco-friendly, progressive, and locally-owned businesses. Nathaniel Grossman and MacKenzie Bailey of S.C. will conduct a focus group to find out where you shop and how you define a green business. Please bring your suggestions and ideas--your input will help us create the green pages. Thank you! Location:  2929 N. High St.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 4:00 PM.  Greenpeace Action at Steve Stivers’ Office. 
Greenpeace has been working hard to make sure that both of the candidates running for Congress here in Columbus know that we want action taken on global warming.  This upcoming event is the perfect opportunity for you all to get involved and get some direct contact with one of the candidates who we want to step up and be a leader on this issue!   To keep the pressure on, we'll be delivering some pretty interesting things to Republican Steve Stivers' office on Wednesday, July 23rd.  He will be the proud recipient of three wind turbines, a solar panel, and a giant post card....all of which were built by volunteers and covered with the 1,400 postcards that we have collected – and most of you have signed – in the past months!!  This is going to be a great event and we really need you all to come out so we can make a huge statement.  We will be alerting the media of our plans and will be getting a lot of great attention.  If you're interested in taking action we will be meeting at the Little Palace restaurant (240 S 4th St. Columbus, OH  43215) at 4:00 on Wednesday, July 23rd.  This location is just down the street from Steve’s office so we will walk from there as a group with our gifts!  Please RSVP at http://us.greenpeace.org/site/PageServer?pagename=OH15_District or call me at 614-354-4275 with any questions.  If you can’t make it but still want to take action, you should call Sen. Stivers’ office at 614-358-0800 and tell him your name, your address and that you want him to be a leader on global warming now.   For more information, contact  Missy Leonard, 614-354-4275, mjleo67@gmail.com

Friday July 25, 2008, 6:30 PM.  1^st Annual Fundraiser for Veterans and Military Families for Progress (VMFP).   Spaghetti Dinner ($5.00 donation at the door). 

Location:  The Gahanna Sanctuary, 82 North High Street, Gahanna, Ohio 43230

VMFP advocates for legislation to improve the lives of veterans and military families.  We empower veterans and their families by holding our leaders accountable for promises made to those who serve and we acknowledge the sacrifice of their families.

Join us along with Rosemary Palmer, Gold Star Mom and candidate for OH Senate District 25

Iraq War Veteran Ben Thompson, VFW Hilliard Memorial Post 4931 Commander and disabled Vietnam Veteran, Dave Perdue.  Although the mission is serious, we plan an upbeat evening. Americans, of all affiliations, will join together for an evening of informative talks and fun! 

If you are not able to attend, please consider donating to VMFPOhio, so that we may continue the mission to ensure the rights and needs of veterans, military  service members and their families are understood by the American public,endorsed by our elected officials, and protected by legislation, regulation, and public policy initiatives.

Please RSVP vmfpohio@gmail.com or contact  VMFPOhio, Teresa Dawson, Executive Director (614) 284-5623, P.O. Box 30322, Gahanna, OH 43230   

VMFP is a 21st Century Veterans Administration recognized organization

Saturday, July 26, 2008, 1-4:00 PM.  Butterflies! at Dawes Arboretum.   Location:  on Ohio Rt. 13, five miles south of Newark and 3 miles north of I-70, Exit 132.  Join Jim Davidson, Ohio Lepidopterist vice president, for a slide program on common butterflies and skippers in Ohio. Learn ID, habitat requirements and which plants entice which butterflies and skippers. From 1-4 pm, $10.  Please make a reservation at 740-323-2355 or <information@dawesarb.org>. 

Saturday, July 26, 2008, 2-6:00 PM.  Canning Green Beans at Stratford Ecological Center.   Location: at 3083 Liberty Rd. outside Delaware. Gain the confidence to preserve from your garden or local farmer’s market by canning with others.  You’ll leave with jars full of the harvest.  Cost is $15/family, pre-pay by reservation only. Contact Christa at 740-363-2548 <treebeing@aol.com> or visit <www.StratfordEcologicalCenter.org>.

Saturday, July 26, 10:00 AM - 9:30 PM. Clintonville Community Market Block Party.
* Music - Food - Local organizations - even puppets & hula hoops!
* Free hot dogs and tofu dogs for all!
* Live music ALL DAY
Plan to attend and help us promote the event by inviting local vendors, arts & crafts people, and social/ecological organizations to participate.  Musical entertainers include Megan Palmer, Eric Nassau, Lydia Loveless,  Local Color and the Michael Maher Band. Contact 487-1111 or Frank.Tennyson@gmail.com for more information or to help.  Quoting Chuck:  It takes a community to raise an event like this!

Sunday, July 27^th, 2008, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.  Community Drum Circle.  Calling all hand drummers! Met at the pavilion where W. Pacemont Rd. meet the Scioto Olentangy bike trail. Bring your own drum.  For more information contact Nick at nigore@hotmail.com.
Location:  Clinton-Como Park, Columbus, OH 43202.  Clinton-Como Park runs along the Olentangy river and is located west of N.  High St. between West Weber Rd. and West Como Ave. Parking is available
along W. Weber, Dorris Ave, and W. Pacemont.

Monday, July 28, 2008, 12 noon (for 1 hour).  Ohio Council on Fair Trade meeting.  Location:  Ohio AFL-CIO, 395 E. Broad Street in downtown Columbus.  For more information or to be added to the OCFT mail list, contact:  Khansen@695online.com or OHFairTrade@yahoo.com.   

Monday, July 28, 2008, at 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting.   Video: "A Force More
Powerful" (Episode 2, 87 min) looks at Danish resistance to the Nazis in 1940, Poland's Solidarity movement in 1980, and the toppling of Pinochet in Chile in the 1980s.  All meetings (unless noted) at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm  For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

7-29-2008 through 8-6-2008. Nuclear Free Future Walk.  This event will start at the City Center Mall in Columbus Ohio on the corner of E. Rich St. and S. High St 8:00 AM Sunday July 29th and will end at Horse shoe Mound Park in Portsmouth Ohio on the 4th of August. On the 5th we will caravan to Knoxville TN and on the Morning of the 6th participate in the ceremony at the Y12 plant in Oakridge TN.  Sponsored by Footprints for Peace. 

DESCRIPTION:
July 29th - Day 1 - Columbus to the intersection of us 23 and Duval Rd (13.3 miles).  Head south on High St follow High St until it turns into us 23; follow 23 to the intersection of 23 and Duval Road.
July 30 - Day 2 - Intersection of us 23 and Duval Rd to Circleville Ohio (12.2 Miles) Route 23 south. 
July 31st - Day 3 - Circleville Ohio to the intersection of  US 23 and 207 13.1 Miles Route 23 south. 
August 1st - Day 4 - Intersection of us 23 and 207 to the intersection of us 23 and Mt Tabor Rd (13 miles) Take the OH-159/Bridge St/US-23-BL ramp to US-35 W/Kingston
Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Chillicothe/Bridge St/Washington C H and merge onto N Bridge St/OH-159 S/US-23-BL S  Continue to follow N Bridge St/US-23-BL S
Turn right to merge onto OH-104 S/US-23 S
August 2nd - Day 5 - Intersection 23 and Mt Tabor rd to Piketon (13 miles) Route 23 south
August 3rd - Day 6 - Piketon to Lucasville (13.3 miles) Route 23 south
August 4th - Day 7 - Lucasville to Horse Shoe Mound (10.7 miles) Route 23 south
August 5th - Day 8 - Caravan to Knoxville
August 6th - Day 9 - Ceremony Oakridge TN
If anyone is located near any of these areas and would like to host a overnight for us we only need a place to camp 4 to 6 tents please contact Jim at jim@footprintsforpeace.net or call 513-403-2765.  You can join the Nuclear Free Future Walk for a few hours a day or the whole week.

Thursday-Sunday, July 31-August 3, 2008.   Family Camp at Stratford Ecological Center (for families with children 8 years and older). Thurs. 10-4, Fri. 10 am through Sunday 11:30 pm. Take part in Earth-connecting games and activities and become involved in life on the farm.  This camp is focused around connecting parent and child with each other, with their senses, and with Earth’s rhythms. We’ll camp under the stars at Stratford’s pond.  $300 for parent and child.  $100 for each additional family member. $100 deposit is required. Contact Christa at 740-363-2548 <treebeing@aol.com> or visit <www.StratfordEcologicalCenter.org>.

Saturday, August 2, 2008, Noon – 1:00 PM.  An Emergency Call to Action:  Stop War on Iran.

An attack could be imminent,

We can’t afford to wait,

Take it to the streets this summer,

U.S. Out of Iraq, Money for Human Needs, Not War!

Put some heat in the street and be part of actions in 50 cities across AmeriKKKa.

Location:  North Broadway and High St.  Hosted by Columbus chapter of World Can’t Wait (www.columbuswcw.org )  Free WCW “No War on Iran” posters.

Contact:  vargo.che@hotmail.com

Monday, August 4, 2008, at 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting.   Joanne Hachtel presents the video "White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" (85 min).
All meetings (unless noted) at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm  For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 6:30-8:00 PM.  Green Families at Stratford Ecological Center.  Location:  3083 Liberty Rd. outside Delaware.  Bring a picnic for an evening of fun and games with people interested  in simplicity, green living, and conscious parenting.  Green Families meets on first Tuesdays and costs $20/family/year. First visit is free. Please RVSP to Christa at 740-363-2548 <treebeing@aol.com> or visit <www.StratfordEcologicalCenter.org>.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 5-9:00 PM.  Canning Tomatoes at Stratford Ecological Center.   Location: at 3083 Liberty Rd. outside Delaware. Gain the confidence to preserve from your garden or local farmer’s market by canning with others.  You’ll leave with jars full of the harvest.  Cost is $15/family, pre-pay by reservation only. Contact Christa at 740-363-2548 <treebeing@aol.com> or visit <www.StratfordEcologicalCenter.org>.

Wednesday, August 6^th, 2008, 7:30 PM.  Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration.   Never Again!  From Hiroshima/Nagasaki to Tehran.  Location:  Battelle Memorial Riverfront Park.  For more information, 252-9522.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 5:00-7:00 PM.  Transfer of Development Rights.  Since 2000, Central Ohio has lost 178 square miles of farmland. The Columbus metropolitan area continues to sprawl outwards and consume open space and natural resources. Down-zoning can impinge on property equity issues. Purchase of land or development rights requires significant financial resources. Is there another alternative? Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) provides a market-based mechanism to preserve farmland and open space, while creating or revitalizing urban centers, towns and villages. Hear about how TDR works, its implementation in Ohio and beyond, and legislative efforts to further encourage TDR.

Local Panelists:
Jill Clark, Director, OSU Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, The Ohio State University
Representative Larry Wolpert, Ohio House of Representatives

Lynne J. Erickson, AICP, Director, Portage County Regional Planning Commission
Brian Williams, Ohio State Director, American Farmland Trust
Registration Information:  Please pre-register by Monday, August 4^th; Food and drinks to be provided ; $15 for Members before August 4th ; $25 for Non Members before August 4th ; There is onsite registration, but fee increases $10; This event has been submitted for one hour of continuing education credit for AICP certification maintenance. 
 Informal post-event ULI mixer will be held at the Columbus Brewing Company, one block from MORPC
Register online or call 800-321-5011 and mention meeting code 8109-0903.
Questions?   Call 1-800-321-5011

Location:  Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, 111 Liberty Street, Conference Room
Columbus, OH 43215 (Free parking will be available at the MORPC lot, located on the west side of the building)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008, 6:05 PM.  Faith, Labor, Peace Coalition Meeting.  Discussion of petitioning and strategy to promote a Columbus City Council and Franklin County Commissioners resolutions to the end the war on Iraq.  Location:  Progress Ohio Office, 251 S. 3^rd St., Columbus.  For more information, contact dougsftc@yahoo.com

Saturday, August 9, 2008.  Wild Ones Field Trip.   Meet at 10 am for a garden tour at David and Patricia Marsolo’s home, 1068 Hepplewhite St. in Westerville. The standard-sized suburban yard includes a vegetable garden, propagation areas, glass sunroon, wildlife hedge and 2 small ponds. Wild Ones promotes biodiversity by landscaping with native plants.

Saturday, August 9^th, 2008, 6:30 PM – Midnight.  Free Press/Green Education Fund Second Saturday Salon.  Join other progressives for an evening of socializing, food, drink, and interesting presentations.  Location:  Free Press Office, 1000 E. Main St., parking in rear or next door at the Salvation Army, 253-2571, truth@freepress.org.

Sunday,  August 10, 2008, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.  Community Drum Circle.  Calling all hand drummers! Met at the pavilion where W. Pacemont Rd. meet the Scioto Olentangy bike trail. Bring your own drum.  For more information contact Nick at nigore@hotmail.com.
Location:  Clinton-Como Park, Columbus, OH 43202.  Clinton-Como Park runs along the Olentangy river and is located west of N.  High St. between West Weber Rd. and West Como Ave. Parking is available
along W. Weber, Dorris Ave, and W. Pacemont.

Monday, August 11, 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 PM.  Central Ohio Green Party Meeting.  Location:  Northside Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library - 1423 North High Street - Columbus, Ohio 43201. This is one block north of King and High.  For more information, contact dgibson6@columbus.rr.com or http://www.myspace.com/centralohiogreenparty

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 7:00 PM.  Free viewing of the award-winning documentary:  The Devil Came on Horseback. This powerful film provides a first-hand narrative of a former ANC observer, with photographic evidence of the genocide in Darfur and an explanation of the politics and motivation for violence in this country.  Immediately following the film will be a question and answer period with a Sudanese refugee.  For more information, contact Christi 447-0378; 332-9636

Location:  4th Street Pavilion, 1934 N. Fourth Street, Columbus, Ohio.

Friday, August 15^th, 2008, 7:00 – 7:30.  Iraq Moratorium/Women in Black Vigil.   Women in Black Columbus will be holding Iraq Moratorium Vigils every third Thursday.  Each vigil will focus on a specific women who has been a victim of the war.  This vigil will be in remembrance of Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi (August 19, 1991 – March 12, 2006),  a 14-year-old Iraqi girl who was gang raped and murdered along with her family by U.S. Soldiers.  A planning meeting will follow the vigil.  For more information, contact chammon@columbus.rr.com

August 16^th, 2008, The Making of America - A wake-up call and learning experience.  Speaker: Earl Taylor Jr., President of the National Center for Constitutional Studies. Learn how restoring the solid political and economic principles of the US Constitution can solve nearly every problem facing America today. $7 - includes 135-page study guide.   Location: Newark Public Library, 101 W. Main St., Newark Ohio.  For more information, contact 740-334-4390 or  libertycentral1@gmail. com

Monday, August 18, 2008, at 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting.   Janet McLaughlin on Pax Christi.  All meetings (unless noted) at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm  For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 6:00 PM.  Jobs with Justice Meeting.  Location:  27 Euclid Ave. off High Street, Old Firehouse #7.  (Close to the Short North near Kroger)

For more information, Click here for the JwJ Website

Thursday, August 21, 2008.  Columbus Green Drinks.  Erin Miller from MORPC will host the movie Air—The Search for One Clean Breath at the Arena Grand Theater, 175 W. Nationwide Blvd.  Social gathering at 6 pm, movie at 7.  CGD, a chapter of Green Drinks International, is a monthly informal drinks and socialization gathering for people who are interested in keeping our planet “green”. 

Saturday, August 23, 2008, Noon – 1:00 PM.  Demonstration Against the War in Iraq and For NO War on Iran.  Free WCW burning globe posters; WCW no war on Iran posters will be distributed.  Location:  Corner of North Broadway and High Street.  Volunteers needed to wear orange jumpsuits and hold latest WCW ‘No Torture” banners.  Sponsored by Columbus Chapter of World Can’t Wait.  Contact the chapter organizer at vargo.che@hotmail.com

Sunday, August 24, 2008, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.  Community Drum Circle.  Calling all hand drummers! Met at the pavilion where W. Pacemont Rd. meet the Scioto Olentangy bike trail. Bring your own drum.  For more information contact Nick at nigore@hotmail.com.
Location:  Clinton-Como Park, Columbus, OH 43202.  Clinton-Como Park runs along the Olentangy river and is located west of N.  High St. between West Weber Rd. and West Como Ave. Parking is available
along W. Weber, Dorris Ave, and W. Pacemont.

Monday, August 25, 2008, at 7:00 PM.  Central Ohioans for Peace Meeting.   Keith Kilty on Hiroshima. All meetings (unless noted) at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.  Directions can be found at http://www.ColumbusMennonite.org/streetmap.htm  For more information, see www.centralohioansforpeace.org

Monday, August 25, 2008, 12 noon (for 1 hour).  Ohio Council on Fair Trade meeting.  Location:  Ohio AFL-CIO, 395 E. Broad Street in downtown Columbus.  For more information or to be added to the OCFT mail list, contact:  Khansen@695online.com or OHFairTrade@yahoo.com. 

Tuesday, August  26, 2008, 7:30 PM.  Free Press Free Film Night. Film – TBA.  Sponsored by Central Ohio Green Education Fund and the Drexel East.   Location:  Drexel East Theater, 2254 Main St., Bexley.  For more information, 253-2571 or  truth@freepress.org

September 11-13. 2008.  MORPC Summit on Sustainability & the Environment.  Registration is now open!  Over 500 people came together at last year’s Summit for a common interest, the well-being of our natural world. This year the Summit will be held on at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.  This three-day event will enable participants to learn from experts and problem solve with each other. The event will feature an Exhibit Hall, Keynote Speakers, Breakout sessions, professionally facilitated action sessions, an evening reception, field trips and more!
Registration is now open and a draft agenda has been posted at www.greenregion.org.
It is not too late to become a sponsor or exhibitor of the Summit - details are also posted online. Non-profit organizations are welcome to display information on their organizations, research, areas of interest at a Poster Session and/or Table Topics presentation where attendees can choose from a variety of casual presentations each at a different table - presentations occur every 15 minutes for an hour. An attendee can decide to stay at one table to ask questions/get more in depth with one topic, or circulate to a variety of tables over the course of an hour. Interested parties should contact Leslie at lstrader@morpc.org, or 614.233.4124.

Saturday, September 13^th, 2008, 6:30 PM – Midnight.  Free Press/Green Education Fund Second Saturday Salon.  Join other progressives for an evening of socializing, food, drink, and interesting presentations.  Location:  Free Press Office, 1000 E. Main St., parking in rear or next door at the Salvation Army, 253-2571, truth@freepress.org.

Tuesday, September  16, 2008, 6:00 PM.  Jobs with Justice Meeting.  Location:  27 Euclid Ave. off High Street, Old Firehouse #7.  (Close to the Short North near Kroger)

For more information, Click here for the JwJ Website

Monday, September 22, 2008, 12 noon (for 1 hour).  Ohio Council on Fair Trade meeting.  Location:  Ohio AFL-CIO, 395 E. Broad Street in downtown Columbus.  For more information or to be added to the OCFT mail list, contact:  Khansen@695online.com or OHFairTrade@yahoo.com. 

Tuesday, September  23, 2008, 7:30 PM.  Free Press Free Film Night. Film – TBA.  Sponsored by Central Ohio Green Education Fund and the Drexel East.   Location:  Drexel East Theater, 2254 Main St., Bexley.  For more information, 253-2571 or  truth@freepress.org

Thursday, September 25^th, 2008, 7:00-8:30 PM.  Film showing:  Michael Franti’s “I Know I’m Not Alone.” (run time, 86 minutes).  Armed with an acoutstic guitar and a video camera, musician Michael Franti will take you on a musical journey through war and occupation in Iraq, Israel, and Palestine.  Along the way he will share his music with families, doctors, musicians, soldiers and everyday people who in turn reveal to him the often overlooked juman cost of war.  You can view a video featuring Yell Fire! By Michael Franti and Spearhead at www.columbuswcw. Org.  Location:  meeting room at the Whetstone Library, 3909 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio.  This event is hosted by the Columbus chapter of World Can’t Wait, www.columbuswcw.org.  This event is free and open to the public (donations accepted).  For more information, contact vargo.che@hotmail.com  

September 26^th – 28^th, 2008.  Free Press Election Protection Conference.  Organizing conference features Mark Crispin Miller, specaker, author of “Loser Take All,” films “Free For All” and Dorothy Fadiman’s newly edited film, both featuring central Ohio’s stolen 2004 election, how to “Video the Vote,” prevent voter registration purging, and be an Election Day observer.  Location TBA.  For more information, contact truth@freepress.org

October 2, 2008, Chris Awards Election protection organizing event, film “How Ohio Pulled it Off.”  Location:  Studio 35.  To get involved:  253-2571 or truth@freepress.org.  Co-sponsored by Central Ohio Green Education Fund. 

Monday, October  27, 2008, 12 noon (for 1 hour).  Ohio Council on Fair Trade meeting.  Location:  Ohio AFL-CIO, 395 E. Broad Street in downtown Columbus.  For more information or to be added to the OCFT mail list, contact:  Khansen@695online.com or OHFairTrade@yahoo.com. 

November 24, 2008, 12 noon (for 1 hour).  Ohio Council on Fair Trade meeting.  Location:  Ohio AFL-CIO, 395 E. Broad Street in downtown Columbus.  For more information or to be added to the OCFT mail list, contact:  Khansen@695online.com or OHFairTrade@yahoo.com.