Westerville Public Library, meeting room B, 1:30pm

Join us as we gather to relaunch Indivisible Westerville for the Trump 2.0 era. We will: 

• review the new Indivisible Guide and general plans for Resistance 2.0
• provide an update on the effort to pressure Westerville City Council to protect targeted groups from the Trump agenda and discuss next steps
• get an update on regional plans from Indivisible Central Ohio

Join us at the first 2025 meeting of the Westerville City Council to continue to lobby members of council to pass a policy that will help to protect vulnerable members of our community from abuses by the Trump administration. In addition, come show your support for the potential conversion therapy ban that council will be discussing. Note the new location of the City Council meeting.

Please join us for an informal catch up Zoom meeting. Join the call HERE.

This week's action is to get prepared! With the inauguration around the corner, something of great concern to many is protecting vulnerable community members from Trump’s deportation plans. The Thursday Action Group is holding a special meeting Thursday, Jan. 16 at 1pm to talk about this topic, specifically about reaching out to local school boards and city councils to encourage them to be ready to take action. 

Their guest will be Joseph Mas, who testified before Columbus City Council in 2017 when the council was trying to figure out how to best protect community members from Trump’s deportation plans during his first term. For reference, see this video. Mr. Mas recently wrote this column, published in the Dispatch on 1/10/25. Also, this article discusses how some school boards are working to protect vulnerable members of their communities. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Battelle Grand Ballroom, Columbus. 
Cost: $50.  Keynote speaker: Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins. 
Click HERE For details and to reserve a seat.

Cost: $35 - $400. Theme: “Creating the Beloved Community, Even When We Don’t Agree,” featuring Kenston Henderson Sr., speaker. 

Details HERE.

Featured speaker will be Rep. Dontavius Jarrells. 

Click HERE for details and registration.

Details and tickets HERE.

 Keynote address by journalist Dana Tyler. Those attending are asked to bring canned food items for the Worthington Resource Pantry. Refreshments to be served following the program. 

More info HERE.

Tremont Rd. Library parking lot (the library is closed that day)

Food will be donated to the Clintonville Community Resource Center Food Pantry. (See list of desired items in 1/8 newsletter.) You can also drop off checks made out to CRC Food Pantry. If you can’t make it on Jan. 20, drop off boxes for your donations will be available from Jan. 13–20 at these locations: 

• 5055 Francisco Pl. (43220); 
• 1858 Guilford Rd. (43221); 
• 2000 Malvern Rd. (43221); 
• 4284 Braunton Rd. (43220).

Free event, but requires registration. Click for details and to register for a shift.

Sponsored by PSL Columbus (Party of Socialism and Liberation).

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Join your fellow Clintonville Area Progressives for delicious food and to ring in a new year of progressive activism!

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Join us for a monthly social/political dinner, where we write to legislators or voters, or plot and plan more events about issues we care about! 

Sign up HERE.

Join us at the Westerville City Council meeting to support passage of a conversion therapy ban. This council meeting is tentatively scheduled as the first reading of the ordinance. In addition, we will continue to lobby members of council to pass a policy that will help to protect vulnerable members of our community from abuses by the Trump administration.

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This training from Abortion Forward will further acquaint you with political advocacy tactics, repro lingo, and help you find the best way to get involved. Every month, we dive into movement ecology, abortion messaging, the current landscape of abortion access, and provide next steps for you to take action! 

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This talk will review several ways in which psychological research and expertise can help us to understand reactions to climate change, and to encourage more positive responses. Dr. Clayton will discuss how to better understand the ways in which people perceive the risks of climate change, the ways in which climate change threatens psychological well-being and undermines social justice, and how behavioral interventions can be used to encourage adaptive responses. Free tickets HERE.