Carolyn Harding w/ Our Voices Together - an alliance of organizations working to protect our first amendment right to peaceful protest amidst a barrage of anti-protest laws in the Ohio Legislature.

Rev. Joan VanBecelaere is the Executive Director of UU Justice Ohio.  This past election season, she also directed Ohio UU the Vote and was Chair of the Registration Team of the Nonpartisan Ohio Voter Outreach Committee (NOVOC). Before working for UUJO, she worked as UUA staff and was vice president for student services at Iliff School of Theology, Denver CO.  She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her spouse, Jerry, and 4 felines all named after Hebrew Bible prophets and royalty.

Kristen Beireis is the Community Organizer at UU Justice Ohio. Last election season she organized 26 congregations to participate in Ohio UU The Vote and helped activists acclimate to the digital version of voter advocacy. Kristen has worked as Program Coordinator in school based non-profit programs and has a long history in online marketing. She volunteers as a Hike Leader in local Metro Parks, sings in choirs and musical theater, leads a Facebook group of almost 1000 activists and has been organizing since 2016. Kristen and her Husband live in the Dayton, Ohio area with their feline friend, Hobbes. 

www.uujo.org
click on the Our Voices Together Box on the front page.

Protest While You Can Saturday Protest https://www.facebook.com/events/925833758230492

Rapid Action List Sign up - http://bit.ly/ourvoicestogetheralerts

Web Page - http://bit.ly/ourvoicestogetherinfo


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Grassroot Ohio ENDING

Our Voices Together - Anti-Protest Bills OH w/ Joan Van Becelaere and Kristen Beireis

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Carolyn Harding with Tracey and Sean Barnes, flower farmers facing, not one but two imminent asphalt plants on either side of Alexandria, and next to their farm in St Albans Township.

Tracey Barnes is a mother and flower farmer with a deep love for the natural world. Along with her husband and three children, she lives and works full time on their flower farm in Alexandria, Ohio. Before she began farming in 2016, Tracey worked connecting people with plants, as a Volunteer Coordinator and Horticulturist in public gardens. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from The Ohio State University. Tracey's love of travel has taken her around the country and abroad, but the place she loves the best is her home, in Alexandria. 

Sean Barnes has always loved being in nature. His interest in plants drew him to Horticulture, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from The Ohio State University. He has worked mainly in public gardens, but got his start working in greenhouses and nursery production.  In addition to flower farming with his wife since 2016, he is also a certified Arborist, with an endless passion for trees and forestry. When Sean is not farming,  he is usually spending time with his kids, or finding time to travel to the places where he is most at peace, in the woods. 

Last night’s Township Trustee Meeting was packed, but the Trustees did Not want a repeat of the heated BZA meeting, so they told folks to ask their questions online…..and the packed house waited to hear more information….

Several pieces of literature with information were passed around -
* One paving company has history of violating EPA permits -water & air;
* Large scale manufacturing operation;
* Production of 3,000,000 tons/year w/ surface area 15 acres; 
* Runs 24/7, 300 days/year;
* Requires 385 trucks/day to haul out asphalt continuously;
* Water for dust suppressant, what source;
* Noisy, bright, smoky, heavy industrial operation;
* A bag house will collect particulate from mixer, but no other air pollutants, Sulfer Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide, Volatile Organic Compounds, Carbon Monoxide;
* No capture of blue smoke from silos of hot asphalt;
* quarry pond used for industry and run-off returned, enroute to acquifer and private well water.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/904509544135710

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There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!

Clean Air & Water for Alexandria and St. Albans Township w/ Flower Farmers Tracey and Sean Barnes

Them Fantasies - Billionaires

State Preemption Laws vs The People:

No one Wants their Rights taken away. State lawmakers are busy stripping away community, municipality and county rights by writing and passing State Preemption Laws. Ohio is one of 43 Home Rule states, and the People of Ohio refuse to surrender their hard won right for Local Self Governance.

Carolyn Harding speaks with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Director Tish O'Dell, who works with communities across the country who are pushing back against state preemption laws. 

Photo used with permission of Tish O'Dell

Pacifica Network - Sprouts

12.06.23 / State Preemption Laws w/ Tish O'Dell

Encore Presentation

Before becoming Mayor of her hometown of Viroqua, Wisconsin in 2018, Karen Mischel spent 17 years in the Merchant Marines followed by her current occupation as an organic farm inspector.

Mischel shares:

- Lessons learned in communication from working on the ship;
- The challenges of managing a rural community with new and old residents;
- Why hard conversations are important and non-violent communication is the key in her community;
- Her work on banning herbicide spraying on public places in Viroqua and on leased public agricultural land;
- Her focus on prioritizing clean water, healthy soil, organic farming, and community health;
- Why educating people in the community should be a political responsibility. 

Photo by Marco Verch
https://foto.wuestenigel.com/earth-on-fertile-soil-saving-environment-earth-day-conservation-world-concept/

Pacifica Radio Network - Sprouts

04.10.24 / Why Hard Conversations are Important and Making a Stand for Healthy Soil

GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding -  with Leatra Harper of Fresh Water Accountability Project and Megan Hunter of Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services to discuss the multi billion international PetroChemical Hub planned, permitted and financed under most Ohioans’ radar.  Plans that have huge toxic implications for SE Ohio and Global climate impacts.
fwap.org
https://www.fairshake-els.org
www.nocrackerplantov.com
https://www.facebook.com/ConcernedOhioRiverResidents/
www.ohvec.org
https://www.desmogblog.com/fracking-plastics 

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PTT Global Cracker Plant, Belmont County, OH- L Harper, M Hunter, Esq

GrassRoot Ohio radio/podcast with Mia Lewis (Ohio District 12) and Meryl Neiman (Ohio District 3) will share what these grassroots groups are doing for DEMOCRACY in Central Ohio.

Mia Lewis works for Common Cause Ohio and is one of the leaders of Indivisible: Ohio District 12. Indivisible OH12 has been busy standing up to the Trump agenda since January 2017, registering and turning out voters, recruiting and supporting candidates, and holding elected officials accountable. They are looking forward to having all hands on deck for 2020 and helping everyone find a way to get involved and make a difference.

Meryl Neiman is a recovering attorney turned entrepreneur and writer who now spends a lot of her time as an activist and organizer. She's a leader with Indivisible Columbus District 3 and with Ohio Progressive Action Leaders ("OPAL"), a coalition of Indivisible and other group leaders state-wide. OPAL's Mission Vote 2020 Vision campaign is focused on defeating Trump in Ohio in 2020 and flipping two additional Ohio Supreme Court seats to ensure fair redistricting.

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INDIVISIBLE OH Dist 12 & 3- M Lewis, M Neiman

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GrassRoot Ohio host Carolyn Harding with Justin Nobel.  Justin writes on issues of science and the environment for Rolling Stone and other US magazines, investigative sites and literary journals. His work has been published in Best American Travel Writing, and Best American Science and Nature Writing. A book he co-wrote with a New Orleans death row exonoree, "The Story of Dan Bright," was published in 2016 by UNO Press. He is presently working on a book about oil and gas radioactivity to be published with Simon & Schuster and titled, "Petroleum 238 - Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It."

His explosive, hot-off-the-press Rollingstone article, America’s Radioactive Secret - is the culmination of 20 months research and interviews with oil & gas workers, regulatory agents, scientists, industry watchdogs and local activists in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, communities where fracking and the Frack Waste Stream is pervasive and growing.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/

Thanks to the Economic Hardship Reporting Project:  http://economichardship.org/

RadioactiveWasteAlert.org

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America’s Radioactive Secret- Justin Nobel

Who are these intrepid commuters?  Rain, Snow, Heat, Dark & Traffic?  They aren’t deterred.  We’ll talk with several committed Ohioan bike commuters and find out some of the secrets, tricks, inspiration & gear needed for this hard core commitment.

Carolyn Harding (host) with four Central Ohio Bike Commuters, Karyn Deibel, Steve Palm-Hauser, Jerry Ulibarri and Catherine Girves.   Not only on sunny, mild winter days, like we’ve been having this week, but on icy, wet, miserable, or hot, humid, bad air days and even nights, these folks face the elements, the traffic, the aches and pains to bike  instead of drive.  They inspire me….. 

Karyn Deibel is a certified Senior Trager Practitioner, an active member of Simply Living and Compassionate Communication of Central Ohio, An INELDA trained End of Life Death Doula, and an activist with Columbus Community Bill of Rights.   Karyn is a lover of the earth who actively pursues ways to lighten her carbon foot print and to raise awareness that we and the earth are one.  

Steve Palm-Hauser is a technical writer and a free-lance journalist with the Columbus Free Press. “Besides protecting the environment and getting physical exercise, biking also boosts serotonin levels, which is good for my mental and emotional well-being”.  He is a member of Socialist Alternative. 

Jerry Ulibarri is a Mural Artist & Design business owner.  His company, Kobolt Studios, located in Franklinton, started as a small art shop providing hand-painted murals and custom faux finishes.  Now it’s grown and expanded into all aspects of the design world.  He’s the father of four boys/young men and he bikes to and from work every day. 

As a kid, Catherine Girves rode a bike for fun with friends, and to get places. Once she turned 15 ½, and got a drivers permit, she didn't ride til she was nearly 40.  And then, she needed a bike for transportation, for economic reasons. She’s been a year round bike commuter for 15 years now. She’s the Executive Director of Yay Bikes!, a non-profit organization helping people lawfully and joyfully get from one place to another by bicycle. The staff and volunteers of Yay Bikes! engage thousands of people annually, teaching folks to ride roads, and advocate for people who ride their bikes for transportation.

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Bike Commuters/All Seasons/Weather- K Deibel, S Palm-Hauser, J Ulibarri and C Girves

Carolyn Harding, host, with Morgan Harper, Micah Mitchell and Kwesi Low, organizers for the new grassroots organization, Columbus Stand Up! What are they doing to help get out the Vote!
Morgan Harper is the founder of the new grassroots organization, Columbus Stand Up!, and, most recently, was a grassroots candidate to represent Ohio's Third Congressional District. Previously, she was a Vice President at Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the nation's largest community development financial institution. Morgan also worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a Senior Advisor to the first Director.
Micah Mitchell is a graduate student at The Ohio State University studying social work and public administration. He has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati. Micah is passionate about activism, advocacy, and direct service. He aspires to work in policy reform divesting from the prison industrial complex and investing in community care.
Kwesi is a Columbus native and long time advocate for social justice in his city. He is the former Ohio director for the League of Young Voters and most recently served as campaign staff for Morgan Harper for Congress. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ohio State. Kwesi continues to fight for justice as he seeks to connect the Columbus movement to a larger national narrative.
GrassRoot_Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.
Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org,
Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.
Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.
Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/
Check us out on Instagram:
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If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753
GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085
This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/
Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8
There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!

Columbus Stand Up! w/ Morgan Harper, Micah Mitchell and Kwesi Low

GrassRoot Ohio radio/podcast- Fridays 5:00pm EST, streams @WGRN.org, 94.1FM Columbus.
Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

Clean Air & Water for Alexandria and St. Albans Township w/ Flower Farmers Tracey and Sean Barnes

GrassRoot Ohio

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