GrassRoot Ohio

Grassroot Ohio radio, Fridays, 5pm EST on 94.1FM and streams @ WGRN.org

GrassRoot Ohio, Carolyn Harding w/ with Austin Smith and Kaia Woodford of the Bexley Anti-Racism Project (BexleyARP).

Bexleyarp.org

From your website:

"Our mission is is to actively combat racial inequality through education, mobilization, and amplification in order to support people of color in the Bexley community and nationwide".

On Saturday June 6, BexleyARP led a #BlackLivesMatter march from Bexley to the State House. My family and I marched with you. Bexley showed up. It was huge and it was Powerful.

We'll get to know the organizers, what made them come together and lead, and what is up ahead.

GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio!

Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org

We now air on Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.

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5:00pm EST GrassRoot Ohio radio, 94.1FM & streaming at wgrn.org, Host Carolyn Harding w/ Christopher Austin, the originator of the petition to take down the Statue of Christopher Columbus in front of the Columbus City Hall.

http://chng.it/brNFFqVm72

Christopher Austin graduated from Otterbein University with a major in Theatre and received his Master’s Degree in Pastoral and Professional Counseling from Methodist Theological School. He has received awards for his theatrical performances and completed his first feature film “Things Are Tough All Over,” directed by local film maker Chris Bournea. Christopher has worked in the field of counseling and social work for 6 years and has received recognition and awards for his work in the field. He is active in the Columbus community with the goal helping people find their voice of empowerment through the arts, volunteering in religious and community outreach, and social activism.

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 25), George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, and was aided and abetted by officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.

Since then there has been no peace in Minneapolis, all over the states and around the world. Here in Columbus there are rallies, protests and marches daily and nightly. The Columbus Police have used aggression and violence -pepper spray, mace, wooden and rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades on those exercising their First Amendment Rights. People are being injured, harmed: A young woman has died from complications after being sprayed by chemical agents, a double amputee protestor was roughed up and left on the ground, 3 prominent African American politicians were pepper sprayed while standing in solidarity with protestors.

During this #BlackLivesMatter movement, there has been a nationwide demand to remove the statues of perpetrators of Racial cruelty, discrimination and Injustice. And here, in our city, Christopher Columbus is coming down.

Christopher you wrote an online petition to do just this, take down the statue of Christopher Columbus.

Black Lives Matters - policy, protests, rallies, marches, why the statue?

GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio!

Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org

We now air on 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/

All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

#GrassRoot_Ohio radio/podcast now has our interviews on video: Show with #ChristopherAustin, #ChristopherColumbusComesDown

https://youtu.be/3eIqQbH9uY8

GrassRoot Ohio radio, 94.1FM & streaming at wgrn.org w/ Bill Lyons, Columbus Community Bill of Rights organizer, Dir. of Ohio Community Rights Network & Tish O’Dell of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, celdf.org- when all legal recourses are denied, what can citizens do to protect their drinking water from radioactive frack waste!

ColumbusBillofRights.org

Ohiocrn.org

Celdf.org

GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio!

Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org

We now air on 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/

This show can be found on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQaz3_yv-fo&t=102s

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Carolyn Harding with Mary Aguilera and Anthony Whitmore, both Ohio leaders in the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.

If you are working in activist circles or in faith-based circles, you’ve probably heard about Reverend Barber and the Poor Peoples’ Campaign. I run into many folks who work on environmental, social, racial, economic justice issues and they also work with the Poor Peoples Campaign.

Mary Aguilera is a Coordinating Committee member of the Ohio Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She volunteers as a community organizer in Cincinnati to mobilize, organize, register and educate for the Poor People's Campaign. “Mary knows that this work builds capacity for a beloved community.” Mary has worked as a para professional for Cincinnati Public Schools for twenty years. Her work recently has been focused around the threats to the Ohio River from petrochemical plants. She has a degree in Organizational Leadership from Union Institute & University.

Anthony B. Whitmore, President of Whitmore Enterprises, provides economic and community development, educational, diversity and inclusion consultation both nationally and abroad. He's a retired executive of the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority. His focus was on legislative and community relations efforts at the regional, state and federal level. He served as the Governor’s Regional Director for Region IV. He was responsible for facilitating economic growth in 9 counties. A Dayton resident, Whitmore served Governors Voinovich and Taft administrations in several capacities. While serving on several county, state and national boards, he is clear in his faith while giving glory to God and remains a servant to his community.

PoorPeoplesCampaign.org

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New shows air Friday evenings at 5:00pm, EST, at 94.1 FM, Columbus and simultaneously online @ wgrn.org. Join Us!

We now air on 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.

Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

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Carolyn Harding with Greg Pace and Teresa Mills, activists with extensive research, experience and action regarding Oil & Gas BRINE, and why we should not use this on our roads for ice or dust!

Ohio HB 545 - A bill has been introduced that allows Oil and Gas Management to determine the safety of AquaSalina and other "conventional" brine products for use as a de-icer. Meet two intrepid activists raising the science and alarm to this radioactive BRINE - Ohio and many other states spread on our roads!

Greg Pace is co-founder of the Columbus Community Bill of Rights- he’s webmaster, treasurer, and puts out the 600 subscriber newsletter. He’s an advocate with ‘StopBrineSpreading’, the Ohio grassroots group educating the public on the danger of conventional oil and gas brine disposal on our roads, and working to create legislation to ban Brine disposals in the state of Ohio. Greg works with Clintonville Energy Collaborative to install solar on homes with a volunteer workforce, and works with Economic Democracy Advocates, educating the public on what resource democracy could look like.

For over 20 years Teresa has worked as a grassroots leader to help communities to find their voices, analyze data and develop strategic plans. She began her activism career by shutting down the Columbus Incinerator, which was polluting her neighborhood and was later defined as the largest emitter of dioxin in the country. Teresa also founded Buckeye Environmental Network, a statewide coalition of grassroots-focused groups. Today she works with Center for Health and Environmental Justice to train and assist grassroots leaders across the country. Teresa also coordinates CHEJ’s small Grants Program.

RadioactiveWasteAlert.org

LISTEN HERE to ALL #GrassRootOhio radio archived on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

New shows air Friday evenings at 5:00pm, EST, at 94.1 FM, Columbus and simultaneously online @ wgrn.org. Join Us!

We now air on 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.

Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

Like our Face Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/.

Carolyn Harding (host) with Erick Bellomy and Bobbi McCalla, founder and Board members of the local non-profit Group, Gun Violence Survivor Network. With the primary in full swing, and the Coronavirus taking headlines, Gun violence isn’t on the Front page, but this violence and trauma happens daily and those that have been harmed are dealing with it today, tomorrow, it’s a part of them forever.

Erick Bellomy has been a resident of South Columbus since he was a child. When he graduated from South High School in 2013, he started volunteering in Non-Profit work. When his father was killed, Erick took action and organized the March For Our Lives in Columbus and later founded the Gun Violence Survivor Network where he is the Executive Director. Erick graduated from United Way’s Leadership Academy in 2019, and was awarded the 2020 Change Maker of The Year. Bellomy's newest project is "Gun Safety; Put a Lock on it!". He is a Community Activist, Volunteer, Community organizer, a Commissioner for the Far South Columbus area, and prominent voice in social justice issues.

Bobbi McCalla is a survivor of gun violence by the hands of the Columbus police department. She’s the sister of Donna Castleberry (Dalton)

Bobbi has been involved in Gun Violence Prevention because she wants to help other families who have been through similar tragedies, whether it’s from the hands of the police, or community violence. Bobbi Is in the process of turning her pain into her passion and she looks forward to helping others who are also survivors of gun violence.

You both have had extreme gun violence within your families - murder. I honor that you are here today and willing to talk with us, and willing to go even further to organize and work for solutions to the current escalating gun violence crisis.

GunViolenceSurvivor.org

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New shows air Friday evenings at 5:00pm, EST, at 94.1 FM, Columbus and simultaneously online @ wgrn.org. And broadcasts on Sundays at 4:00pm EST on WEJP- LP, 107.1FM in Wheeling/Moundsville WV. Join Us!

Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

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Carolyn Harding (host) with 3 Indivisible Ohio District 15 activists/ organizers, Leah Hackleman-Good, Tina Cottone and Jim Kennedy, working on Buckeye State Rural. From website: “Our mission is to change the conversation in rural Ohio to promote progressive policies and candidates."

The election of Trump and its aftermath of dangerous threats to democracy fuels Leah Hackleman-Good’s daily actions and activism. As part of Indivisible Ohio District 15's leadership team, she’s traveled all over the district to connect with activists, and to help organize rallies, events, and activities. She’s made terrific connections with people outside the urban areas—"people that their current congressman doesn't care about”. She works on many campaigns, including her own, in 2018 for county commissioner. She manages the IndivisibleCOLUMBUS.com website and earns a living through her information design business.

Tina Cottone found her place in Indivisible Ohio District 15 in January of 2017 and she’s been an active participant/leader since. She’s involved in outreach to all 12 counties in Ohio 15th Congressional District. In 2018 she worked for the D15 Congressional candidate, and canvassed for the Ohio Coordinated Campaign from June through November 2018. She was a neighborhood canvassing trainer for 2018 GOTV. She is the new Ohio Regional Organizing Coordinator for Swing Left.

Jim Kennedy, MSW, is a retired Information Technology consultant, a trained and certified social worker, and an experienced social services planner and researcher. The common thread of his varied career is a concern for the wellbeing of, and opportunities for, children and families. His involvement with BSR is a natural outgrowth of his experience in managing child welfare service agencies, developing information technology to make social services agencies more efficient and effective, and performing strategic planning and program evaluations for a variety of social services sectors (including Head Start, Juvenile Justice, and child welfare services). He works with the BSR Advisory Group to craft relevant messages to better inform the voters in the rural areas of central Ohio.

https://buckeyestaterural.com

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New shows air Friday evenings at 5:00pm, EST, at 94.1 FM, Columbus and simultaneously online @ wgrn.org. Join Us!

Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

Like our Face Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/.

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.

LISTEN HERE to ALL #GrassRootOhio radio podcasts archived on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

New shows air Friday evenings at 5:00pm, EST, at 94.1 FM, Columbus and simultaneously online @ wgrn.org. Join Us!

Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

Like our Face Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/

Carolyn Harding (host)with Marquis Jones, Vicky Abou-Ghalioum and Michelle Hendricks, all first time candidates for the Franklin County Democratic Central Committee for their respective Wards. Running with the Franklin County Grassroots Democrats’ campaign RepYourBlock2020.

Marquis Jones - is a University District resident, Ward 16. He wants to be a progressive voice for his community. He will advocate for environmental justice, a living wage, and racial justice.

Vicky Abou-Ghalioum - is from the Clintonville community, Ward 20. She will advocate for political reform for environmental and social sustainability, infrastructure, education and affordable housing. She sees a future in Franklin County where the quality of life is greatly improved for all, not only the wealthy.

Michelle Hendricks is a lifelong Democrat who has lived in Ward 84 for over 15 years. She graduated from Capital University with an MBA.

She’s a working mother of two. She envisions investments in stronger schools, safer communities, living wages, and renewable energy. Michelle loves volunteering with her kids and driving her electric Chevy, and is the executive director of a charitable non-profit organization for kids.

In full disclosure, I’m also running with RepYourBlock2020 in my neighborhood, Bexley Ward 2. And we all are on the ballot for this coming March 17 Primary election.

RepYourBlock2020.org

LISTEN HERE to ALL #GrassRootOhio radio podcasts archived on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

New shows air Friday evenings at 5:00pm, EST, at 94.1 FM, Columbus and simultaneously online @ wgrn.org. Join Us!

Conversations with every-day people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.

Like our Face Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/.

TUNE into Grassroot Ohio every FRIDAY, 5:00pm EST, streams @ WGRN.org, and airs at 94.1FM Columbus, OH.

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

GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio!

Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org

Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/

All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753