GrassRoot Ohio

Carolyn Harding with Jess Grim, Ted Wolner and Judy Smucker, organizers with Third Act Ohio, a branch of the national climate action organization for seniors, Third Act.

Jess Grim is Co-facilitator of Third Act Ohio. She's been involved in activism of various stripes for many years. Third Act - "over-60's" working to protect our climate and our democracy - came into existence at just the right time, as she recently retired and was looking for opportunities to engage actively with the fight to end fossil fuels and save our planet! Jess lives near Oberlin, in NE Ohio.

Ted Wolner is Chair of the Environmental Concerns Committee, at Kendal retirement community in Oberlin, Ohio. He’s Co-lead, of the Citizens Climate Lobby, Lorain County Chapter; and a member of the Coordinating Committee of Third Act OH.

Judy Smucker is a grandma who’s very concerned about the future our grandchildren are facing, and she has found it easy to find lots of “Good Trouble”. She feels lucky and very happy to have connected with Jess and Ted, when they were active at the Manchin Coal Baron Blockade. And when she heard they were starting a ThirdAct OH group, it sounded like a great idea. She’s fortunate to have friends who share her love the earth, and do all they can to protest the crimes against nature that are occurring. Judy is from Athens, Ohio.

You All took part in the Tuesday, March 21, 2023, “Rocking Chair Rebellion”, according to the NYTimes, where more than 100 climate actions were staged across the country by Third Act, a protest group for people aged 60 and older, co-founded by Bill McGibbon, the writer and climate campaigner. Why You? Why Now?

thirdact.org

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 & streams worldwide at www.WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams at www.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.

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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085

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!

Carolyn Harding with Dave Noble of Red Beard Bees.

Dave Noble began his professional beekeeping career at OSU's Honey Bee Research Lab in the mid-1990’s. He has been training beekeepers and teaching about bees since the early 2000’s. Currently Dave runs and operates Red Beard Bees where he continues to breed bees, harvest honey, educate people about honey bees, and train beekeepers in partnership with the Columbus Garden School.

Dave employs a bee-centered philosophy to guide his beekeeping, bee-breeding, and educational endeavors. He believes that a better understanding of bee behavior and bee biology creates better beekeepers.

“Listen to the bees and let them guide you.” -Brother Adam

"Bees Knees", "None of your Beeswax" and of course the "Birds and the Bees - almost every thing comes down to BEES. And If you are like me, you may have only an inkling of what a Bee keeper does - Dave Nobel is steeped in Bees - let’s find out more!

www.redbeardbees.com

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 & streams worldwide at www.WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams at www.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.

Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085

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!

Carolyn Harding with Bill Good and Helen Jaccard, volunteer and organizer with the Veterans for Peace - Golden Rule Project.

Bill Good is a veteran, local activist and educator. He has worked on numerous issues pertaining to the environment, human rights, education, and labor at local, state, and federal levels. He’s been sailing for 15 years, and when the opportunity came to sail on the historic Golden Rule - he jumped on board.

Helen Jaccard is the lead organizer for the Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project. She spreads the word about the continuing dangers of nuclear power, and the poisoning of our air, water and soil from the entire nuclear cycle, from uranium mining to the disposal of nuclear waste.

www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org

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.

Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

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

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085

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!

Carolyn Harding with Lynn Anderson and Silverio Caggiano working to protect Youngstown, Ohio from a toxic industry setting up in the center of town, all in the name of "Recycling".

Lynn Anderson is an Organizer for SOBE Concerned Citizens of Youngstown, OH, Treasurer of Youngstown Community Bill of Rights, and Board Member TreezPlease.

Silverio Caggiano is a retired Youngstown Ohio Fire Department Battalion Chief and HazMat/WMD Specialist and team member of 39 years. He’s retired from the State of Ohio HazMat/WMD Technical Advisory Committee where he assisted the state build HazMat/WMD teams to quantify and qualify equipment and to educate and advise the state EMA. He trained with US Military 52nd WMD-Civil Support Team. He is the Fire and HazMat WMD Instructor & Paramedic Member of the board of directors for Buckeye Environmental Network, and Member of the Ohio Brine Task Force.

https://www.facebook.com/SustainableYoungstown

https://benohio.org

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

Fridays 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/Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

All shows/podcasts can be found at: https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085

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!

Carolyn Harding with Dr. Lauren Beene, MD, a general pediatrician practicing in the Cleveland area. She is co-founder and Executive Director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and is a leader of the non-partisan grassroots coalition Protect Choice Ohio.

Dr. Beene is concerned that abortion restrictions will cause a medical crisis in Ohio, and will disproportionally affect the most vulnerable populations, including her teenage patients and people of color. Dr. Beene and Protect Choice Ohio are working diligently toward protecting reproductive freedom via a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment on the November 2023 ballot.

https://protectchoiceohio.com/about

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

Fridays 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/Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

All shows/podcasts can be found at: https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085

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!

Carolyn Harding with Emily Myers and Gary Witte, folks helping Columbus Houseless Folk with food, necessities and love right where they are.

Emily Myers is a housing advocate on the far south side. She started Heer to Serve in Sept of 2020 as a way to make sure people who were unsheltered were able to have their basic needs met. She has lived experience in being unsheltered as well as her Aunt Patty freezing to death when she was unsheltered. Emily is passionate about engaging in mutual aid and solidarity while meeting people where they’re at. She’s studied social work and harm reduction.

Gary Witte is a Retired United Church of Christ minister involved in Urban ministry all his career. He’s the Former Director of Open Shelter and co-founder of Friends of the Homeless. He Also has worked for the abolishment of the death penalty and feeding programs around Columbus.

Welcome to GrassRoot Ohio.

It’s the winter solstice, the longest nights of the year, and we’re heading into freezing rain and snow. A few days ago, early morning, I was having coffee and I heard a sound out towards my backyard and neighbors behind us, I thought it could be a Canadian goose or a hurt animal crying or a maybe even person? I opened my door and listened - it was someone crying/weeping. “Do you need help? Silence. Are you ok? Silence. Are you there? I waited. Nothing. I went back to my couch, my candle and my coffee, and I thought of the people you serve- outside, cold, unsheltered, without support, hot coffee, food, comfort.

Heer to Serve Face Book page: https://www.facebook.com/heertoserve

Needs for the Camp Residents: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4aafab22abfd0-heer?useFullSite=true#/

Heer to Serve Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3P5XXLAZF7DX2?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwAR3VtMeM-kiRUh26kMEa6klR-kSOd3pe1oaKPkC2-VKcdeua6guI4JrsmD4

Help the UnHoused Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-unhoused-in-columbus-ohio?utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined&fbclid=IwAR1wkBmxQ_-z5bObN6RcMJc8YDq2lDlxXuu9ExNbkuwW-QFCWYXZr8n0hBY

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:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

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!

Carolyn Harding with Kyle Herman and Denise Riley from Ranked the Vote Ohio. We’ll talk about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and what it can do for Ohio.

Kyle Herman is Executive Director for Rank the Vote Ohio, a nonpartisan nonprofit he co-founded as a volunteer in 2020 to help bring Ranked Choice Voting to Ohio. Kyle previously managed pro-democracy programs in Lebanon and Iraq for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; staffed President Obama as a writer in the White House Correspondence Office; and taught high school history and civics in Beirut, Lebanon. Kyle earned degrees focused on public policy from Ohio Wesleyan University and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Denise Riley grew up in North Ridgeville Ohio. She received her bachelor’s from Kent State University in nursing. In 2015 she was elected to the school board of Switzerland of Ohio Local School District, and served for 4 years (2 as board president). Denise

joined Rank The Vote Ohio in December of 2020 as a member of the volunteer mobilization and onboarding team and is now the Team Lead Director.

More than a year ago Rank the Vote Ohio launched it’s all volunteer group to educate and organize Ohioans about Ranked Choice Voting. Ranked Choice Voting got a lot of press this last year, especially regarding Alaska’s special & general elections pitting former right wing republican Governor Sarah Palin against moderate democrat Mary Peltola. And Mary Peltola WON, becoming the first indigenous congresswoman from Alaska. Both elections were held via Ranked Choice Voting.

rankthevoteohio.org

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:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

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!

Carolyn Harding with Rachel Coyle. We’ll discuss the good, bad and dangerous Lame Duck Bills at the Statehouse, as we speak.

Rachel Coyle, Innovation Ohio’s Communications Director, was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and political science from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in political communication from American University.

Rachel brings a broad range of Ohio political experience to Innovation Ohio. She has held legislative and campaign roles with the Ohio Senate Democrats, directed communications for Joe Schiavoni for Ohio Governor and Cathy Johnson for Ohio Senate, and served as press secretary for the Ohio Democratic Party. She has previous experience with nonprofits as well, having managed grassroots advocacy and mobilization at ACLU of Ohio.

In her free time, Rachel operates the popular advocacy training program “How Things Work at the Ohio Statehouse,” which teaches Ohioans how to be effective Statehouse activists.

If you're a concerned Ohio citizen, and on Face Book, go today to Rachel Coyle’s, How Things Work at the Ohio Statehouse, page. You’ll find imperative information and guidance to help you take action at the State House to protect the issues you're fighting for, or against.

https://innovationohio.org/

https://www.facebook.com/InnovationOhio

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

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:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

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!

Carolyn Harding with Pat Marida and Lee Blackburn coordinators of the Ohio Nuclear Free Network. They are highly concerned with the current Ohio HB 434, and we’ll learn what it’s about and what we can do about it.

Pat Marida has been an antinuclear activist since the 1980s, when she was a Board Member of the Ohio Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. For 25 years she held volunteer positions with the Sierra Club, working on environmental issues and chairing the Ohio Sierra Club Nuclear Free Committee. She is currently a Coordinator with the Ohio Nuclear Free Network.

Lee Blackburn is one of the founding members of the Ohio Nuclear Free Network and is currently working to oppose Ohio House Bill 434, a senseless bill that provides no benefits but could saddle the State with billions in losses. He is a former Chief Investment Officer for a major real estate concern that invested some $3 billion in low to moderate income housing under his purview. He became concerned about radioactive materials and its deadly legacy after becoming familiar with the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in southern Ohio where uranium was initially enriched to weapons-grade. Beginning in 1991, until its relegation to Cold Standby in 2001, PORTS, or the A-plant as it’s locally known, supplied low-enriched uranium for nuclear reactors. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Senator Sherrod Brown, The Department of Energy was required in 2008 to establish a community-based Site Specific Advisory Board to make recommendations to the Department Of Energy on clean-up efforts at the Site. Mr. Blackburn served as one of the founding members and still attends Board meetings to provide testimony as a private citizen.

Ohio HB Bill 434 is relatively short, only 14 pages and YET this Bill is “Massive in Scope” -

What’s in it, and why you are so concerned?

https://onfn.blogspot.com

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA134-HB-434

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:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

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!

Carolyn Harding with Jo Anne and Steve Grossman, advocates and champions of curbside composting in the Columbus suburb, Bexley, Ohio.

Jo Anne and Steve Grossman have worked to create Bexley's Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee, where Jo Anne currently leads the Food Waste recycling group.

Jo Anne was Project Coordinator for the League of Women Voters when they hosted an education program to a Ukrainian delegation on the American rule of law. She was the Volunteer Coordinator for Jewish Family Services for the Resettlement of people from the previous Soviet Union, Coordinator for the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, Outreach Coordinator for the Holocaust Education Council,

and President of the Board of Temple Beth Shalom. As a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor at Temple Beth Shalom, during a 28 year period, Jo Anne prepared over 250 students during a nine-month period for their B'nai Mitzvah.

Together with her husband Steve, they created Temple Beth Shalom’s Green Team that provides their religious community with the tools, guidance and ongoing support needed to create a culture of conservation, sustainability and environmental awareness.

Prior to retiring in 2017, Steve Grossman was the Executive Director of the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) where he oversaw the financing to local governments for projects related to water pollution control, water supplies, solid waste and brown-fields remediation. In his 29 years with the Authority, Steve presided over awarding approximately $13 billion dollars of loans.

Before joining OWDA in 1988, he was the Assistant Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency where he was responsible for overall agency planning, budgeting and administration. Working with the Mid Ohio Regional Planing Commission, Steve has created the Resident Based Environmental Sustainability Forum where a number of cities in Franklin and Delaware Counties are coming together to share successes and ideas.

https://bexley.org/food-waste/

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:

https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/

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!