Hey gang, welcome back to Good Works Columbus! We’re back after a couple weeks off and here with some more actions to help make central Ohio a little better.

Things you can do in person

• Packing Party

  Mutual Aid Street Solidarity 

  Thursday, January 8th, 5:30 to 7:30pm

  Northside Library (1423 N High St) 

  Meeting rooms 2 & 3

  

  
  

  Help pack sterile use supply kits and intramuscular Naloxone. 

  Masks required!

• ICE Watch Training
  Sunday, January 11th, 12:30pm
  Church For All People
  946 Parsons Ave
  

  

• Linden Green Line Public Meetings
  January 13th and January 14th
  More info: https://columbusrecparks.com/connect/about/capital-improvement-projects/linden-green-line/

  

• Point-In Time Volunteers Needed
  Registration Open until January 12th
  More info and registration here: https://www.csb.org/how-we-do-it/point-in-time-count/
  
  The 2026 Point-In-Time Count of people experiencing homelessness in Franklin County and the Central Ohio region will take place on

  Thursday, January 22, 2026

  Community Shelter Board will lead Franklin County and the Central Ohio region’s annual count of the area’s sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations, including adults, youth, and children.

  Point-In-Time Counts are an important method used to better understand the extent and nature of homelessness in communities across the nation. The count helps us address housing needs in our community and helps track progress toward the goal of ending homelessness.

  Volunteer opportunities include:

  • Conducting surveys on the ground and in encampments for unsheltered people experiencing homelessness

  • Conducting surveys at a magnet site in tandem with a mobile outreach unit and food truck

  • Conducting surveys at meal sites and warming centers

• COTA Service Change Meetings
  Service Changes Effective May 4, 2026
  In-person (33 N High St. - COTA building)
  
  Join on Facebook Live
  Visit the @COTAbus Facebook page at the time of the meeting and open the Live popup when it becomes available.
  https://www.facebook.com/cotabus/

  • Comment Meeting 1: Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

  • Comment Meeting 2: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at noon

• Life After Cars (a War on Cars event)
  

  

  Doug Gordan and Sarah Goodyear, hosts of the War on Cars podcast, have published a book called Life After Cars. On Tuesday, January 27, CURA and Transit Columbus are hosting a discussion with Doug and Sarah at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
  
  Tickets: https://my.wexarts.org/6613/6614

• Community Shelter Board Annual Meeting
  Friday, January 30, 9am
  National Veterans Memorial and Museum
  300 W. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
  

  

  
  We look forward to gathering with our partners and community leaders to reflect on our progress and discuss our shared vision for ensuring everyone in Franklin County and the Central Ohio region has a safe and stable home.

Things you can do online

• Tell USA TODAY Co. to Recognize the Dispatch News Guild!
  The Columbus Dispatch is unionizing! Sign the petition today!

  Sign the Dispatch Union Petition

• Support Columbus Metropolitan Library Workers
  Columbus Metropolitan Library workers are forming their union! Add your name to pledge your support for CML workers!

  Sign the CML Union Pledge

Other Stuff

Local Warming Shelters
more information and updated locations: https://www.csb.org/get-help/winter-warming-centers/

Don’t Buy Starbucks

Things I’m reading/watching:

• New Map Shows Need for Safer Streets in Central Ohio from Columbus Underground

• Unplowed bike lanes causing concerns on major streets in Columbus from 10TV
  

Have a great day everyone!

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