Hi gang, welcome back to Good Works Columbus. Check out the new events and links below.

Things you can do in person

• Our City Our Say Petition Signature Launch
  Monday, March 23rd 7PM
  Columbus Main Library 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus, OH
  

Our City Our Say is working to change how we elect City Councilmembers. We plan to put a charter amendment on the ballot this November to elect council members by only the people who live in that district.

To qualify for the ballot, we need to collect 25,000 signatures before the end of July. We need your help to make that happen!

Join us for a one-hour training to learn how you can help.

• Green Drinks Trash Trivia
  Wednesday, March 25th 6PM
  

  

• Community Grant Reviewer
  Join Greater Columbus Arts Council as a community reviewer in their grant process. What is community grantmaking? A collaborative, participatory process where community members are involved in decision-making about grant funding. At GCAC, we’re currently utilizing a community review process for Artists Projects.
  
  Learn more and sign up here by March 26 (mandatory in-person review day is May 9th from 10:30AM-2:30PM):
  https://www.gcac.org/communityreviewprocess/
  
  

Things you can do online

• Tell Columbus City Council: No More FLOCK Cameras
  The use of license plate-scanning FLOCK cameras has skyrocketed in recent years. But as their use has grown, so have concerns about mass surveillance and the possibility that data could be shared with ICE or used to track protesters. An increasing number of cities have terminated their contracts with FLOCK over concerns about data-sharing.

  Did you know that there are hundreds of FLOCK cameras spread all across Franklin County? It’s anyone’s guess what information is being collected, where and how data is being shared, and who maintains control over it. The possibilities for misuse are endless and frightening.

  With the current City of Columbus contract with FLOCK ending in May, we have an opportunity to pressure City Council not to renew.

  Take action today! https://act.commoncause.org/letters/tell-columbus-city-council-no-more-flock-cameras/

• NAEH Advocacy Series
  Whether you’re new to advocacy or are looking to take your work to the next level, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) invites you to join their Monthly Advocacy Workshop every fourth Thursday at 1pm EST to collectively build our advocacy skills.

  March 26: How to Build Long-Term Relationships with District Staff & Local Electeds

• West Broad Street Transit-Oriented Development Plan Public Survey
  We want to hear about what you love about your neighborhood, what’s “missing” in terms of services and amenities and what you want your community to look like in the future to provide the framework for this plan.
  https://ndc614.typeform.com/to/GbpiOkna

• ODOT new highway feedback
  Ohio Department of Transportation is studying connectors between US 23 and I-71 and several options are building new highways. Tell ODOT we don’t want more highways!
  https://publicinput.com/23-71study#tab-69900

• Linden Green Line Survey
  The Linden Green Line is a 58-acre linear park that will connect neighborhoods and natural areas along a 7-mile former rail corridor in Linden and Northland. The project will create publicly accessible spaces for walking, biking and recreation.
  
  We want to hear from you! Take this 5-minute survey to share what you'd like to see on the Linden Green Line.
  https://linktr.ee/LGLSurvey
  

Things I’m reading/watching:

• Ohio’s only LGBTQ+ homeless shelter to open Monday from WKBN

• New affordable housing investments may leave Columbus’ most vulnerable properties, and tenants, behind from Matter News

• ‘I am not going to stand before God and say, well, I chickened out’: Reflections on building caring coalitions from Matter News

• Opinion: 5 pedestrians died in weeks. Columbus must fix dangerous roads now from Columbus Dispatch

• Opinion: A City Without Art is No City at All from Columbus Underground

• Kentucky renters 'make history' with bargained lease. What that means from Louisville Courier Journal
  

Have a great day everyone!

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