Three activist mothers met Tuesday night as part of a virtual conversation to discuss the impact of society on their families and their efforts to promote change.
The women include Edith Espinal, a mother of three who lived in sanctuary at Columbus Mennonite Church for three years; Adrienne Hood, the mother of Henry Green who was killed in 2016 by plainclothes Columbus police officers; and Jackie Kifuko, a former refugee and refugee organizer with Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) who has been separated from her young son for seven years.
Dubbed tres madres, or three mothers, the women first met on May 20, 2018, at the church where Espinal was living. Brought together by the late activists Ruben Castilla Herrera and Amber Evans, the three women talked then about their struggles and how they can relate to one another.
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The last days of Kossuth Street Garden
Established by Michael Doody in 2007, the South Side community garden is being shuttered to make way for a new housing development following a prolonged fight
Columbus Alive
About five months ago, when he realized that Kossuth Street Garden would not be saved, Michael Doody, a former journalist and now private investigator, distracted himself by starting on a children’s book with the working title
The Life and Death of a Community Garden, a process that Doody termed therapeutic.
Though geared to children, the ending, as described by Doody, is one filled with horror, the garden gasping what it knows are its dying breaths. “Is this how humans treat each other?” she asks, finally giving in and releasing her spirit as the book draws to a close.
Services aim to improve health of community, families
By Sarah Hawley - shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
New sidewalks were placed at the Syracuse Municipal Park as part of the Creating Health Communities Program at the Meigs County Health Department.
The sidewalks and batting cage at the Syracuse Municipal Park were updated as part of the grant funding.
Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a series on the Meigs County Health Department’s 2020 annual report.
POMEROY Several of the programs and services at the Meigs County Health Department area geared toward healthier communities and families, including the Creating Healthy Communities Program, WIC and the Maternal and Child Health Program.
Amber Evans Continues to Inspire
Remembering an inspirational activist
Raw. Joyful. Selfless. Powerful.
Those are some of the words that loved ones use to describe Amber Evans, a Columbus activist with a rising voice who died in 2019 at the age of 28. Her short time as a community activist in Columbus was potent. Two years later, her friends and community allies say her dedication and passion laid the foundation for the social justice work being done today.
Tammy Fournier-Alsaada, lead organizer of the People’s Justice Project, says Evans volunteered at the organization from the beginning and quickly emerged as a force for change. She did everything from helping with office work to bringing in lunch and running errands. Prior to her death by suicide, which drew attention to the mental health toll of activism, Evans was considering an executive-level role with the Juvenile Justice Coalition, PJP’s sister organization. “There’s a void missing that we still seek to fi
Emeryville, California, Introduces Contactless Parking Payments with the ParkMobile App
People in the city will be able to skip the meter and easily pay for parking on their mobile device
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ParkMobile, the leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in the U.S., announced today a new partnership with the City of Emeryville, California, to enable residents and visitors to pay for parking on their mobile device. ParkMobile is the city s first mobile parking app and will be available at over 500 parking spaces around town. With the recent COVID-19 crisis, city leaders encourage residents and visitors to use the app instead of the meter or pay station to prevent the spread of the virus.