First Class of 2009

Congratulations to our first Celestial University graduate. Cynthia S. was awarded her first Bachelor's Degree in the college of Political Sciences. She was very pleased and shared with our Home Management Group that she especially enjoyed getting involved with making changes for home-schoolers.

Way to go, Sistah!

Bags for the People

Welcome to Bags for the People. We are a non-profit organization(pending) that provides a sustainable alternative to plastic bags. We use all repurposed materials and give our bags out for FREE. We also perform community building workshops and events to not only get people to make the switch from plastic to re-usable, but to inspire people to take an active and creative role in life.

Bags for the People will be leading the Etsy Labs Craft Night Monday, July 13th, from 4-8pm. Watch live online here.

Bags for the People is partering up with 303GRAND and BurdaStyle for "The Sweatshop", July 18th, from 1-6pm @ 303 Grand in Brooklyn.
Bags for the People and 3rd Ward have partnered up to bring you "Sweatshop Socials" every last Monday of each month, continuing July 27th, from 7 to 10pm.

New Requirements added!

Some new requirements have been added to the College of Political Sciences & Culinary Arts.  See Dean for details!

Sage and I working on our Political & Community Awareness

We went downtown to demonstrate against the proposed budget cuts to Ohio's Libraries.

SIDE NOTE:

THANK YOU, CUSTOMERS!You've sent 35,000 emails to our legislators. Your voice has been heard by our state legislators and the Governor. The General Assembly has been deluged with emails and phone calls from library supporters. Budget Update: Tuesday, June 30Breaking News: The House on Wednesday took action on a weeklong continuing budget and also set a vote for Thursday on another week extension, through July 14

http://http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/10/copy/budget10.ART_ART_07-10-09_A1_VVEEBLT.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

ACT NOW TO SAVE OUR LIBRARIES

URGENT


Governor Strickland proposes to fill Ohio's $3.2 billion shortfall in the

state budget by eliminating $200+ million from the Public Library Fund over

the next two years. His proposal will have a drastic impact on all 251 public

libraries in Ohio and on Columbus Metropolitan Library in particular.


This proposal by the Governor cuts library funding by 50% beginning July 1,

2009.

We only have days to have an impact.


1. Today, contact your legislators. We've made it easy to do. Go to:

http://columbuslibrary.org.


2. Call Governor Strickland's office at 614-466-3555.


The Governor's proposed funding cuts come at a time when Ohio's public

libraries are experiencing unprecedented increases in demands for services. In

every community throughout the state, Ohioans are turning to their public

library for free job help, children and teens are beginning summer reading

programs and people of all ages are turning to the library for information and

assistance during this economic downturn. That is no truer than here at CML.

We cannot allow these cuts to succeed, cuts which will drastically reduce

services and access. Act now.

ACT NOW! SAVE YOUR LIBRARY

ACT NOW! SAVE YOUR LIBRARY


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Strickland has recommended the elimination of $200+ million from the Public Library Fund over the next two years.


WHAT IT MEANS: This proposal by the Governor cuts CML's state funding by 50%. These proposed 11+ million dollar cuts will be devastating: closing branches, halting new books and materials, and shutting down programs and services that are so vital to our community!

An event to reform Ohio’s schools is coming up that I wanted to make you aware of. The US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan will be in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, May 8th along with Governor Strickland and other Ohio leaders for a public rally for Education Reform. I encourage you to attend this exciting event! Please see the details below and if you plan to attend, please RSVP to www.conversationoneducation.org.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you in Columbus!

Julian Rogers
Executive Director
Education Votes of Ohio



Ohio’s Revival: Reforming Education for the 21st Century Economy
Join US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Governor Ted Strickland
and other special guests at a rally for education reform in Ohio


May 8, 2009

11:45 AM

The Ohio State University
West Lawn of the Schottenstein Center
555 Borror Rd
Columbus, OH 43210

Please RSVP and sign up for updates at www.conversationoneducation.org



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