FREEDOM DEMANDS ACTION: STOP OHIO SB 33
EDUCATE A LEGISLATOR DAY
Wednesday, Sept 25, 9 am to 4 pm
A Call for Action

Ohio SB 33 makes it a felony to dissent and threatens our constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly. It is a shameless attempt by the Gas and Oil industry to prevent Ohioans from from exercising our right to disagree with government policies and protest at sites of pollution and ecological devastation. Come help stop this bill.

8 am – Coffee, Sheraton Hotel, 75 E. State St. Come early to get good parking
9 am – Training and information program. Sheraton Columbus –
9:30-12:00 – Educate a Legislator meetings
12:00 – Meet outside at the Riffe Center 77 S High St – Grassroots leaders speak out on SB 33, ALEC. Bring banners, signs, and cameras. (No sticks allowed to hold up signs or banners.)
1:00 – We will deliver a letter to Gov. DeWine. Gather in the lobby of Riffe Center.  Clergy are asked to wear appropriate clerical garb.
1: 30 – Lunch on your own.
2:30 – 3:30 – Educate a Legislator meetings
3:30-4:00 – Meet at Sheraton to close

REGISTER HERE: or at: https://forms.gle/9MndaymopD7ELipH6

Ohio SB 33 was written by industry lobbyists and is heavily influenced by corporate campaign contributions and dark money. SB 33 is an example of the Distorted Moral Narrative Dr. Barber has warned us about.

This bill has been traced back to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Council of State Governments (CSG), both of which receive generous funding from the oil and gas industry. They want to discourage and stifle protests at all oil and gas pipeline and production sites and stop protests like that at Standing Rock in North Dakota.

Under SB 33, it could become a felony for peaceful demonstrators to be present at an event where someone else breaks a law. And creates financial penalties for supporting organizations so extreme they will bankrupt any non-profit or congregation that opposes industrial ecological devastation. It also punishes groups who provide legal aid to those accused under this law.

REGISTER HERE: or at: https://forms.gle/9MndaymopD7ELipH6

The Public Utilities Committee will decide on this bill. We need to speak with as many of them as possible. We will ask people to join a small team to meet with the Utility Committee Members as well as their own legislators.

We urge you to make your voice heard in the halls of the Statehouse.
If we are silent, the only voices that our legislators will hear will be those of the gas and oil lobbyists.
Together we can drown out the noise of those whose loyalty is to greed, pollution, and repression of dissent.
Together we will show our unity.
Together we will present our legislators with a clear vision of the Ohio we want for all citizens, now and into the future.
Please share this widely.

Forward Together. Not One Step Back.
The Ohio Coordinating Committee