The Supreme Court left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. apnews.com/article/suprem…

🚨Ohio's state operating budget is a beast of a bill and can be hard to digest if you have little to no experience in state policy and programs. Still, it's incredibly important, especially right now, to understand what's at stake in the next week and I am here to help:

I get calls/texts like this multiple times a week

a #Juneteenth reminder that the enslaved people in Texas were not the last people to receive the news about their freedom. Thousands of Black people didn’t know they were free, or knew they were free and their owners forced them to stay. Black people were kidnapped and abandoned

Always ironic to watch companies like these, many of whom sit on the board of the Ohio Restaurant Association which has been a hard YES for issue 1 (aka against ballot initiatives like abortion and minimum wage) march in a PRIDE parade while simultaneously hurting LGBTQ+ people.

❤️ HEARING ALERT ❤️
Join us at the Statehouse for the HB 171 Sponsor Hearing -- Tues, June 20, 4pm, Rm 116.
HB 171 ensures students learn the MANY cultures and communities that call Ohio home.
JOIN: bit.ly/EOFhearing
OPAWL - Building AAPI Feminist Leadership
Young Latino Network
CAIR-Ohio
The Freedom BLOC

Let's pack the Statehouse on Tuesday, June 20th at 4pm in Room 116 to show support for HB171 Educating for Ohio's Future!

We all want the freedom to make decisions about our lives and communities. Ballot issues let us exercise these freedoms, but special interests want to make it harder to get issues on the ballot and to pass them. #VoteNOinAugust to protect majority rule. oft-aft.org/news/vote-no-i…

✊ Is your boss not paying you ? Let's get you that money back! 💰

📅June 10
🕛12 PM to 3 PM
📌2174 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
The Rhizome House

We need your signature by 1:30pm TODAY!
The Higher Ed Destruction Act was just moved out of committee, and may be voted on in today's 1:30pm Senate session.
Once again, the majority will of the people is being ignored in the Ohio Statehouse.
actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent…
#StopSB83

The bill stems from OPAWL - Building AAPI Feminist Leadership's 'Educating for Ohio's Future' campaign.

It would boost education on migration history, societal contributions and experiences of cultural minority groups, many of which aren't part of Ohio’s current education requirements. ideastream.org/government-pol…

The people of Allen, Texas are just beginning to reckon with this violent act of hate. Our team is reaching out to local groups to extend condolences and support. In the meantime, GoFundMe is raising money for survivors and surviving families. Donate at bit.ly/3M2Vorc

Dallas, please don’t fall for the narrative that pits our communities against each other. We are more than hyperbolic headlines written by people who don’t know the work done to keep history from repeating. The pillars of my Asian community stand with our Black neighbors.

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For those who wonder how something like the Allen shooting could happen in North Texas, here is a brief history of Anti-Asian racism and White Supremacy in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex that we've found through our Dallas Asian American Historical Society research 🧵 (not in chronological order)

6-year-old William Cho was released from ICU. Thank goodness he survived the shooting but he's now an orphan as his mother, father, and younger brother were all killed. gofundme.com/f/allen-tx-sho…

Racism is everywhere, but DFW has one of the highest Asian American populations & almost no implementation of Asian American studies curricula. Look at racist ignorance behind this middle school test question from 2021. fox4news.com/news/carrollto…

Sending love to my DFW friends doing the vital, groundbreaking organizing and educating in this difficult environment. Please follow Stephanie KyeongSeon Drenka and the Dallas Asian American Historical Society for more insights. dmagazine.com/style-beauty-w…

Remember: racism is systemic & people of any race, including former Congressional candidate Sery Kim, can exploit racism, including this rant calling for Chinese exclusion in 2021. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04…

NEW AND HORRIFYING REPORT: The Allen, Texas gunman singled out Asians in violent, racist social media posts. At least 4 victims are Asian, 3 from the Cho family. Allen is part of the suburbs north of Dallas where Asian American populations are growing exponentially.