Direct Service.
Covid-19 is ravaging our communities, particularly the most vulnerable. Help us deliver masks, gloves and food to families across Central Ohio. Columbus Stand Up! and its partners are providing facial coverings, food and a sense of community to keep families safe and healthy. In partnership with:
Grassroots Organizing.
We have a generation of work to do to build-up our communities. Columbus Stand Up! and its partners will be organizing local groups at the grassroots level to affect change. Help us organize community events and voter registration drives. In partnership with:
Local protesters driving for Congress to act on more COVID financial aid - Columbus Dispatch
Accountability.
Our leaders will continue to disappoint, but only if we let them. We need to demand our elected officials represent the interest of our communities over their own financial interests. Columbus Stand Up! hosts candidate forums and community conversations to facility community members holding elected officials accountable. In partnership with:
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Media.
Morgan Harper on Columbus Stand Up! and Transitioning from Politics to Activism
So far the organization has managed to distribute 15,000 masks to community members in need, as well as hold a few socially-distant events to educate the community on the voting process. And in October, Columbus Stand Up! will co-host a candidate forum with FreedomBloc and other organizations to hold elected officials accountable.
Southfield community fights for peace after recent violence
"We want to show a signal today," Morgan Harper said. "To people who are engaging in violence, to people who are nervous - we are here for you. We are here in the streets. We will not stop until these streets are safe.
Columbus neighborhood gathers to send “enough is enough” message on violence
Neighbors said two people have been injured when they were grazed by bullets. So Columbus Stand Up and the Marion Franklin Civic Association organized Sunday’s gathering. Police have said a fee times this summer that the department can’t stop the violence alone and need the community’s help. Organizers hope bringing together young and old neighbors can help do that.
New Grassroots Organization Offers Rides To Early Voting, Ballot Dropbox
Columbus Stand Up! is organizing a sort of rideshare for early voting. People who want a ride to the county board of elections can call a number and schedule a pick-up, to either cast their ballot in person or drop off an absentee ballot.
While Ohio Officials And Advocates Fight Over Drop Boxes, Voters Make Their Own Plans
Columbus Stand Up!, the organization of former Democratic congressional candidate Morgan Harper, is doing the same thing on a bigger scale, organizing a kind of DIY Uber for early voting.