Press Mentions
WOSU | Progressive activists protest a Project 2025 creator at Ohio Christian group's event
Cleveland.com | Misguided allegations of antisemitism at CWRU do not keep Jews or Palestinians safe
WPCO | Pro-Palestine encampment at Miami University disperses to avoid suspensions
Ohio Capital Journal | Hundreds of Ohio college students protest Israel-Hamas war
Daily Dot | Kyle Rittenhouse’s choice of Kent State for Second Amendment speech infuriates students
Press Releases
OSA Cleveland State Picks up Wins to Make CSU More Accessible to Folks with Criminal Records
When we convened for the fall semester in 2019, OSA leaders Kevin Ballou, Donnell Walker and Jenna Thomas began building our campus chapter of OSA―a team that now includes 15 core team members and many supporters. Our goal was, and continues to be, to make Cleveland State more accessible to people with criminal records. Throughout the past year, Cleveland State's OSA chapter set themselves to the task of organizing a powerful Ban the Box campaign. For context, "Ban the Box" campaigns on campuses across the country advocate for the removal of criminal record disclosures from admissions applications―and that's what the CSU OSA chapter set out to do…
Let them Go! Virtual Show
The Coalition to Stop the Inhumanity at the Cuyahoga County Jail led by member organization OSA held the “Let them Go!” fundraiser on Friday, May 22nd at 7 pm featuring a variety of talented local musicians including Kyle Kidd & Pete Saudek, Mikey Silas, and Teezy From The Clair as well as speakers David Okpara and Azzurra Crispino, both of whom have been personally impacted by the injustice system…
"Invest in Ed, Divest from Prisons" Report
INTRODUCING . . .
THE “INVEST IN ED, DIVEST FROM PRISONS” REPORT (CLICK HERE)
AND THE ED4ALL CONVENING (OCTOBER 19TH – 20TH 2019)
“Invest in Ed, Divest from Prisons: How shrinking incarceration can save higher education” is not just a list of statistics showing how our education system and our prison system leave black, brown, and poor students behind; it’s a document with stories from people seeing the system break day by day; it’s also our first step toward a concrete vision of how we can transform Ohio’s public institutions. In it you will find specific ways we can move funds into higher education away from mass incarceration…
Get Lit For Liberation
On March 13th, over 200 people attended the second Get Lit for Liberation and raised nearly $2,000 in support of the Cuyahoga County Bail Fund…