Upcoming Events
Black AF Study Group
In this study group we will be exploring Political Economy, so that we can better understand the system that we are under. Join us on Friday, March 14th at 6pm to 7:30pm.
Research Program Meeting
People’s Justice Project (PJP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building Black power through grassroots organizing, advocacy, and research.
We’re launching a 7-month research program focused on policing, mass incarceration, and the criminal legal system in Columbus, Ohio. Participants will work alongside PJP organizers to investigate key issues, analyze policies, and develop a community resource that will live on our website—providing up-to-date information on policing and incarceration across Ohio.
Committment & Impact
This program will run for 7 months, requiring regular participation in research sessions, discussions, and strategy meetings. The work will culminate in a public-facing toolkit that will help inform and empower our communities.
Apply Today
This is an opportunity to contribute to real change. Join us in this critical research effort and be part of the movement for justice!
Spots are limited! Apply today.
The Challenge of the Congo
Join PJP in collaboration with Friends of the Congo for a teach-in about the continued crisis in Congo. During this teach-in, you'll hear from the Friends of the Congo leadership team about their work and how to get involved in the global struggle for liberation.
Black AF Study Group
In this study group, we will be exploring why Slavery was imperative for the development of Capitalism. This session will be held in-person and virtually.
Virtual event details available after registration.
Statewide Teach-In
The latest budget cuts from the Trump Administration will have devastating consequences for Black and Brown communities—widening wage gaps, worsening food insecurity, increasing evictions, and restricting access to healthcare. Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and housing assistance will only deepen these crises.
Join us for a statewide teach-in to discuss these policies, understand their impact, and strategize how we can organize and fight back. Our communities cannot afford these cuts—now is the time to take action.
KYC Organizing 101 Training
We're excited to be in partnership with Kaleidoscope Youth Center for our next organizing training. This session will be held at KYC and is open to ages 12 - 20.
Power & Organizing 101
Come check out our NEW office and join us for a 1:1 Organizer Training!
Black AF Study Group
Join us for another Black AF Study Group! Base Squad Member Charles Abernathy will lead this Teach-In about Queerness and PIC Abolition.
Topic: The State: A Critique on Policing Part 3
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet (Details available upon registration)
*Check your email for reading materials in preparation for the meeting!
Black AF Study Group
Join us for another Black AF Study Group! Join us for a Teach-in on Marijuana Justice and how equitable legalization can become a gateway to dismantle the War on Drugs.
Topic: The State: A Critique on Policing Part 2
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet (Details available upon registration)
*Check your email for reading materials in preparation for the meeting!
How to Build Relational Power
Join us for a 1-on-1 training about how to build relational power through organizing on Sunday, January 19, 2025, from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Location:
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters
1124 Parsons Ave. Columbus, OH 43206
Register for this event below.
Community Conversation
Join us for a special Community Conversation in partnership with Two Dollar Headquarters. We will have candid conversations in a safe space about non-carceral programs and organizing in Columbus. Register below.
**Kitchen closes at 7:45pm
Black AF Study Group
Join us for a Black AF Study Group! This event will take place via Google Meet. Details will be shared with those who register below.
Topic: The State: A Critique on Policing Part 1
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet (Details available upon registration)
*Check your email for reading materials in preparation for the meeting!
Black AF Study Group
Join us for a Black AF Study Group! This event will take place via Google Meet. Details will be shared with those who register below.
Topic: Imperialism & Colonialism
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet (Details available upon registration)
*Check your email for reading materials in preparation for the meeting!
Black AF Study Group
Join us for a Black AF Study Group! This event will take place via Google Meet. Details will be shared with those who register below.
Topic: Slavery & Capitalism from the 15th - 19th Century
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet (Details available upon registration)
*Check your email for readings materials in preparation for the meeting!
Canvassing @ Church for All People
Want to get involved with PJP? Do you understand the importance of voting in the upcoming election? Are you interested in building community? Volunteer to join our canvassing team! Sign up below to join the squad at Church for All People on Wednesday, October 30th.
Social Justice Roundtable
Join us for a special Community Conversation with the women of Zora’s House. We will have candid conversations in a safe space about non-carceral programs. Please visit Eventbrite to register for this event.
Interested in joining our mailing list? Sign up below!
Take Black the Vote
Join us for a dynamic in-person event to prepare our communities and partners to utilize the 2024 Election to build power for the long term struggle and support safety at the polls.
At this event, you can expect to learn:
The History of Voting and Why It’s Important
Canvassing Training & Best Practices
Election Defense Principles
You will also have the opportunity to build community with statewide organizations. Register below!
Canvassing @ All People's Fresh Market
Want to get involved with PJP? Do you understand the importance of voting in the upcoming election? Are you interested in building community? Volunteer to join our canvassing team! Sign up below to join the squad at All People’s Fresh Market on Tuesday, October 15th from 1pm to 3pm.
Canvassing @ First Lutheran English Church
Want to get involved with PJP? Do you understand the importance of voting in the upcoming election? Are you interested in building community? Volunteer to join our canvassing team! Sign up below to join the squad at First Lutheran English Church on Sunday, October 13th from 8 am to 9:30 am.
Canvassing at Franklinton Fridays
Want to get involved with PJP? Do you understand the importance of voting in the upcoming election? Are you interested in building community? Volunteer to join our canvassing team! Sign up below to join the squad at Franklinton Friday on Friday, October 11th at 6pm to 8pm at 400 W. Rich St.
Black AF Study Group
Join us for a Black AF Study Group! This event will take place via Google Meet. Details will be shared to those who register below.
Topic: What is Black Power & Pan-Africanism
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Google Meet (Details available upon registration)
Columbus Stand Up Virtual Phone Banking
Join us every Tuesday & Thursday for Phone Banking to make calls, spread the word, and get people excited about voting! Click here to sign up for virtual phone banking today!
Full list of 2024 Canvassing Opportunities with PJP:
Columbus Stand Up Phone Banking — click here to learn more and register.
Starting October 1st, every Tuesday and Thursday
Virtual
6 pm-8 pm (Click here to sign up for a 1hr or 2hr shift)
Franklinton Fridays—click here to signup!
October 11th
400 W Rich, Columbus, Ohio
6 pm-8 pm
First English Lutheran Church—click here to sign up!
October 13th
1015 E Main St, Columbus, OH
8 am-9:30 am
All People's Fresh Market—click here to signup!
October 15th
945 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH
1 pm-3 pm
Take Black the Vote—click here to learn more & register!
October 26th
1015 E Main St, Columbus, OH
9 am-5 pm
Church for All People Election Event—click here to sign up!
October 30th
946 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH
3 pm-5:30 pm
PJP Ballot Party
Join us on Sunday, September 22nd at First English Lutheran Church for an important conversation about the importance of voting—and not only in the Presidential election. Bring a friend and come with any questions you have about voting.
Location: 1015 E Main St., Columbus, OH 43205
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Peoples Safety Campaign: Justice for Sam Sharpe Jr.
Meet outside 120 Marconi Blv., Columbus, OH 43215 on Friday, August 16th at 11 am.
On July 16, 2024, Sam Sharpe Jr. was shot and killed by Columbus Police in Milwaukee, WI just steps away from the Republican National Convention.
The people of Columbus, OH and Milwaukee, WI are demanding the following:
Release Names of all Columbus Police officers who were involved in the murder of Sam Sharpe Jr.
Release Full un-redacted body cam footage of the murder of Sam Sharpe Jr.
Poster Party
Help us make posters for our upcoming action on Friday!
When: Thursday, August 15th
@ 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Where: Main Library Room 2B
Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
Sudan Teach-In: Sudan Crisis and its Connection to Capitalism and Colonialism
Sudan Teach-In: Sudan Crisis and its Connection to Capitalism and Colonialism
This teach-in aims to educate people on the Sudan crisis and its connection to the global struggle towards liberation, bring about conversation around the Sudan crisis and the impacts of colonialism, and organize people passionate about African liberation.
Join us if you’re ready to…
Learn about the crisis happening in Sudan
Understand how capitalism and colonialism impact African liberation
Get involved in the global struggle toward liberation
Register below. This a HYBRID event (in-person and online). Zoom details are available upon registration.
How PJP Defines Power & Organizing
After 9 years of experience in the organizing space, join us to hear the key points of our philosophy that have sustained our organizing since 2015.
In this training you will learn:
The fundamentals of building and running an organization.
How to effectively organize and create change in your community.
Our philosophy that has sustained our organization for 9 years.
PJP’s definition of power and what true power looks like for the African working class.
How the role of the state in our community impacts our safety.
For questions, email us at info@ohiopjp.org.
PJP's 1:1 Training
We see the community not as a means to an end, but as a means to ourselves.
Join us on Sunday, May 5th from 2 pm to 4 pm for How to Build Relational Power: PJP’s 1:1 Training.
One-to-ones (aka 1:1’s) are the primary tool for organizing. This requires vulnerability from the organizer and allows expressing legitimate curiosity about one’s life and understanding their self-interest.
Why is this important?
Two words: collective liberation. We are most powerful together and we must work together (rather than compete with one another) to be successful and leverage our power most effectively. If any of us are unfree, then none of us are truly free.
Get registered for this FREE training today!
People Over Police: A People's Action Assembly
Join us for a community conversation about creating a non-police response program in the City of Columbus.
In this assembly you will be able to:
Hear stories about the need for a non-police response program.
Get educated about the opportunities and challenges of creating a non-police response program in the City of Columbus.
Have the opportunity to get involved in the People’s Safety Campaign.
PJP's 1:1 Training
We see the community not as a means to an end, but as a means to ourselves.
Join us on Saturday, February 3rd from 1 pm to 3:30 pm for How to Build Relational Power: PJP’s 1:1 Training.
One-to-ones (aka 1:1’s) are the primary tool for organizing. This requires vulnerability from the organizer and allows expressing legitimate curiosity about one’s life and understanding their self-interest.
Why is this important?
Two words: collective liberation. We are most powerful together and we must work together (rather than compete with one another) to be successful and leverage our power most effectively. If any of us are unfree, then none of us are truly free.
Get registered for this FREE training today!
PJP Power Training
Join us on Monday, October 23, 2023, at 1423 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 from 5:30 pm - 7 pm to learn the fundamentals of building power as an organization. Click here to register today.
Who Is PJP: Our Path to Power & Organizing
Join us on Monday, October 16, 2023, from 5:30 pm - 7 pm at 1423 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 to learn who we are, our mission, and how we’ve grown to power through strategic organization.
Volunteer: Canvas with PJP
Get involved with PJP by becoming a volunteer! We’re canvassing the community to help build our collective power. Click here to register!
The Foundation of Direct Action & Civil Obedience Workshop
J.U.S.T., Central Ohio Freedom Fund, People’s Justice Project, and Blackout Collective Present a Workshop on Direct Action.
This workshop is meant to prepare community members to improve their organizational skills and the tools they have to confront injustices. Join us as we explore the foundational concepts of direct action and civil disobedience.
National March for Justice for Jayland Walker
We’re headed to Akron…
Register the Justice for Jayland National March taking place on May 24th at 3pm. Meet us at First Congregational Church located at 292 E. Market St.
If you’re unable to join us, keep your eyes on our social media channels for live coverage and real-time updates.
Register today: https://actionnetwork.org/events/justice-for-jayland-walker-national-march?fbclid=IwAR1oZosaWL1lg0c14xU02lR6bcV5K0o2ImY77XPVmJwX5EXJxF1LHQGem1E