Elenamary

Dear Urban Active,
I’d like to be as clear as possible with my objective in writing this email.  My desired outcome is two fold:
1. An apology
2. Your company honoring a Gift Certificate given to me by a friend that states “This Certificate entitles 6 months free membership for a friend”
I am a triathlete and lead a [...]

I live very close to my “Neighborhood Pride Center“.   It is a pretty cool idea I think, to house community space, the police, university safety patrol and basic city services all in one place.  I’d like to make  a recommendation to the City and the University who are joint partners in sharing the space and [...]

High School sucked, racism made it suck more…but damn trying to hang someone while screaming racist slurs, come on Ohio, we can do better.
From
Teen Accused of Tying a Noose Around a Latino
An Ohio teen accused of dragging a Latino young man in a parking lot with a noose last year has been sentenced to 10 [...]

My very good friend, Miles Curtiss is running for University Area Commissioner.  Those living between High street to the train tracks, and from 5thAve to 16thAve, can vote for Miles Curtiss.  All you have to do is show up, this Saturday, with either your Buck-ID, or other photo ID, or mail at one of the [...]

I first met Joseph (José) Mas in the early 2000’s when he came to speak to my Latino Studies class.  That quarter on a weekly basis different local Latino leaders came to speak to us.  I prejudged José Mas, thinking, “here comes this white Cuban lawyer who is going to be another anti-Castro, GOP mouth [...]

Monday, May 4th the Columbus Dispatch had an Editorial “Tighten ID process: Bureau of Motor Vehicles makes it too easy for people to commit fraud“.  The opening line:
“Ohio is known to illegal immigrants as the place to go to score an easy ID, and that’s unacceptable.”
This statement is offensive in all kinds of ways.  First [...]