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Suspended South Side allows anyone to claim items at Community Grounds that have been paid ahead by someone else. Times have been very hard for everyone, and more people are requesting suspensions than ever before. We never turn someone away, and your support helps keep this movement sustainable. If you would like to support the suspended movement, the absolute best way is to become a monthly patron of our Patreon. Send a little love each month, and we will thank you in kind. patreon.com/communitygrounds
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 Meet Masami, NAICCO Executive Director, and Ty, NAICCO Project Director. A couple we respect a whole lot, and we're so glad that in 2011, they agreed to be the third set of hands to care for the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio right here on the South Side.

We stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples who have been stewards of this land and water from time immemorial. Much of the land that is present day Central Ohio was stolen in the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville and forced removal occurred through the Indian Removal Act of 1830, including that of the Delaware, Miami, Shawnee, and Wyandot Peoples.

We work to hold our community more accountable to the needs of Indigenous Peoples by cultivating our friendship and commitment to our neighbors at NAICCO and those who call the center home. NAICCO is devoted to preserving and restoring balance in the lives of Native youth and families living in and around Ohio through a focus on traditional, cultural, educational, family, community, and wellness driven values and initiatives.

We invite you to do your part. Support their ongoing efforts to purchase land by supporting the Land Back NAICCO Campaign. We encourage you to do so directly (naicco.com/donate) or via Community Grounds. Please put "NAICCO Love" in the comments if using a CG online donation platform.

As the only viable center in Ohio, NAICCO’s presence serves as a critical component in the lives of so many individuals and families. Be a part of their plans to expand their mission in big big ways by contributing  to strengthen NAICCO’s position to secure land of the highest quality possible in Ohio. Masami and Ty, thank you for doing what you do. We're thankful to be in Community with you.

Among the other historic tribes in Ohio were the Shawnee, the Chippewa, the Ojibwa, the Delaware, the Wyandot, the Eel River, the Kaskaskia, the Iroquois, the Miami, the Munsee, the Seneca-Cayuga, the Ottawa, the Piankashaw, the Sauk, the Potawatomi, the Seneca, and the Wea. 

BQIC is a grassroots community organization in Central Ohio that works toward the liberation of Black LGBTQIA+ people from all walks of life through direct action, community organizing, education on issues, and creating spaces to uplift voices. Donations for BQIC can directly by visiting https://bqic.net/donate. We're currently collecting monetary donations, and socks! For details on additional current needs, please visit BQIC. Also, please join us at Community Pride in October!

Jacques Angelino, a former special needs educator and nurse, has worked to serve people by hand delivering food and books to those who cannot access it otherwise, for more than 20 years. He operates on simple principles: EVERY person deserves dignity, food to eat and the right to literacy. Donations for Feed & Read Ohio are accepted on the shelf just inside the entrance at Community Grounds, and can also be given to your barista. Urgent needs include shelf stable foods like beans/rice/peanut butter, infant/adult diapers, pet food, and books for children of all ages. You may also support directly at https://donorbox.org/feed-read-ohio-donations if you'd prefer! 

Auntie V's Corner of Kindness is located at Ann and Sycamore and consists of a Pantry and Little Library.  People can add items to either to help people in need. The Corner of Kindness was started in 2015 as a Little Library and grew from there. In 2021 it was rebranded as Auntie V's in honor of Veronica Barrett, who died from COVID. You can support the work of Auntie V's here- https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UGNH54TXV3356