Community Choice Aggregation-Columbus, OH Issue 1-Kayla Merchant and Cathy Cowan Becker

Carolyn Harding (host) with Kayla Merchant and Cathy Cowan Becker, advocates for Issue 1, Community Choice Aggregation for Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 2020 and on the ballot as we speak. Kayla Merchant is a community organizer and resident of the South Side of Columbus. She served on the Schumacher Place Civic Association's executive board, the Columbus South Side Area Commission, and recently left the corporate world to do full-time campaign work. She has worked with Yes We Can, #RepYourBlock, and currently is an executive committee member of the Franklin County Democratic Party, and a board member for the non-profit, All Aboard Ohio - working to diversify public transit options across Ohio, w/ a focus on passenger rail. Campaign website: www.yesforissue1.com City website: www.cleanenergycolumbus.org Cathy Cowan Becker chairs the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 in Ohio. So far 168 cities, including Cleveland and Cincinnati, have committed to 100% renewable energy. Cathy has led the campaign in Columbus since 2017, as well as a statewide group supporting Ready for 100 efforts in Dayton, Toledo, and other cities. She is a trained Climate Reality leader, got arrested with Sunrise Movement and Fire Drill Fridays, and started the Columbus chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby. In her professional life, Cathy has a 25-year career in journalism, communications, and public relations. She recently earned a master’s in public administration and environment and natural resources from The Ohio State University. https://www.sierraclub.org/ohio/central-ohio/readyfor100columbus GrassRoot_Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio. There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back! Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you