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.comCity website: www.cleanenergycolumbus.orgCathy 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/readyfor100columbusGrassRoot_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 Sundays at Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/Check us out on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8