Upcoming CCPC Events
CCPC February Meeting: Gubernatorial Candidate Forum with John Cranley Wednesday, February 16 from 7 to 8 pm. Our February meeting will feature dialogue with gubernatorial candidate and former Cincinnati mayor John Cranley. Please click here to register for the event. After registering you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link and information on how you can submit a question. To find out more about the Cranley campaign please go to johncranley.com
Note: The February meeting was originally scheduled to start at 6:30 pm. We had to move to a 7 pm start time to accommodate the Cranley campaign’s schedule.
CCPC March Meeting: Gubernatorial Candidate Forum with Nan Whaley . Thursday, March 3 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Our March meeting will feature dialogue with gubernatorial candidate and former Dayton mayor Nan Whaley. Please click here to register for the event. After registering you’ll receive and email with the Zoom link and information on how you can submit a question, To find out more about the campaign please go to nanwhaley.com
And In Case You Missed It
Video of CCPC January Membership Meeting with Morgan Harper
And if that interested you
U.S. Senate Candidate Morgan Harper Meet & Greet Sunday, February 20 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm @ 1348 St. Charles Ave. Lakewood 44107
Please Consider
Please consider becoming a Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Precinct Committee Leader as a write – in candidate. As a write – in candidate you do not need to get signatures to get on the ballot. All you need to do is fill out the form linked below and either mail it or deliver it to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections ( 2925 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44115 ). The filing deadline for write – in candidates is February 22. If you are mailing the form please write Attention: Candidate and Petition Services underneath the address and make sure you mail it with more than enough time to get it there by the 22nd. If you end up on the ballot as a write – in candidate with no opponent all you have to do is write your name in and you win!
Click here to find your precinct
Click here to find out which precincts do not yet have a candidate
Click here to download and print the Declaration of Intent to be a Write – in Candidate
Note: You need to fill out the top part where it says Name of Candidate and your address. You do not need to put in a date where it says term commencing. You do however have to put in your community, ward and precinct in the part after that which says to identify the state, district or county of the office you are seeking. The only other thing you need to do is sign at the bottom of the form.
What is a Precinct Committee Leader / Central Committee Member?
Are you interested in making the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party more dynamic and Progressive? Are you interested in preventing a fascist takeover of our country by the Republicans in 2022 and 2024? If the answer to those two questions is yes, please consider running for Precinct Committee Leader / Central Committee Member in your precinct this year.
In the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party (CCDP), the Precinct Leader and the Central Committee Member are in the same position. Central Committee Members in the CCDP have two main responsibilities. 1) Get out the vote in your precinct at election time and 2) Elect a CCDP Party Chair for a four year term beginning in the summer of 2022. We are hopeful that we will find a progressive party chair candidate that CCPC Central Committee members can support when this election takes place next summer. We know that many of you are devoted activists and did everything you could to fight the Trump Regime between 2017 and 2021. If you’re following the news you know that this fight is not yet over. Getting Democrats to turn out and vote in 2022 and 2024 is vitally important to saving us from a Trump return to power.
There are two links below. The first link is to a video of last May’s CCPC Membership meeting where we described our role in party politics and the precinct committee project in some detail. The second link is to a website for a coalition CCPC is part of called “Build Back Cuyahoga”, which includes a form which we’re asking you to fill out if you decide to run.
Build Back Cuyahoga Website – Sign Up and Learn How To Run for Precinct Leader
Why the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party needs reform now
Jennifer O’Donnell Fundraiser
Jennifer O’Donnell for Judge Fundraiser Tuesday, February 15 from 5 to 7 pm @ Dive Bar, 1214 W. 6th St. Cleveland 44113
Please support CCPC member Jennifer O’Donnell!
Call to Action
Call to Action: Give Verbal and / or Written Testimony to the Primary and Secondary Education Committee in Support of S.B. 214 Click the link for details
Guardians for Fair Work
Video of CCPC November Membership Meeting: Guardian’s for Fair Work!
Guardians for Fair Work Website
Please click here to endorse Guardians for Fair Work!
Please Like and Share the Guardians for Fair Work Facebook Page
Support Cleveland Jobs With Justice
Please support Cleveland Jobs With Justice by clicking here to donate online or by mailing a check to Cleveland Jobs With Justice, 20525 Center Ridge Rd. Ste 700, Rocky River, Ohio 44116
Support CLASH ( Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing )
Please support CLASH by clicking here to donate online or by mailing a check to CLASH c/o NEOBHC, 18115 Harvard Rd. Cleveland 44128
Black Lives Matter
Protests Continue in Minneapolis After Police Shooting of Amir Locke
Cuyahoga County Jail death reviews ‘ grossly lacking ‘ attorney says
Join the Justice for Tamir Campaign
ACLU of Ohio Bail Reform Legislative Training Tuesday, February 15 @ noon (digital)
ACLU of Ohio Bail Reform Legislative Training Tuesday, February 15 @ 5 pm (digital)
The Underground Railroad in the Cuyahoga Valley Thursday, February 17 @ 7 pm (digital)
The People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland is a space for healing, accountability, and justice. Add your voice and tell the real story of the ongoing protests in and around Cleveland. Go to archivingpoliceviolence.org and click on “Tell Your Story” to submit pictures, videos, and narratives with your name or anonymously. This archive is endorsed by Black Lives Matter Cleveland, Black Man Army, Puncture the Silence – Stop Mass Incarceration, and the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition. Visit the Facebook page
Other Upcoming Events
Not ” A Nation of Immigrants “: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Inclusion Friday, February 11 @ 7:30 pm (digital)
Valentines Day Webinar Presented by Grannies for Peace Monday, February 14 @ 7 pm
Planned Parenthood of Ohio Tigger Ban Testimony Training Workshop Tuesday, February 15 from 6 to 7 pm
Indivisible Strongsville February Meeting Thursday, February 17 @ 6:30 pm @ 11927 Webster Rd. Strongsville 44136
Government Mandated Pregnancy: Supreme Court or State’s Rights Sunday, February 20 from 9:30 t0 10:45 am (digital)
A Public Forum: Are School Vouchers Legal Wednesday, February 23 @ 7 pm (digital)
Coronavirus and Universal Health Care: Medical and Public Health Policy Implications Saturday, February 26 @ 10 am (digital)
2022 Liberation Lab: A Teach – in on Abolition & Environmental Justice Saturday, March 19 from 11 am to 3 pm (digital)
Also in the News
Local
Are we really going to flush another $46 million on the failure that is the Med Mart? Asks some very good questions about what pouring more money into it would really do.
Cleveland program to provide lawyers to poor renters facing eviction yielded up to $4.7 M in Benefits Great news!
Fair Housing Center in Cleveland and Others Reach $53 Million Settlement With Fannie Mae And Others More great news!
State
Ohio Supreme Court again rejects Republicans state legislative maps Meanwhile we’re getting closer and closer to the May primary with candidates still not knowing what their district.is going to be.
Larry Householder asks court to dismiss federal corruption charge LOL
Top – down reform of PUCO and its nominating process is needed Right now PUCO is structured to serve the interests of the utilities, not the consumers.
National
How Democrats Can Stop a Red Wave COVID, redistricting and Trump being center stage for the Republicans are the keys.
The whisper campaign against Joe Biden won’t stop – unless he can change the narrative It’s not just policy, it’s also whether he is competent.
Schumer faces brewing war and progressives ramp – up primary threats Does anyone reading this object to Manchin and Sinema having progressive primary challengers?
End Poverty Now Cleveland
Please check out and like the End Poverty Now Cleveland Facebook page!
Immigration Updates
Immigrant Defense Fund
Cleveland Jobs With Justice and other leaders and organizations in Cleveland have launched a new fundraising vehicle to be able to provide flights, bond, and other assistance to immigrants harmed by ICE enforcement right here in Ohio. All donations are tax-deductible. Click here to donate, and please share!
Immigration Working Group CLE
Follow The Immigration Working Group CLE for updates and actions from a coalition of organizations and local community activists advocating for immigrant rights.
Immigration News
Independent Immigration Courts Envisioned in New Legislation
Biden admin says it supports legal status for asylum seeking kids and parents separated at border
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