CCPC News + Events: January 5, 2023

Tonight!

CCPC January Membership Meeting – Labor Issues in Cleveland Thursday, January 5 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Please join us as we discuss the ongoing Labor disputes with the City of Cleveland and the possibility of a strike. Our guests include Dan Chavez ( Teamsters Local 507 ) who represents the Snow Plow and Sanitation Drivers and Bobby Mendel ( Laborers Local 860 ) representing the Sanitation Workers. Please click here to register for the event After registering you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link

And if you are a City of Cleveland resident

Your trash may not be picked up, your streets may not be plowed and your water mains and streets may stop being repaired. If you do not want this to happen call City Hall at 216 664 3990 and tell the mayor to Treat All Of The City Employees Equally At The Bargaining Table

Unions protest outside Cleveland City Hall in pursuit of higher wages

And in case you missed it

Video of CCPC November Meeting: Debrief the 2022 Elections

CCPC Seventh Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser

CCPC Seventh Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser Friday, January 20 from 5 to 8 pm @ The Ohio Inn, 11822 Detroit Ave. Lakewood 44107. We haven’t got together for a Holiday Party since before the Pandemic. This year it looks like we can! But instead of getting together in December when people are busy getting ready for the holidays, we thought it best to wait until January and celebrate the seventh anniversary of our office opening in 2016! And we have a venue just down the street from our office. The Ohio Inn has a cash bar and we’ll provide the food. If you can’t make it but can make a donation please click here or mail a check made out to Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus to CCPC Office, 11910 Detroit Ave. Lakewood 44107. If you can make it but can’t make a donation at this time please come anyway for the celebration! Also, we’d like to know how many are coming so we know how much food to bring. Please RSVP by responding to this email, clicking the going link on the facebook event or by calling me at 440 220 1874.

Are You Thinking About Running for Office in 2023?

If so, please check out the links below

Run for Office

Defeating Republican Suburban Mayors Starts Now with Progressive Challenger Recruitment

And please let us know if you decide to do it or if you have any questions

We Need Your Help!

CCPC has always been an all-volunteer organization fueled by people who share a vision of a more just world and a commitment to building it. In an effort to expand our work and be more active in the community, we’d like to hear from you!

Please fill out this brief survey to tell us about the issues that are most important to you, share any talents you’d be willing to lend to CCPC and what you’d like to see from our organization going forward. Thank you!

From Our Friends at SPAN Ohio

Span Ohio Winter Newsletter

SPAN Ohio Annual Conference: Our Environment and Our Health – Air Pollution and Fracking Brine Saturday, January 14 from 10 to 11:30 am ( digital )

Black Lives Matter

The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America Friday, January 13 from 11;30 am to 1 pm @ The City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave, Cleveland 44114. Click the link to see how you can reserve tickets or view online.

How We Win the Civil War: Remarks by Author Steve Phillips Friday, January 20 from 11;30 am to 1 pm @ The City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave, Cleveland 44114. Click the link to see how you can reserve tickets or view online.

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

Cleveland DSA Monthly General Meeting Thursday, January 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm @ Euclid Public Library, 631 E. 222nd St. Euclid 44123

Feeding Cleveland: Fighting Food Insecurities in Our Communities Friday, January 6 from 11:30 am to 1 pm @ The City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave, Cleveland 44114. Click the link to see how you can reserve tickets or view online.

2023 Annual State of Nonviolence Address Saturday, January 7 from 2 to 3:30 pm ( digital )

NOACA Climate Action Plan Public Engagement Meeting / Listening Session Tuesday, January 10 from 5:30 to 7 pm @ Cuyahoga Community College Jerry Sue Thornton Center, 2500 E, 22nd St. Cleveland 44115

2023 Cuyahoga County Solar Co – op Online and In Person Info Session Thursday, January 12 @ 6 pm @ Middleburg Heights Library, 16699 Bagley Rd. Middleburg Heights 44130 or click the link to register to attend by Zoom.

Constitutional Crisis, Insurrection or Democracy….in 2024 Sunday, January 15 from 9 to 10 am @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. Shaker Heights 44122 or click the link to register to attend by Zoom.

Indivisible Strongsville January Meeting Tuesday, January 17 from 7 to 8:30 pm @ Strongsville Library, 18700 Westwood Dr. Strongsville 44136

Food Insecurity: An Increasing Challenge with Solutions Sunday, January 22 from 9 to 10 am @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. Shaker Heights 44122 or click the link to register to attend by Zoom.

Bike Cleveland Annual Meeting and Social Saturday, January 28 from 4 to 7 pm @ Sokol Greater Cleveland, 4939 Broadway Ave. Cleveland 441

Redlining, Hospital Closures and the Effect on Healthcare Sunday, January 29 from 9 to 10 am @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. Shaker Heights 44122 or click the link to register to attend by Zoom.

Organizing for Transformative Change: How to Conduct a Truth Commission Tuesday, January 31 from 7 to 8:30 pm ( digital )

Censorship: Muzzling Muzzling the Message and the Messinger Sunday, February 5 from 9 to 10 am @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. Shaker Heights 44122 or click the link to register to attend by Zoom.

Plastics Are Everywhere: Including in Us Sunday, March 5 from 9 to 10 am @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. Shaker Heights 44122 or click the link to register to attend by Zoom.

Immigration Updates

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.

Immigrant Defense Fund Click here to donate, and please share!

Immigration Working Group CLE

for updates and actions from a coalition of organizations and local community activists advocating for immigrant rights.

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