CCPC News and Events: March 31, 2022

Progressive events in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County

CCPC County Executive Endorsement Vote 

Two candidates, Chris Ronayne and Tariq Shabazz are seeking the CCPC endorsement for Cuyahoga County Executive. All CCPC endorsements are determined by a vote of our membership with a 2/3 threshold needed for an endorsement to occur. Below is a link to the CCPC endorsement ballot for County Executive. Included in that link is a link to the CCPC Endorsement Application and Questionnaire that both candidates submitted. Also below is a link to the March 28 CCPC County Executive Candidates Forum. All ballots must be cast by the end of the day on Thursday, April 7 to be included in the vote tally

CCPC County Executive Endorsement Vote Ballot 

Video of the CCPC County Executive Candidates Forum 

Monday 

Public Reading: Dr. King’s Breaking the Silence Monday, April 4 @ 5 pm @ Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland 44114

Please Let Us Know 

Please let us know if you are willing to help out one of our CCDP Central Committee Candidates who is in a contested election. What we’ll do is connect you with a candidate who lives near you.

Nina Turner for Congress Volunteer Opportunities 

Saturday Lakewood Office Canvassing for Senator Nina Turner Every Saturday through April 23 from 11 am to 2 pm @ CCPC Office, 11910 Detroit Ave. Lakewood 44107

Sunday Lakewood Office Canvassing for Senator Nina Turner Every Sunday through April 24 from 11 am to 2 pm @ CCPC Office, 11910 Detroit Ave. Lakewood 44107

Phone Banking for Nina Turner Sundays and Thursdays from 3 to 4:30 pm. Virtual event. Click the link for details

Lakewood Volunteer Gathering Friday, April 1 from 5 to 7 pm @ Bottle House Brewery, 13368 Madison Ave. Lakewood 44107

How You Can Help the People of Ukraine

Below are links to some Ukrainian relief organizations that our friends from the Cleveland Council on World Affairs provided.

United Ukrainian American Relief Committee 

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America

Razom for Ukraine

Guardians for Fair Work 

Video of CCPC November Membership Meeting: Guardians 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

Black Lives Matter

Cuyahoga County declared racism a public health crisis two years abo. What’s happened since then?

Join the Justice for Tamir Campaign

March in Memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, April 4 @ 4 pm @ E. 105th St. and Superior Ave. Cleveland 44108

Public Reading: Dr. King’s Breaking the Silence Monday, April 4 @ 5 pm @ Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland 44114

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

2022 NEOCH Annual Meeting Thursday, March 31 from 6 to 8 pm @ St. Paul’s Community Church, 4427 Franklin Blvd. Cleveland 44113

Cleveland Rally for Peace in Europe Saturday, April 2 @ noon @ Market Square Park, W. 25th and Lorain, Cleveland 44113

2022 Medicare for All Strategy Conference Saturday, April 2 @ 1 pm and Sunday, April 3 @ 5 pm (digital)

Empowering Community Film Festival Sunday, April 3 @ 2 pm (digital)

How to Prepare for Climate Change Wednesday, April 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm @ The Union Club, 1211 Euclid Ave. Cleveland 44115

Our Revolution Ohio State Meeting Wednesday, April 6 @ 7 pm (digital)

Happy Dog Takes on the SCOTUS Nomination Wednesday, April 6 from 7:30 to 8:30 pm @ The Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave. Cleveland 44102 or click the link for livestream information

Remarks from The Honorable Nina Turner Friday, April 8 from noon to 1:30 pm @ The City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave. Cleveland 44114 or click the link to see how you can watch online.

2022 Housing Ohio Conference Monday, April 11 @ 10 am and Wednesday, April 13 @ 3 pm (digital)

Dignity, Health, and Heroes and Heroes Pay for the City of Cleveland Essential Workers Monday, April 11 from 6 to 7 pm @ Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland 44114

The 2022 State of the City with Mayor Justin M. Bibb Wednesday, April 13 from 7 to 8:30 pm @ Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd. Cleveland 44106

Unfair Housing: The Legacy of Redlining in Northeast Ohio Wednesday, April 13 and 20 @ 7 pm (digital)

SPAN Ohio 20th State Conference Saturday, April 23 from 9 am to 4 pm @ 9200 Worthington Rd. Westerville 43082

Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy and a History of Erasure Saturday, April 23 @ 1 pm (digital)

Cleveland Asian Festival Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 from 11 am to 7 pm @ E.27th and Payne Ave. Cleveland 44114

Also in the News 

Local 

Big changes planned for West Side Market Let’s hope these changes get one of our Cleveland treasures back on its feet

Should Cleveland’s Burke Lakefront Airport be closed. Local leader’s are discussing the possibility. Imagine the development possibilities of that lakefront location

Cuyahoga County has more than 300 orphan oil and gas wells that may need plugging An orphan well is one that is inactive and has no known owner to assume responsibility

State 

Repeated failure to draw constitutional maps is closing off options, was that the plan all along? Yes. And then hope a conservative federal judge rules that we have to go with unconstitutional maps because we’re too close to the May 3 primary.

Republicans on Ohio Redistricting Commission approve slightly revised version of rejected map, abandon bipartisan plan As they once again submit unconstitutional maps,

DeWine’s State of State Promises: Groups Say Proof is in the Policy It seems that what he said and what he has done doesn’t quite match up

National 

Biden says Putin ” cannot remain in power ” in fiery speech on Ukraine Does he know something more about this?

Culture wars, 2024 messages and a ‘ QAnon primary ‘ : How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing descended into a brawl As the Republicans once again show themselves as immature thugs

Trump’s Time Travel Trump’s continued demand of his party that the 2020 election be reversed is great news for Democrats

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 

Cleveland will likely get several thousand Ukrainian refugees, head of immigration group predicts 

Biden admin’s new rule will let asylum officers, not just judges decide if immigrants can stay in U.S. 

US to close or scale back troubled immigration detention facilities 

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Steve Holecko, CCPC Political Director, 440 220 1874

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