Sunday
U.S. Senate Candidate Morgan Harper Meet & Greet Sunday, February 20 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm @ 1348 St. Charles Ave. Lakewood 44107
Video of CCPC January Membership Meeting with Morgan Harper
Upcoming CCPC Events
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
CCPC Cuyahoga County Executive Candidates Forum Monday, March 28 from 6:30 to 8 pm. Candidates Chris Ronayne and Tariq Shabazz have confirmed participation. Format for the event will be opening statements from each candidate followed by questions from the audience and the closing statements from each candidate. 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. Questions must be policy orientated and submitted for both candidates to answer.
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
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
Join the Justice for Tamir Campaign
The Underground Railroad in the Cuyahoga Valley Thursday, February 17 @ 7 pm (digital)
Connecting the Dots: Race Equity and the Lead Crisis Part 1 Sunday, February 27 @ 5 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
Indivisible Strongsville February Meeting Thursday, February 17 @ 6:30 pm @ 11927 Webster Rd. Strongsville 44136
Northeast Ohio Poor People’s Campaign February Meeting Thursday, February 17 @ 7 pm (digital)
Government Mandated Pregnancy: Supreme Court or State’s Rights Sunday, February 20 from 9:30 t0 10:45 am (digital)
Testify Against Cuyahoga County Israel Bonds Purchase Tuesday, February 22 @ 5 pm @ Cuyahoga County Administrative Headquarters ( 4th floor ), 2079 E. 9th.St.Cleveland 44115
A Public Forum: Are School Vouchers Legal Wednesday, February 23 @ 7 pm (digital)
2022 Cuyahoga County Solar Co – op Online Info Session Thursday, February 24 from 6 to 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
Bill Mason’s political machine kingless after attempt to influence Cuyahoga Executive race The Cleveland mayor, County Executive and hopefully soon the 11th Congressional District representative are now completely out of his control.
Cleveland mayor to appoint two riders to RTA board Great news! Our friends at Clevelanders for Public Transit have been pushing for this for years.
Impacts of redlining, disinvestment are felt generations later on Cleveland’s east side Is a great piece of investigative journalism by channel 5 news.
State
GOP says Democrats won’t OK their congressional map, so Ohio Redistricting Commission will draw it The Commission now has until March 15 to draw the maps.
The humiliating Ohio Senate race Describes the dog eat dog circular firing squad that the Republican primary has become.
The next move in the effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio Is likely to be getting additional signatures for the ballot initiative since the General Assembly won’t pass anything.
National
Statewide redistricting battles could give Democrats an edge in House races Successful lawsuits like the one in Ohio and states’ that now have non – partisan redistricting commissions may help prevent a red wave.
Moderate Democrats fear party infighting could hand U.S. Congress to Republicans Which is really a code to get Progressive Democrats to remain silent.
Postal Service reform bill heads to Senate after strong bipartisan House vote Great news!
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
Advocates push for immigration reform with nationwide ” Day Without Immigrants ” demonstrations
U.S. to try house arrest for immigrants as alternative to detention
Why Immigration Coverage Needs to Center Migrants’ Stories
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Steve Holecko, CCPC Political Director, 440 220 1874