Tonight!
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 February Membership Meeting with John Cranley
Nina Turner for Congress Campaign Office Grand Opening’s This Weekend!
East Side Office Grand Opening Saturday, March 5 from 10 am to noon @ 2940 Noble Rd. Suite 102, Cleveland Heights 44129
West Side Office Grand Opening Sunday, March 6 from 2 to 4 pm @ CCPC Office,11910 Detroit Ave. Lakewood 44107
CCPC is honored to be hosting the Nina Turner Campaign’s West Side Office! Please click the link above to register to attend the event that best fits your location. Or click both link’s and attend both events! Please join Team Turner and learn how you can help Nina get to Congress. Sign up for a shift, learn about upcoming campaign events and learn why Nina Turner is the change we need in Washington!
And Later On In March
Poor People’s Campaign National Mobilization Tour with Reverend Barber Comes to Cleveland Monday, March 14 @ 5 pm @ Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave. Cleveland 44113 Volunteers including peacekeepers are needed for the event, Please click the link for details and to sign up where you can help out
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.
And if you missed any of our meetings and / or candidate forums in 2021 you can find them all at
CCPC – Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus – YouTube
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
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
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black Woman to sit on Supreme Court
With a New Book and retail Line, East Cleveland Dominique Kizer Continues to Motivate Black Kids
Join the Justice for Tamir Campaign
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
Communities Not Cages Thursday, March 3 @ 4 pm @ Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse, 801 W. Superior Ave. Cleveland 44113
Ohio Voter Rights Coalition Advocacy Training Series: Building Support and Engaging Lawmakers Thursday, March 3 @ 7 pm (digital)
Homelessness: How Does It happen & Who’s Helping? Sunday, March 6 from 9:30 to 10:45 am (digital)
Cleveland International Women’s Day March Tuesday, March 8 from 4:45 to 6 pm @ Market Square Park, Cleveland 44113
Fair Districts Ohio All Volunteer Huddle Wednesday, March 9 @ 6 pm
Plastics: Earth’s Super Polluters Thursday, March 10 @ 7 pm (digital)
2022 Liberation Lab: A Teach – in on Abolition & Environmental Justice Saturday, March 19 from 11 am to 3 pm (digital)
Fracking, Radioactive Brine and Icy Roads Sunday, March 27 from 9:30 to 10:45 am (digital)
2022 Medicare for All Strategy Conference Saturday, April 2 @ 1 pm and Sunday, April 3 @ 5 pm (digital)
How to Prepare for Climate Change Wednesday, April 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm (digital)
Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy and a History of Erasure Saturday, April 23 @ 1 pm (digital)
Also in the News
Local
Bibb’s first – term budget tries to fulfill campaign promises in the face of heat from council The kickoff of the annual budget hearings was Bibb’s first sit down with council since he became mayor
Cleveland Tops List Of Cities Where Property Prices Have Most Outpaced Wages In Last Five Years The study also found that Cleveland ranked 7th worst in rental affordability
Community Partnerships bring affordable internet to Cleveland neighborhoods, but will residents sign up for it Nearly one – third of Cleveland households in communities of color don’t have internet
State
Ohio Redistricting Commission approves state legislative map plan, again And again the democrats voted no and it’s back to the Ohio Supreme Court
Federal prosecutors say Householder racketeering charge in House Bill 6 scandal must stand Great news
Senate should nix attempt to silence protesters Is an excellent op-ed by the cleveland.com editorial board about the recently passed HB 109
National
Why didn’t Putin invade Ukraine while Trump was president? If Trump had won a second term he would have pulled out of NATO leaving all of Europe available to Putin
Eight sobering realities about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine And none of them are good
5 takeaways from Biden’s from Biden’s State of the Union address Is a thoughtful analysis by our friends at NPR.
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
Vast immigration surveillance program in dire need of reform
Black immigrants are more likely to be denied citizenship than White Immigrants
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