CCPC News and Events: April 21, 2022

CCPC Endorsed Candidates Volunteer Opportunities and Events

Chris Ronayne Text Bank Thursday, April 21 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm

Chris Ronayne Parma Heights Canvass Saturday, April 23 @ 10:30 am. Click the link to RSVP and receive location

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

Women for Nina Saturday, April 23 from 1 to 3 pm @ Garden City, 3386 Tuttle Rd. Shaker Heights 44122

Chris Ronayne Lakewood Canvass Sunday, April 24 @ 10:30 am. Click the link to RSVP and receive location

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

Nina Turner Jewish Community Canvass Sunday, April 24 and Sunday, May 1 from noon to 3 pm @ 2940 Noble Rd. Cleveland Heights 44121

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

Faith Leaders for Nina Turner Empowerment Rally Saturday, April 23 from 3 to 4:30 pm @ Holy Trinity Church, 7209 Woodland Ave. Cleveland 44104

Nan Whaley for Governor Weekly Virtual Phone Bank Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8 pm

Chris Ronayne for County Executive Virtual Weekly Phone Bank Every Wednesday in April from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Nan Whaley Election Day Poll Standing Click the link to register for a shift and location near you

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.

Activism at Home

Sign the Guardians for Fair Work Petition

Stop HB 607 and HJR 2 – Bad Bail Bills

Sign the Petition Opposing the proposed $550 million County Jail

Stop HB 616: an attack on Honest and Inclusive Education

Have you seen Tim Ryan’s Xenophobic Senate Campaign Ad?

If not you can view it here. If you are outraged please read and sign – on to support a national open letter to the Tim Ryan campaign drafted by our friends at the Asian American Midwest Progressives

Open Letter to the Tim Ryan Campaign

Cleveland Jobs With Justice 2022 Spring Celebration

2022 Virtual Spring Celebration This year Cleveland Jobs With Justice is going to recognize workers who are Building Power for Worker Justice by running organizing campaigns and striking to improve their rights in the workplace. Join us Thursday, May 26 @ 6;30 pm to hear from workers at Starbucks and other places across the country. Click here to register for the event. After registering you’ll receive the Zoom link.
 

Mobilize the Vote NEO Volunteer Opportunities

Mobilize the Vote NEO is launching an active Spring, Summer and Fall of voter registration and activism in low – turnout precincts in Cleveland. Indicate your interests here and they will share volunteer opportunities with you.

Virtual Vote Forward Letters to Voters The third Wednesday of every month from 6:30 from 6:30 to 8 pm

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:
 
 

Black Lives Matter

Cuyahoga County is trying to address decades of disinvestment in communities of color. Is it working?

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

 

Cuyahoga County Solat Co – op Information Session Thursday, April 21 @ 6 pm @ Parma Heights Library, 6206 Pearl Rd. Parma Heights 44130 or click the link register for the Zoom link

Earth Day Strike 2022 From Friday, April 22 to Sunday, May 1. Click the link for details

Jennifer O’Donnell Fundraiser Friday, April 22 from 5 to 7 pm @ 17854 Lake Rd. Lakewood 44107

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

Dugway Brook Stream Sweep Saturday, April 23 from 12:30 to 3 pm @ Forest Hills Park East Cleveland Parking Lot

Heights Sustainability Fair: Design Our Green Future Saturday, April 23 from 1 to 4 pm @ Coventry Peace Park, 2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Heights 44118

Earth Day Clean Up Huntington Beach Sunday, April 24  from 10 am to 12:30 pm @ Huntington Beach Lake Picnic Area, 28492 – 28648 Lake Rd. Bay Village 44140

Earth Week 2022 Climate Teach – In Sunday, April 24 from 12:15 to 2:15 pm @ Tinkham Veale University Center, 11038 Bellflower Rd. Cleveland 44106

Connecting the Dots: Planet, People, Power Sunday, April 24 from 5 to 6 pm (digital)

North Shore AFL – CIO Workers Memorial Day Service Thursday, April 28 @ 1 pm @ Garfield Memorial Church, 3650 Lander Rd. Pepper Pike 44124

Readers Roundtable: Community Journalism in Cleveland Thursday, April 28 from 7 to 8 pm (digital)

May Day 2022 Workers Assembly and Celebration Sunday, May 1 @ 2 pm @ Plaza on Euclid Ave. / Ford Dr. across from the Museum of Contemporary Art, 11400 Euclid Ave. Cleveland 44106

Discussion: Citizens Jury Ohio Monday, May 4 @ 7 pm (digital)

Education Matters Advocacy Postcard Party Saturday, May 7 from 10 am to noon @ Forest Hills Park Picnic Pavilion, Lee Rd. Cleveland Heights 44118

Cuyahoga County Solar Co – op Information Session Thursday, May 12 @ 6 pm @ Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Ave. Lakewood 44107 or click the link to register for the Zoom link.
Cleveland Asian Festival Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 from 11 am to 7 pm @ E.27th and Payne Ave. Cleveland 44114
Cuyahoga County Solar Co – op Information Session Thursday, June 9 @ 6 pm @ Nature’s Oasis, 3385 Tuttle Rd. Shaker Heights 44122 or click the link to register for the Zoom link

Also in the News

State

 
Ohio Supreme Court rejects Republicans’ fourth set of state legislative maps But they declined to hold the Redistricting Commission in contempt of court
Ohioans have shorter life expectancy than most of the United States The states below Ohio are similar to Ohio in that they are controlled by Republicans
1 in 4 Ohioans lives near toxic release facilities Ohio is the 6th highest toxin emitting state in the nation.

National

 
Biden administration to resume leasing for oil and gas drilling on federal lands The excuse is that new leases will help lower gas prices.
Will the Democrats Fight to Save Democracy Thanks to Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema the answer so far is no.

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

The Movement to Defund and Abolish Immigration in Winning Major Victories

Democrats intensify fight against Biden immigration policy

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Steve Holecko, CCPC Political Director, 440 220 1874

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