Fair Districts = Fair Elections

April 4, 2017

Professor Richard Gunther, one of Ohio’s leading experts on the effort to bring fair Congressional districting to Ohio, will join us for our April 12 meeting. Dr. Gunther works with the Fair Districts/Fair Elections Coalition which “seeks to reform the way Ohio’s Congressional Districts are drawn with the goal of prohibiting, or at least reducing, partisan gerrymandering.” This reform is a fundamental priority for our state and our country. You will not want to miss this opportunity.

Date/Time:
Wednesday, April 12 – 7:00-8:30

Location:
Friends Theater, Upper Arlington Main Library, 2800 Tremont Road

If you can, please RSVP to our Facebook event.

We hope to see you there!

Rally against the AHCA

March 24, 2017

Seven local groups—Organizing4UA, Forward 15, Columbus Northwest Blues, Upper Arlington Progressive Action, Central Ohio Citizens for Truth in Government, Progress Hilliard, and Indivisible Ohio District 15—joined together for a mass protest at Stivers’ Hilliard office this morning to urge Stivers to vote against the AHCA. (His staff said he is “undecided”.)

59 enthusiastic volunteers showed up to register their opposition to the Republican plan for health care. There were many honks and thumbs up from passers-by out on Cemetery Road!

Jean Wentzel delivered a ‘huge’ petition signed by District 15 constituents asking Stivers to vote no on the AHCA.

Thank you to all of you who attended. We are stronger together!

April 12 Meeting: Redistricting Reform

March 20, 2017

The focus of our April 12 meeting is redistricting reform.  Our guest speaker will be Professor Emeritus Richard Gunther from the Fair Districts = Fair Elections Coalition. Professor Gunther will provide background information about gerrymandering as well as details about proposed congressional redistricting reform.  He’ll also give us specific ways that we can get involved.

Event details:

Wednesday, April 12 at 7 pm (check-in starts at 6:45 pm)
Friends Theater, Upper Arlington Public Library (2800 Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington)

RSVP on Facebook if you plan to attend.

Hope to see you there!

 

 

Our first meeting

March 15, 2017

Thanks to everyone who attended our first meeting on March 2, 2017. As a group, we talked about “why now” and “what’s next” for our neighborhood teams in Upper Arlington and Northwest Columbus.

IMG_1593Columbus City Council President Zach Klein then spoke to us about citizen activism. Thanks to Zach for fielding questions on topics ranging from recruiting strong candidates to redistricting.