VIRTUAL Annual Meeting
June 6, 2020 ~ 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
The League’s Annual Meeting sets the stage for the next program year: the organization’s operating budget is approved, local program is determined, officers and directors are elected, changes to the bylaws are approved, and a general direction is given to the board.
What You Need to Do to Prepare
- Find information about the virtual Annual Meeting
- Download the materials you'll need for the meeting
- You can still RSVP for the meeting at the webpage
Link for Zoom Meeting on June 6
Below is the link to enter the Zoom meeting on June 6 starting at 9 a.m. We'll be sharing it in a few more newsletter updates and an email on June 5.
LWV Kent Annual Meeting Zoom Link
June 6th, 2020, 9:00 am - 11:30 noon. Join by computer, tablet, mobile device, or landline.
Meeting ID: 836 2134 7031
Join Zoom Meeting on June 6th using the following link:
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Don’t have a computer or a microphone? Dial in by phone:
+1 312 626 6799 US
+1 929 205 6099 US (if other line is busy)
Meeting ID: 836 2134 7031
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READY, SET, ZOOM!
ZOOM TRAINING, June 3, 6 p.m.
Annual Meeting Tech Team member Jen Kinney will host a short training tonight, June 3, at 6 p.m. Use the link below or call in to hear her presentation and get your questions answered. She can help you access Zoom and learn to use its chat and other meeting features that will be utilized on Saturday. If for some reason the time doesn't work work for you, please reach out to her individually.
Wednesday, June 3, 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Join Zoom Meeting link
Meeting ID: 816 6004 2529
Dial by phone line
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 816 6004 2529
If you are joining by a computer or laptop, you can simply click the first link above and Zoom will launch from your browser. If you plan to use a mobile device or tablet, please download the Zoom Cloud Meetings app. If using a landline, you can simply use the dial-in phone number above from a phone to use as your audio and then click the link from a computer to see the visuals and other participants.
If you need individual help or have issues with the Zoom app, please do not hesitate to reach out to Jen through either
email
or her cell phone at 330-842-0128.
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LWVK Education Committee Issues Call to Action
in Support of Public Schools in Ohio
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Your help is needed
now
to insist that the General Assembly stop siphoning dollars from the state’s public schools in order to increase funding for the Ohio EdChoice private-school voucher program. Continued funding of the voucher program will undermine and erode the quality of public education in Ohio.
Join in the campaign to preserve public education funding by sending a postcard, email, or letter or by calling your state senator and state representative and the members of the Senate Education Committee as it begins hearings on funding the Ohio EdChoice program. See below for the names and contact information for local state senators and representatives and the members of the Senate Education Committee. Here are some talking points on the issue that you can use in your correspondence with the legislators:
- Diverting public funds to vouchers weakens public schools, punishes the students who attend them, and disproportionately affects public school students in high-poverty school districts—the very students who are the least able to forego educational resources appropriate for their needs.
- The state report card is an unfair and inaccurate measure of school quality and should not be used to trigger access to vouchers.
- The deduction method of funding vouchers undermines equity and adequacy in funding public schools. One hundred forty school districts are now responsible for funding vouchers.
- Local taxpayers are left to use their own dollars to make up for the funds diverted to the payment of private-school voucher. This increased reliance on local property taxes creates even more inequality in school funding across the state.
- We believe in our public schools. It is time to abandon policies that judge and punish the public-school system while allowing an unregulated system of private schools to take precious resources that the public system rightly deserves.
- Our public schools are the bulwark of our democracy and our communities. Funding public schools adequately through the COVID-19 pandemic crisis must be a legislative priority.
- This is a time of scarcity. We need your leadership to prevent further loss of funds to vouchers at the expense of an essential community asset—our public schools.
- Vouchers are not essential and are a drain on public resources, making it even more urgent to end the deduction method of funding the vouchers and modifying the regulations
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Local State Senators
Senate Building, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215
Use this address for senators, include their floor information.
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John Eklund (R), District 18
Portage County
1st Floor
614-644-7718
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Kristina Roegner (R), District 27
Stow Area
2nd Floor
614-466-4823
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Local State Representatives
77 S. High St., Columbus, OH 43215
Use this address for representatives, include their floor information.
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Randi Clites (D), District 75
Portage County
11th Floor
614-466-2004
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Diane Grendell (R), District 76
North Portage Co
13th Floor
614-644-5088
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Casey Weinstein (D), District 37
Stow Area, Hudson
11th Floor
614-466-1177
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Ohio Senate Education Committee
Senate Building, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215
Use this address for all senators, include their floor information.
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Peggy Lehner (R), District 6, Chair
2nd Floor
614-466-4538
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Andrew Brenner (R), District 19,
Ground Floor
614-466-8086
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Teresa Fedor (D), District 11,
Ground Floor
614-466-5204
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Louis Blessing, III (R), District 8
Ground Floor
614-466-8068
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William Coley, II (R), District 4
1st Floor
614-466-8072
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Theresa Gavarone (R), District 2
Ground Floor
614-466-8060
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Matt Huffman (R), District 12
2nd Floor
614-466-7584
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Stephen Huffman (R), District 5
Ground Floor
614-466-6247
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Tina Maharath (D), District 3
Ground Floor
614-466-8064
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Nathan Manning (R), District 13
Ground Floor
614-644-7613
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Vernon Sykes (D), District 28
Ground Floor
614-466-7041
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Health Equity Virtual Consensus
June 17, All Member Meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The Health Equity Study addresses the issues of public health and health disparities in Ohio, as well as the distribution of resources for health care. Health Services include health care, public health, and the creation of environments in which people have the opportunity to be healthy.
At the June 17 online meeting, Kent League members will discuss and come to consensus on a set of questions about health equity in Ohio. Need to review the study information? Click
here
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Member participation in this step of the process is important because the results of each local League’s consensus on the issue is considered by the Ohio League as it works to create a statewide position. After consensus has been reached at the state level, LWVO and local Leagues can take positions on public health policy and government health programs.
The link to join the meeting will be in an upcoming VOTER UPDATE.
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Farewell to Alfreda from Kent Leaguers!
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We're zooming on June 10 at 6 p.m. with a Kent League going-away celebration for
Alfreda Brown.
All are invited!
Alfreda recently retired from Kent State University. Her many contributions to the Kent League include helping the League to establish a diversity program and serving on the Kent LWV board. Brown also served on the board of the League of Women Voters of Ohio. She and her husband will be leaving the area to relocate. Here is the Zoom invite. You can call in also!
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Alfreda' Farewell "Party"
Time: Jun 10, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 834 5154 6036
Password: 416763
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,83451546036#,,1#,416763# US (Germantown)
+13126266799,,83451546036#,,1#,416763# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 834 5154 6036
Password: 416763
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TIME FOR ACTION TO PROTECT
VOTERS AND VOTING
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Urgent: Help Defeat Bad State Elections Legislation
HB 680 will damage our election system by:
- Eliminating early voting days;
- Making it harder to vote by mail; and
- Putting Ohioans at risk with less safe conditions on Election Day
HB 680 eliminates the last weekend of early voting. It also forbids the Secretary of State from mailing absentee ballot applications to voters, which has happened in every even-year general election since 2012, or providing pre-paid postage for ballot returns. It bans health standards like social distancing and sanitization at the polls on Election Day.
The link takes you to a form to send to your state senator and state representative. It asks them to:
- Support Senate Bill 191 to allow for online applications for an absentee ballot
- Allocate funds for prepaid postage for applications and ballots
- Permit multiple early vote centers and drop boxes in each county
- Maintain and improve in-person voting in ways that are safe for voters and poll workers
- Provide funds for BOE staffing, supplies and capital expenses
- Improve poll worker recruitment, and more. support HB
Then call Speaker Larry Householder at (614) 466-2500
and let him know HB 680 damages our democracy. You can also contact the members of the State and Local Government Committee
here
that is hearing the bill. Share this email with your friends and family and ask them to do the same.
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Save the date! LWVO to celebrate its 100th year virtually on June 16
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The virtual evening event will include a panel discussion with:
- Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins: former LWVUS CEO
- Virginia Kase: current LWVUS CEO
- Jennifer Smith Richards: Chicago Tribune data reporter
On June 16th (the day Ohio ratified the 19th amendment), LWVO will have the honor of sharing with you three amazing trailblazers: Virginia Kase – current CEO LWVUS, Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins – former LWVUS President and author, Jennifer Smith-Richards – Chicago Tribune reporter.
We will discuss where we have been since women won the right to vote, where we are going and what lessons we can learn to make us stronger not only as an organization, but as individuals.
Register
here.
NOTE: There are only a few free tickets left. Remember to use the code for free admission. Basic ticket donation is $10.
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Webinar from LWVO on election readiness
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Boards of Elections, poll workers, and voters shouldn't have to choose between protecting their health and participating in our democracy. Get the latest from Jen Miller, ED of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, on how to improve election operations and access, even if public health concerns continue through the fall. This free digital event will end with a call to action for you to contact state and federal lawmakers about Making Ohio Election Ready!
Register here today!
This will be an online event, via Zoom. If you have any questions, please email Brandi Slaughter at bslaughter@ohcouncilchs.org.
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