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Building a Real Democracy Movement in Ohio
Move to Amend Ohio Network Quarterly Education Program
July 18, 2020
Presenters
Debbie Silverstein, Statewide Director of Ohio’s Single Payer Action Network (SPAN), presented a plan to ensure healthcare for all Ohioans. Once enacted, the comprehensive plan will provide far better care for far less costs while providing jobs and training during the transition.
Markie Miller, Organizer of Toledo for Safe Water, described the improbable journey of a small group of local people to established the first Rights of Nature initiative in the U.S. Backed by the people of Toledo, attracting global attention, and startling corporations resisting the rights of both Nature and of The People, these intrepid citizens continue to fight for Lake Erie.
Video of program at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSakLo_trBo&feature=youtu.be
Resisting the Corporatization of Education & Food
Move to Amend Ohio Network Quarterly Education Program
September 26, 2020
Presenters:
William Phillis - Executive Director - Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding
Joe Logan, President, Ohio Farmers Union
Video of program at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NC14n5nLY
2019 Cleveland Democracy Day testimony
Video: https://youtu.be/vy-LygIi4k4
Lois Romanoff, Move to Amend Cleveland
Charter schools fail and close for a variety of reasons all the time, namely financial malfeasance and poor academic performance.
Davidson working across aisle
https://www.miamivalleytoday.com/2020/06/08/davidson-working-across-aisle
June 8, 2020
To the Editor:
I like to see members of Congress working across the aisle to protect our constitutional rights.
Read moreMoving forward requires Constitutional remedy
https://www.miamivalleytoday.com/2020/05/13/moving-forward-requires-constitutional-remedy/
May 13, 2020
By Deb Hogshead
“We should take the time to analyze our political and economic structures while wearing someone else’s shoes.”
That’s what Justin Coby wrote in an earlier guest column describing social disparities that exist here in Miami County and have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic as even more neighbors face food, shelter and health care insecurities.
Read moreCorporate Exploitation of the Pandemic Video Presentation
The current health and economic crises are exposing our nation's underlying and long-standing democracy crisis. While public attention focuses on meeting people's basic survival needs, big corporations and the rich are using the pandemic as cover to increase in multiple ways their profits and power.
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