For the next meeting of the
Rocky River Democratic Club
Tuesday, June 28th at 7:00 PM
Via Zoom and In-Person at the Rocky River Library
Hello Rocky River Democrats! We want to share the info and RSVP link for our June meeting.
We all received the troubling news that the Supreme Court struck down the nearly 50 year old protection on reproductive rights enumerated by Roe v. Wade. The gathering storm of a having an activist Conservative judiciary has officially come to every single American. We no longer have the luxury of sitting on the sidelines and hoping for the smarter voices in the room to win out over the radical assault on our core values. Now, more than ever, we as Democrats need to organize our efforts to fight to maintain our American democracy. Your participation now could make a difference affecting all future generations. We strongly encourage everyone to attend this month’s meeting and hear from our speakers, Dave Brock and Scott DiMauro (highlighted below) as they explain what we can do and what is being done to combat the radical agendas in our legislatures and our classrooms.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Dave Brock
Incoming Chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, elected by the Central Committee on Saturday, June 18th, will speak to his role, his visions for the future of the Party in the county, and his plans for achieving and sustaining victories for Democratic candidates in 2022 and 2024. He looks forward to speaking our group as well as taking questions from the audience.
Scott DiMauro
President of the Ohio Education Association (OEA)
Scott was elected President of the OEA in 2019 after having served as vice president for six years. Over his 30-year career as an educator, Scott has worked to provide students the critical thinking and decision-making skills they need to be successful citizens in our democratic society. He has likewise advocated for students, educators and strong public schools at all levels of his union. Scott’s priorities as president include strengthening local affiliates, enhancing professional supports for members, and elevating the voice of educators in public policy issues to ensure all students are given access to a high-quality education that inspires their creativity, imagination, and desire to learn. Scott will be speaking to the legislative push to “harden schools” as well as installing restrictive controls on school curriculum, and how OEA plans to combat these efforts. He looks forward to speaking our group as well as taking questions from the audience.
To attend our club meeting, June 28th, please first CLICK HERE
**Link should be working now, please let us know if you have any further issues**
The online form will ask whether you will attend in-person or via Zoom:
- In-person at the Library is limited to the first 40 who RSVP. Please wear a mask.
If you have already RSVP’d, thank you! No need to RSVP again, your responses have been recorded!
We also want everyone to SAVE THE DATE for our annual Summer Party and Campaign Season Kickoff!! Our party will be held at Elmwood Cabin, Tuesday August 30th at 6:30 pm!! Please SAVE THE DATE and we will have more details and info to come!!
We want to invite and encourage everyone to support our neighbors in the Westlake Democratic Club by attending their monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 29th from 7-8:30 pm at the Porter Public Library in the Porter Room.
Featured speakers:
AFSCME Cleveland Regional Director:
Building Worker Power- A Guide to Organizing Your Workplace
Chris Glassburn
Democratic mapmaker for Ohio House and Senate Democrats: Redistricting, Where Are We Now?
They will also welcome local Democratic candidates and have an update on Club and local issues. Light refreshments will be served.
August 2nd Primary Election Day
7/5/2022
Close of voter registration
If you or someone you know has moved, and to check or update your voter registration conveniently online, CLICK HERE.
7/6/2022
Opening of early in-person voting and vote-by mail voting. To request your mail-in ballot, please CLICK HERE or contact the Board of Elections at 216-443-8683.
Early voting schedule at the Board of Elections (2925 Euclid Avenue):
Weekdays (July 6 – July 22): 8 am – 5 pm
Weekdays (July 25 – July 29): 8 am – 7 pm
Saturday July 30 : 8 am – 4 pm
Sunday July 31: 1 pm – 5 pm
Monday August 1: 8 am- 2 pm
7/30/2022: 12:00 Noon
Deadline for applications for vote-by-mail ballots to be mailed
8/1/2022
Voting in-person at the Board of Elections located at 2925 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH ends at 2:00 pm
8/1/2022
All vote-by-mail ballots mailed anywhere in the U.S. must be postmarked on or before this date and received at the Board of Elections on or before 08/12/2022 in order to be counted
8/2/2022: 6:30 am – 7:30 pm
Election Day – Provisional voting at the Board of Elections
8/2/2022
All vote-by-mail ballots returned in person must be received at the Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. in order to be counted
If you have any questions about voting, please call the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections at: 216-443-8683.
Thank you for you continued support! We are making a difference together.
Mike, Dave, Erin, Nick, Sue
Rocky River Democratic Club
submit@rockyriverdems.org
www.rockyriverdems.org
We wanted to share an upcoming event tomorrow in North Olmsted sponsored by the CDWC and one of our most recent speaker organizations, Red, Wine & Blue. Cheryl Stephens, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, running with Democratic Candidate will be a guest speaker!! All who are able and interested are encouraged to attend, connect with other local Democrats on important issues and represent the Rocky River Democrats!! All info is copied below!
Event is Sunday, June 12th from 2pm-4pm
at North Olmsted Community Park
Hope to see you all there!
Hello Rocky River Democrats!!
We want to make sure we shared some important events coming up!! Please attend if you are able!!
The Rocky River Democrats are proud to co-sponsor an event with Gubernatorial Candidate Nan Whaley and her running mate Cheryl Stephens, hosted by the CDWC!! We are so excited to have Nan Whaley and Cheryl Stephens as our nominees for Governor and Lt. Governor! The CDWC and other local Democrat organizations, including the Rocky River Democrats are putting together a fun fundraiser for them at their campaign headquarters with both Nan and Cheryl as well as the legendary and famous Tommy’s milkshakes! The headquarters is a large beautiful space (next door to Tommy’s) and will soon be a coordinated campaign but for now, it is still a Whaley/Stephens space. Come and get familiar with the space and get to hear from Nan and Cheryl. Help us make history by helping to elect the first woman governor of Ohio!
We encourage all who are able and willing to attend to please do so to show your support for our Democratic candidate as well as represent the Rocky River Democrats and the larger community of Democrats in Cuyahoga County!
When: Wednesday, June 8th at 6 pm
Where: Whaley-Stephens Headquarters
1814 Coventry Rd
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Tickets start at $50 to attend and all contributions can be made through the Whaley-Stephens campaign site linked HERE
Anyone interested in volunteering to help with County Executive candidate Chris Ronayne–his campaign is seeking help for this weekend’s upcoming event. Please get more info and sign up at the links below!
Cleveland Pride March
Saturday, June 4th
11:30 am – 2 pm
SIGN UP HERE
For the next meeting of the
Rocky River Democratic Club
Tuesday, May 31st at 7:00 PM
Via Zoom and In-Person at the Rocky River Library
Hello Rocky River Democrats! We want to share the info and RSVP link for our May meeting.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
JESSIE HILL, JD
Jessie Hill, JD is Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law. She joined the faculty in 2003 after practicing First Amendment and civil rights law with the firm of Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan in Cleveland. Before entering private practice, Hill worked at the Reproductive Freedom Project of the national ACLU office in New York, litigating challenges to state-law restrictions on reproductive rights. She also served as law clerk to the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Hill’s teaching focuses on constitutional, civil rights, reproductive rights, and law and religion. Her scholarship has been published in Michigan Law Review, the Duke Law Journal, the Georgetown Law Journal, and the Texas Law Review, among others.
Jessie’s scholarly focus is remarkably prescient for the turbulent and confusing times that we are currently living through and she will offer great insight into the assault on civil liberties that all Americans will feel with the impending Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade.
CRYSTAL LETT
Crystal is the Ohio Program Director for Red, Wine & Blue. She will be speaking about pending extremist legislation in our statehouse that will deeply affect how school is taught. Crystal will discuss how it impacts what curriculum looks like in our school district, and what we can do about it at both the state and local level.
After a very near win for a State Senate seat in central Ohio in 2020, Crystal is again running for State Senate District 25. In addition to politics, she brings her background in mental health and advocacy to this much-needed discussion on school policy.
Both are delighted to be available to speak to our group and are looking forward to taking questions after they speak.
The online form will ask whether you will attend in-person or via Zoom:
- In-person at the Library is limited to the first 40 who RSVP. Please wear a mask.
If you have already RSVP’d–thank you! No need to RSVP again!
We also want to share the slide deck of HSRA presentation by Rick Harnish from our last meeting, please find HERE and a link HERE for a related article from The Plain Dealer.
The Rocky River Democrats are proud to co-sponsor an event with Gubernatorial Candidate Nan Whaley and her running mate Cheryl Stephens, hosted by the CDWC!! We are so excited to have Nan Whaley and Cheryl Stephens as our nominees for Governor and Lt. Governor! The CDWC and other local Democrat organizations, including the Rocky River Democrats are putting together a fun fundraiser for them at their campaign headquarters with both Nan and Cheryl as well as the legendary and famous Tommy’s milkshakes! The headquarters is a large beautiful space (next door to Tommy’s) and will soon be a coordinated campaign but for now, it is still a Whaley/Stephens space. Come and get familiar with the space and get to hear from Nan and Cheryl. Help us make history by helping to elect the first woman governor of Ohio!
We encourage all who are able and willing to attend to please do so to show your support for our Democratic candidate as well as represent the Rocky River Democrats and the larger community of Democrats in Cuyahoga County!
When: Wednesday, June 8th
Where: Whaley-Stephens Headquarters
1814 Coventry Rd
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Tickets start at $50 to attend and all contributions can be made through the Whaley-Stephens campaign site linked HERE
Anyone interested in volunteering to help with County Executive candidate Chris Ronayne–his campaign is seeking help for two upcoming events. Please get more info and sign up at the links below!
Euclid Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 30th
9:30 am -12 pm
SIGN UP HERE
Cleveland Pride March
Saturday, June 4th
11:30 am – 2 pm
SIGN UP HERE
CLUB BUSINESS
Membership:
We are currently in our membership drive for 2022 and encourage all former and current members to please renew via one of the options listed below. If you have not renewed up to this point, we strongly encourage you to do so ASAP! Please encourage other Democrats you may know in Rocky River to join as well or gift a membership to friends and family, we welcome as many Democratic voices as we can have! Membership dues helped the Club produce and mail postcards that reached every registered Democratic voter before last November’s local election, maintain the Club’s presence on the internet, hold events like the summer party at Elmwood Cabin, and more.
Dues:
- Student: $5
- Senior: $10
- Individual: $20
- Family: $30
There are four easy ways to renew or become a new, dues-paying member:
1. Pay securely on the Club’s website by CLICKING HERE. Click the appropriate level for you on the right of your screen.
2. Print the member application form by CLICKING HERE. Mail the form and your check to the Club’s Treasurer (name and address are on the application)
3. Save a stamp and request that the Club send you an application form and pre-stamped return envelope. Send that request now with a quick email by CLICKING HERE.
4. Attend the Club meeting at the Library on May 31st. You can complete an application form and provide a check in person!
Record-keeping is easier if everyone completes the membership process as soon as possible. As a Rocky River resident and registered Democrat, becoming a paid member confers the ability to vote on items such as Club Officers, endorsements made by the Club, changes to the Club’s bylaws, and other decisions that require voting by members. We also welcome supporters who wish to become Associate Members (registered Democrats who are non-residents of Rocky River — does not confer Club voting rights).
Thank you in advance!
We look forward to seeing you at the Club meeting on Tuesday, May 31st at 7:00 PM via Zoom or at the Library.
To attend the meeting, please CLICK HERE
Thank you for you continued support! We are making a difference together.
Mike, Dave, Erin, Nick, Sue
Rocky River Democratic Club
submit@rockyriverdems.org
www.rockyriverdems.org
Tomorrow, May 3rd is Election Day!
We wanted to make sure everyone was aware and able to make it out to the polls if you haven’t had a chance to vote early or vote by mail.
Polls are open from 6:30 am-7:30 pm tomorrow May 3rd
Confirm your voting location HERE
See you at the polls!
