On September 27, Ohio State Representatives Ross McGregor and Nickie Antonio will introduce EHEA in the House. EHEA prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Check the event out on facebook!
Posteed by Equality Ohio. Reposted at keystothecloset.blogspot.com
Showing posts with label Equality Ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equality Ohio. Show all posts
Friday, September 23, 2011
For the Freedom to Live, Work, and Play Rally
Join Equality Ohio on September 27 at 1:30pm for a rally, press conference, and Lobby Day at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to support the Equal Housing and Employment Act (EHEA). Your representatives and the people of Ohio need to know that there is broad support for this bill, and your participation is very important!
Contact Equality Ohio at 61 Jefferson Ave. Columbus, OH 43215 614.224.0400
Contact Equality Ohio at 61 Jefferson Ave. Columbus, OH 43215 614.224.0400
Friday, June 3, 2011
Call for Action Against University Funded Discrimination
The proposed state budget passed recently in the Ohio House includes an obscure provision that will allow student groups at taxpayer-funded state universities to discriminate and exclude students from membership and leadership positions based on religious beliefs or standards of conduct (Ohio Rev. Code §3345.023).
This means that our state universities will not be able to withhold funding from student groups who exclude LGBT people; Jewish, Christian or Muslim people; women; people who have had premarital sex; and, anyone else that a particular religious student group deems unworthy of membership. Fair-minded Ohioans do not want taxpayer dollars to fund discrimination.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez upholding the constitutionality of a state law school’s “all-comers” policy because it is reasonable and viewpoint neutral. Justice Ginsburg wrote that “by bringing together students with diverse views, [the policy] encourages tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the development of conflict-resolution skills.” After Ohio State University changed its policy recently to require student groups to accept all-comers as members, the Christian Legal Society Chapter at OSU stated it was “yet one more opportunity to welcome all students to attend CLS's meetings and activities.”
All-comers policies do nothing more than ensure that students are given an equal opportunity to engage, discuss, and collaborate with groups on campus. Compelling student groups to adhere to the nondiscrimination policy is also fair because it ensures that no student will be paying part of his or her tuition or fees for student groups that will not allow him or her to become a member. An all-comers policy does not prevent members of groups like the Christian Legal Society from practicing their religion or associating with those with similar beliefs, but simply states that such groups cannot exclude certain students as members and receive university funding.
Posted by Equality Ohio, reposted at keystothecloset.blogspot.com
Ohio residents: contact your State Senator today and tell them to take discrimination out of the Ohio budget!
This means that our state universities will not be able to withhold funding from student groups who exclude LGBT people; Jewish, Christian or Muslim people; women; people who have had premarital sex; and, anyone else that a particular religious student group deems unworthy of membership. Fair-minded Ohioans do not want taxpayer dollars to fund discrimination.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez upholding the constitutionality of a state law school’s “all-comers” policy because it is reasonable and viewpoint neutral. Justice Ginsburg wrote that “by bringing together students with diverse views, [the policy] encourages tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the development of conflict-resolution skills.” After Ohio State University changed its policy recently to require student groups to accept all-comers as members, the Christian Legal Society Chapter at OSU stated it was “yet one more opportunity to welcome all students to attend CLS's meetings and activities.”
All-comers policies do nothing more than ensure that students are given an equal opportunity to engage, discuss, and collaborate with groups on campus. Compelling student groups to adhere to the nondiscrimination policy is also fair because it ensures that no student will be paying part of his or her tuition or fees for student groups that will not allow him or her to become a member. An all-comers policy does not prevent members of groups like the Christian Legal Society from practicing their religion or associating with those with similar beliefs, but simply states that such groups cannot exclude certain students as members and receive university funding.
Posted by Equality Ohio, reposted at keystothecloset.blogspot.com
Ohio residents: contact your State Senator today and tell them to take discrimination out of the Ohio budget!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Local Action Team Trainings for Lobby Day for Equality 2011
Sixth Annual
Lobby Day for Equality
is May 18, 2011
Make your voice heard at the Statehouse. Over forty new legislators need to hear your story!
Register here.
Lobby Day for Equality
is May 18, 2011
Make your voice heard at the Statehouse. Over forty new legislators need to hear your story!
Register here.
Local Action Team Leaders and Members needed - Equality Ohio's Local Action Teams' goal is to expand our education efforts, create better relationships between LGBT and allied people and their communities, media and officials, and create a better educated body of media representatives and elected officials in Ohio who will support equality for all their constituents. (Click here for more on this program). Since the inception of our Local Action Team Program, the team from Senate District 6 in 2009 was successful in gaining the support of Rep. Terry Blair (R) and then Rep. Peggy Lehner for EHEA. Work from citizen lobbyists like yourselves in Findlay, Ohio helped secure the support of then Rep. Cliff Hite and the on-going support of Rep. Ross McGregor is the work of the team out of Springfield, Ohio.
To pass pro-equality legislation, we have to engage legislators from both major parties and hearing one-on-one from their own constituents is the most effective way to educate our legislators. Where we have strong teams and a dedicated leader, the Local Action Team's are very successful. We still need leaders and teams from parts of the state, however. We still need volunteers from Senate District 5 (Miami and parts of Darke and Montgomery Counties), Senate District 7 (Warren and eastern Hamilton Counties), Senate District 12 (Allen, Mercer, Shelby, Champaign, Prebel and parts of Darke Counties), Senate District 14 (Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto and the western part of Lawrence Counties), Senate District 17 (Western Pickaway, Fayette, Clinton, Ross, Vinton, Highland, Pike, Jackson, Gallia and Eastern Lawrence), Senate District 19 (Richland, Morrow, Delaware and Knox Counties), Senate District 23 (West Cleveland area), Senate District 25 (far east Cleveland Area), Senate District 26 (Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Marion, Logan and Union Counties), Senate District 28 (Portage and parts of southeast Summit Counties), Senate District 30 (Columbiana, most of Tuscarawas, Harrison, Jefferson and Belmont Counties), Senate District 32 (Ashtabula and Trumbell Counties) and Senate District 33 (Mahoning, far eastern Stark, Carroll and far northeastern Tuscarawas Counties). Want to make a difference? Consider being a Local Action Team Leader.
Contact kim@equalityohio.org for more information.
Reposted at keystothecloset.blogspot.com
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Local Action Team Trainings for Lobby Day for Equality 2011
Join us for a Local Action Team Training and get information about the EHEA and other legislative priorities for this year, learn what progress has been made in the past year with your legislator, and practice and prepare with others from your area in advance of meeting with your representative.
March 26th, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Village Church - Register Here
March 26th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church -Register Here
First Presbyterian Church -Register Here
Western Ohio - Dayton
April 16th, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
CrossCreek Community Church
April 16th, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cross
Eastern Ohio - Mt. Vernon
May 7th, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Social Room, 1st Congregational UnitedChurch of Christ - Register Here
Southeast Ohio -Athens
May 7th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 pm.
Athens
May 7th, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Social Room, 1st Congregational United
Southeast Ohio -
May 7th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 pm.
Northeast Ohio - Akron
May 8th, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Student Union Room 316 - Register Here (Parking is not a problem) Cleveland , Canton , and Youngstown
Central Ohio - Columbus
May 14th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Stonewall Center on High - Register Here
Others are being considered as time and schedule allow. Want a training in your area? Contact
Clergy Call for Equality
This May 22-24, we encourage you to join HRC’s Religion and Faith Program and hundreds of fellow religious leaders from across the country to build the faithful movement for LGBT justice. Now more than ever we need religious leaders like you to keep equality at the forefront of our nation’s conscience. Sign up now for the 2011 Clergy Call for Justice and Equality in Washington , DC and gather with colleagues from Ohio
Same-sex Parenting Case to Ohio Supreme Court
Updates: Case Number 2010 - 0276 (Re: Lucy Kathleen Mullen) - See oral arguments at Ohio Supreme Court - more.
Here is the case that is referred to in the testimony in Re: Lucy Kathleen Mullen. Case Number 2001 - 0625 (Teri J. Bonfield and Shelly M. Zachritz) - See oral arguments at Ohio Supreme Court - more.
Gill Foundation Matching Gift to Equality OHio
Gill Foundation invests $25,000 in Equality Ohio
2011 CAUSE Conference Call for Proposals - April 1-3!
Save the Date Hosted by Equality Ohio at Columbus State Community College (CSCC) - tentative schedule includes an invitation to attend Fusion Friday at The Ohio State University on April 1, conference sessions Saturday and Sunday (ending at noon), and an optional group outing to Gallery Hop in Columbus's Short North Saturday night.
The planning committee is currently accepting proposals for workshops, caucuses, panels and presentations. Please submit the following to info@equalityohio.org by Friday, March 12:
-Detailed description of the topic
-Information covered
-Goals or what attendees should get out of the session
-Required supplies (i.e. a computer, projector, etc.)
-Brief outline
Please limit presentations to 1 to 1.5 hours in length.
Register for the conference here.-Information covered
-Goals or what attendees should get out of the session
-Required supplies (i.e. a computer, projector, etc.)
-Brief outline
Please limit presentations to 1 to 1.5 hours in length.
Presented by the Hermes Foundation (Sustaining Sponsor)
McGregor & Antonio to Introduce EHEA in Ohio House
Representatives Ross McGregor (R - Springfield) and Nickie Antonio (D - Lakewood) to reintroduce EHEA in Ohio House - The Equal Housing and Employment Act (EHEA), which would prohibit discrimination in housing and employment on the basis of sexual orientation, is expected to be introduced in the House by Reps. Ross McGregor (R) and Nickie Antonio (D). Equality Ohio met recently with Reps. McGregor and Antonio, and we will be working closely with them on navigating the bill through the current General Assembly. Last year, EHEA was the first pro-equality bill to pass any chamber of the Ohio General Assembly, but it stalled in the State Senate. We have established a base of support for EHEA in both the House and Senate, but it is extremely important for our community to mobilize in support of this bill to broaden its support. Lobby Day on May 18th is an important opportunity for you to talk to your representatives about this and other pro-equality legislation, and we hope that you will join us then. We also ask that you reach out to friends and family who live in areas where the current legislators are not supportive of EHEA so that they understand their constituents support it. In the coming months, we will specifically identify those representatives who we believe are potential supporters and do targeted outreach in those communities. Click here to read a recent article about EHEA. Source: Equality Ohio Newsletter
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Happy Birthday Joan Crawford! Fundraiser
Not, perhaps, coincidentally, it's also the 107th anniversary of the invention of the wire coathanger. No joke. Speakers include BRAVO's Executive Director, Gloria McCauley and Equality Ohio's new Executive Director, Ed Mullen.
Noka Davers will perform two numbers as Joan Crawford and serving cake!
Stay after for a special screening of Mildred Pierce.
Admission is free. No RSVP necessary — just come enjoy the fellowship, networking and free appetizers!
Sponsored by KDB Easton, outlook media, Rainbow Cleaners, and the Angry Baker ... benefitting BRAVO.
Location: KDB at Easton (in the old Gameworks location in the Towne Center Building).
Time: Wednesday, March 9, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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