Posts Tagged “advocacy”

‘Igniting’ Policy Change via Postcards in Anderson Township

Read about how GAPP and ACRU moved from education to action to protect immigrant communities!Read More

Ohio House Bill 42: Collection of Immigration Status

A new anti-immigrant data collection bill, Ohio HB 42, has been introduced and is currently being heard the Government Oversight Committee. This bill requires state agencies and entities, including schools, to collect and report data concerning the citizenship or immigration status of people they serve. Read More

We Have the Right to Protest!

Protest, dissent, freedom of speech, these have all been integral to change, to making our communities and lives better. Read More

Ohio House Bill 26: Immigration Enforcement

Ohio has introduced HB 26, the “Enact Protecting Ohio Communities Act.” Enforcing immigration laws has always been the responsibility of our federal government. However, House Bill 26, would change that […]Read More

Ohio House Bill 36: Nitrogen Gas Suffocation

Ohio House Bill 36 was introduced to establish nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method in Ohio. Tell your legislators this is not a fix to Ohio’s broken death penalty system and that it is time to repeal Ohio’s death penalty, not expand it. Read More

Immigrants Belong – Unpacking 287(g)

As a part of President Trump’s “Protecting the American People Against Invasion” - one of many executive orders signed on his first day in office - he has called for the expansion of 287(g) agreements. Read More

Recap of Lobby Day

As the sun rose on the morning commuters, I was taking a different route for the work day. Out of Cincinnati and past the 275 loop to meet a bus of local engaged community members for a trip to Columbus for the Death Penalty Lobby Day.Read More