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Past Event
Race & Redistricting: The Voting Rights Act & Ohio Mapmaking
April 21, 2021
Join Fair Districts Ohio, League of Women Voters of Ohio, Common Cause Ohio, APRI and the Ohio Council of Churches for a discussion of the federal Voting Rights Act and its impact on map-making in Ohio in 2021.
Past Event
Redistricting 2021 and Women Candidates
March 30, 2021
Join The Matriots PAC, Common Cause Ohio and the League of Women Voters of Ohio to learn about the process and find out how you can be an advocate.
Past Event
ACLU of OHIO: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REDISTRICTING
March 25, 2021
Join us to discuss redistricting in Ohio in 2021 and beyond!
Past Event
Ohio Sunshine Week: Transparency Team Training
March 16, 2021
Join us during Sunshine Week for a training focused on Ohio’s Sunshine Law and how to do a public records request.
Past Event
LWVO Statehouse Day
March 3, 2021
Learn about the next steps in implementing anti-gerrymandering reforms that were passed by voters in 2015 and 2018, as well as how you can help us bring fair maps to the people of Ohio.
Past Event
Train the Trainer for Community Mapmaking Facilitators
February 22, 2021
For those who are interested in learning how to facilitate community conversations to create community maps using DistrictR redistricting software.
Past Event - Part 2
SPEAKERS BUREAU TRAINING NEXT STEPS
February 18, 2021
Final steps to get ready to be a part of our Fair Districts Speakers Bureau! We will go over the content of a typical presentation and answer all your questions.
Past Event - Part 1
SPEAKERS BUREAU TRAINING
February 9, 2021
Get prepped to join our Speakers Bureau so you can lead presentations and spread the word about the need for fair districts.
Past Event
REDISTRICTING 101
January 19, 2021
Join us for Redistricting 101, the next in a series of webinars designed to answer your questions about Redistricting in Ohio and to train ourselves to become local experts and public speakers in the cause of Fair Districts in 2021.
Past Event
BECOME A COMMUNITY MAPMAKER!
January 25, 2021
Join us for an opportunity to talk about community mapping and also a tutorial on DistrictR, public software developed by a research group at Tufts University. Suzanne Almedia of Common Cause will lead a discussion about the benefits of community mapping and then provide a demonstration of the software.
Past Event
INTRO TO MAPMAKING
December 2020
Mapmaking 2021 - this webinar took place in late 2020 to discuss the expectations of redistricting in 2021.
Re-recorded - 40 minute version
REDISTRICTING 101
February 2021
A shorter version of our Redistricting 101 training. Get all the information you need in less than 40 minutes.
Follow along with the most current slides as of 4/30/21. Slides have updates and will be slightly different than the recording.
Stay tuned for a newer version of the recording in the coming weeks.
No More "Snake on the Lake:" The Future of Redistricting in Ohio
Recording of Event with The City Club of Cleveland
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
With panelists:
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David Daley Senior Fellow, FairVote, and author, "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy"
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Jen Miller Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Ohio
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Alora Thomas-Lundborg Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union
Moderator: Karen Kasler Statehouse News Bureau Chief, Ohio Public Radio and Television