Battle for Democracy: It all Starts Now! Our City. Our County. Our State. The Fight for OUR Democracy.
Report on January 30th Meeting/Action with Mayor Justine Bibb
Greater Cleveland Congregation (GCC) leaders and members met with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb regarding their Cleveland Neighborhoods Now and Battle for Democracy campaigns. During the action, speakers from the five targeted areas of the Cleveland Neighborhoods Now campaign (Fairfax, Central, Lee Harvard, Slavic Village and Mt. Pleasant) addressed the challenges in their neighborhoods and the work left to be done. The action also kicked off GCC’s Battle for Democracy campaign focusing on gerrymandering and voter turnout for the primary and general elections; GCC committed to getting 20,000 signatures in Cuyahoga County for the anti-gerrymandering campaign.
UUCC had 23 participants in the action!
To watch a YouTube video of the action, please click here:
For additional news coverage of the event, please click here:
Next Action is On February 20th at 7pm
Hundreds of GCC leaders will host a forum for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor candidates and the Juvenile Court Judge candidates. Part of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Race, this GCC Candidates Forum will be a huge opportunity for GCC to highlight the injustice of youth bindover to the adult justice system and how denying Cleveland’s youth the best representation available impacts their lives and the lives of their families. The action will require the candidates to react to our anger about this and other issues important to GCC. We are looking to pack the venue with our members to demonstrate our organizing power.
We need your help on February 20th Please sign up!
The action will be hybrid with virtual options; in-person is highly preferred.
The assembly will be held in person at:
Antioch Baptist Church,
8869 Cedar Avenue
Cleveland.
Please sign-up here for the February 20th live in-person action:
Please register here if you plan on attending virtually:
If attending, please inform your GCC core team when you register, either in person in Fellowship Hall at coffee hour, or by emailing Laurie Albright at sunnyskies2023@yahoo.com.
Thank you!
UUCC GCC team