Events & Calendar

Wednesday, August 26, 6:30 pm via Zoom

On the centennial of the day the 19^th Amendment went into effect, this presentation will combine the critical yet forgotten role Ohio played in the fight for women’s suffrage and current barriers to voting rights. Katherine Durack, PhD, retired Miami University professor and curator of a recent exhibit at the downtown Public Library, will explain how the woman’s rights movement in the U.S. has deep roots in the abolition movement and connections to Cincinnati, including Woman’s City Club. Catherine Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio, will then discuss obstacles to voting we are facing today.

Wednesday, September 16, 6:30 pm via Zoom

Leading civil rights lawyer Al Gerhardstein and Iris Roley of the Black United Front will discuss the history of the Collaborative Agreement, recommendations for its “refresh,” challenges for accomplishing them, and ways the civic sector (WCC, etc.) can help. The 2002 Collaborative Agreement on police community relations was signed by the Black United Front, the Ohio chapter of the ACLU, the City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Police Department, and the Fraternal Order of Police.

The leadership of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center will discuss a broad spectrum of criminal justice reforms it advocates. OJPC is a nonprofit, public-interest law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on issues of safety and justice. Much of their work is on prison reform.