The State of the Statehouse: What You Should Know - What You Can Do

103 William Howard Taft Road,Cincinnati OH 45219

17 November, 2022

Description

While news and updates about actions of the federal government dominate the media, what happens at the Ohio Statehouse gets little attention but directly affects Ohio residents. We hear so little about the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of Ohio. We know so few of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Woman City Club's November Forum is your opportunity to learn about state government, and how it works — or doesn’t — from two experts: ▪ David Pepper, former Ohio Democratic Party Chair and author of Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines ▪ Cindy Abrams, a former Cincinnati police office and Harrison Council woman, and now the Republican Representative for the 29th District. Pepper will discuss the risk to democracy from extreme partisanship and gerrymandering in state legislatures, and what can be done. Abrams will speak about her work in the Statehouse and how citizens can best be informed and have input. Special thanks to our co-sponsors: Action Tank, Cincinnati Association and the League of Women Voters.