Forum Focused on Preparing Locally For Trump’s Massive Immigrant Deportation Plan
DATE: Thursday, January 23 , 2025
The Community Issues Forum kicks off its 2025 series at noon on Thursday January 23rd at Peaslee Neighborhood Center 215 E 14th St.
The Forum will feature Samantha Searls, Program Director of Ignite Peace ( formerly the Inter Community Justice and Peace Center) discussing local planning in preparation for Trump’s announced policy of a huge immigration deportation action once he is sworn in as President.
According to Searls, Cincinnati’s Immigrant Dignity Coalition has been “gearing up” for this announced plan by assembling Rapid Response Teams. She invites people: “Come and hear about the changes we anticipate, how we are organizing to protect each other, and how you can get involved.” As usual, time will be set aside for questions and comments.
Forum Focused on No Oligarchy -How Can Citizens Be Effectively Involved In Preserving Democracy And Good Government.
DATE: Thursday, February 6 , 2025
“ No Oligarchy -How can citizens be effectively involved in preserving democracy and good government practices at a time when the country appears to be going in the opposite direction. At this Community Issues Forum at Christ Church Cathedral on Thursday February 6th at noon, Catherine Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio, and Melissa Currence, the Chair of the Excellence In Government Panel of the Cincinnatus Association, will lead a discussion on this critical question.
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Forum Focused on What Critical Issues And Problems Confront City Council In 2025?
DATE: Thursday, February 20 , 2025
What Critical Issues And Problems Confront City Council In 2025?
Vice Mayor Jan Michelle Lemon Kearney Assesses What Faces Cincinnati City Government In The Months Ahead
What are the critical issues and problems that confront Cincinnati City Council in 2025? At the next Community Issues Forum on Thursday February 20th, Vice Mayor Jan Michelle Lemon Kearney will present her assessment of what faces City Government in the coming months. Are City leaders concerned about actions now being taken by the new Administration in Washington, D.C? As usual, a question and comment period will be available for Forum attendees
Forum Focused on Updates from Nurses and Teachers Union Leaders on Challenges Facing Healthcare and Public Education
DATE: Thursday, March 20 , 2025
Michelle Dunn, Organizer with the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Local 1520, will present current challenges facing public education, from the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, to the proposed $23 million dollars in cuts to the Cincinnati Public School District contained in the current proposed state budget.
Erica Krekeler, a Boardmember of the Registered Nurses Association at the University of Cincinnati, will present information on the current challenges facing nurses and their working conditions, including how cuts in Medicaid proposed by Congress could threaten healthcare.
Forum Focused on Feeding the Hungry: Increased Demand for Food Assistance
DATE: Thursday, April 10 , 2025
Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen and Social Center in Over-the-Rhine has experienced a substantial rise in visitors, tripling the number of meals served daily since 2020. Executive Director Georgine Getty reports serving over 600 meals each day, up from approximately 200 before the pandemic.
Georgine Getty, Executive Director of Our Daily Bread soup kitchen and social center will report on the changes she is seeing and the allied organizations and resources which compliment Our Daily Bread’s work.
Rich McDonough co-leader of Christ Church Cathedral’s 5000 Club will describe the conditions he experiences.
Forum Focused on“Helping Concerned Citizens Keep up with the Daily Actions of the Trump Administration”
DATE: Thursday, April 24 , 2025
Helping concerned citizens keep up with the daily, often unconstitutional actions by the Trump Administration to end or shrink long term federal services and programs” Is the topic of the next Community Issues Forum on Thursday, April 24 at 12:00 Noon. David Pepper, creator of Pepperspectives, an online, weekly public information service, discusses why he is so focused on informing people about these speedy and major actions by the current Administration. Prior to his operation of Pepperspectives, he served on Cincinnati City Council and then headed the Ohio Democratic Party. As usual, time will be set aside for questions or comments from attendees at the Cathedral or linked in on Zoom.
Forum Focused on The Threat to Federal Housing Funding And Its Potential Impact On Current Affordable Programs and Services in Greater Cincinnati
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Cincinnati already suffers from a major shortage of affordable housing. Now the new Trump Administration attempts to cut a large a percentage of existing federal funding earmarked for local affordable housing programs and services. These cuts would greatly worsen the affordable housing crisis in Greater Cincinnati. At the next Community Issues Forum on Thursday May 8th, Josh Spring, Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, Rico Blackman stood in for Josh Spring will describe this threat and what citizens and grassroots coalitions are doing and must continue to do to stop these cuts from taking place.
Forum Focused on The Dangers To Health Care Services Posed By The Cuts To Federal Programs Both Executed And Proposed By The Trump Administration
Thursday, May 29, 2025
What are the clear and present dangers to healthcare services in Greater Cincinnati and the entire country by the already imposed and the proposed cuts in federal programs that are part of the Trump Administration’s agenda. At the next Community Issues Forum on Thursday May 29th at 12:00 Noon, Steve Sunderland, Chair of the Coalition For Health Justice, will focus on this question and what concerned citizens can do to prevent these cuts from having their harmful impacts on people who need public assistance in obtaining health care. As usual, time will be made available for attendees, both at the Cathedral and via Zoom, to ask questions or offer comments