NEOEA-Retired Organizing Committee

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The NEOEA-Retired Organizing Committee promotes the welfare of retired members of the North Eastern Ohio Education Association (NEOEA) by identifying the particular concerns of retired members, topics for training workshops and social opportunities.  Serving as a link between Northeastern Ohio retired members, those in other districts and active members we foster communication within OEA-Retired and NEA Retired. Please also see the OEA-R page on the OEA Website and the NEA-R page on the NEA website. Join our NEOEA Facebook group.

Our goal is to keep you informed and help you locate resources.  Please consider volunteering to serve on one of our Sub-Committees.  NEOEA/OEA-Retired members may use the  Membership  page to update contact information, subscribe to mailing lists to receive communications and action alerts.  We need your input to enable the website evolve to better assist you.   Submit your comments, questions or contact updates on our Contact Us page.

An Evening with Author Chris Crowe May 14, 2025

Chris Crowe Bio: After teaching at universities in Japan and Hawaii, Chris Crowe joined the English Department at Brigham Young University in 1993. In addition to his academic articles, chapters, and books, he has published poetry, essays, short stories, a children’s book, YA novels, and YA nonfiction books. His books have received a variety of honors, including the International Reading Association’s YA Book Award, a
Jane Addams Honor, Whitney Awards, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association’s Best Books for Young Adults, and the Junior Library Guild.In 2020, he received BYU’s highest faculty honor, the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. His best-known books are Death Coming Up the Hill, Getting Away with Murder: the True Story of the Emmett Till Case,
and Mississippi Trial, 1955

 

Guardians Baseball Tuesday, June 10

Are You Ready for Some Baseball?

Join the Retired Organizing members on June 10 for a night of baseball and fun! The Guardians will be playing the Cincinnati Reds at 6:40 p.m. We have reserved lower section seats for $33 each. Bring your colleagues, family and friends. It promises to be a great night with our Guardians winning.

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 10, at 6:40 vs. Cincinnati Reds

Location:  Progressive Field

Tickets: $33 each (Lower Box Seats)

To purchase tickets, send the form along with your check (made payable to
NEOEA) to the NEOEA office at 6001 Landerhaven Drive, Suite D, Mayfield Hts., OH
44124-4190. After payment has been received, the tickets will be sent to your cell phone.

Deadline is Monday, June 2.

March 2025 NEOEA-R Newsletter

In the NEOEA-R NEOEA-R-Mar2025 Issue:

Download the NEOEA-R March 2025 Newsletter
  • NEOEA-R Spring Conference –  April 15
  • OEA-R / NEA Representative Delegate Elections
  • Bowling for the OEA Fund
  • OEA-R Medicare Enrollment Webinar
  • OEA-R Spring Conference – April 22
  • OEA-R Webinars
  • OEA-R Racial and Social Justice Book Study
  • OEA News Subscriptions
  • NEOEA-R @ MegaConference
  • Discounts
  • Calendars
  • Member Information Updates
  • OEA-R/NEA-R Life Membership 

OEA News Updates

OEA Lobby Day Wednesday, March 19, 2025

OEA’s first member lobby day of the 136th General Assembly will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. If you haven’t RSVP’d for the lobby day, please click here. Please note, RSVP’s for the March member lobby day will close at noon on Friday, March 14, 2025. 

If you are unable to attend the March 19th Lobby Day, OEA plans to create a virtual activity for you to connect with your legislators. Also, OEA, in collaboration with NEA, will host a walk-in events across Ohio to stand up against attacks on public education from Columbus and Washington on March 19th. To view NEA’s March 19th toolkit, please click here.

If you have any questions about OEA’s member lobby day, please do not hesitate to reach out to OEA Government Relations by calling 614-227-3056 or emailing govtsrv@ohea.org.

 

January 2025 NEOEA-R Newsletter

In the NEOEA-R January 2025 Issue:

Download the  NEOEA-R January 2025 Newsletter
  • GPO-WEP Repealed
  • MegaConference is Saturday, March 9, 2025
  • Getting to Know SERS
  • OEA Representative Assembly Report
  • OEA Advisory and 2025 NEA Delegates
  • OEA-R Webinars
  • OEA-R Racial and Social Justice Book Study
  • Avoiding Scams
  • Discounts
  • Calendars
  • Member Information Updates
  • OEA-R/NEA-R Life Membership 

Wear Red for Ed on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

We live in a time where there are unprecedented attacks on public education from extreme politicians and special interest groups in Columbus and Washington, D.C.

Because Public Education Matters, we are joining NEA, AFT, and Allies across the country on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, for a Protect our Kids Day of Action.  

It’s no secret that the nominee for the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, and the Trump Administration are seeking to dissolve the Department of Education. This unprecedented act will gut billions in federal public education funding for lower-income students in rural, suburban, and urban areas and students with disabilities.

And in Ohio, stable and adequate funding for our schools is also at risk.  Leaders in the Ohio General Assembly have signaled that they do not intend to fully update and phase in the Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP). In fact, in the current proposed budget (Ohio House Bill 96), their plan will cut public school funding in Ohio by over $100 million while increasing funding to unaccountable private school vouchers and shifting the responsibility to funding our schools to local communities.

Both federal and state cuts to public education funding will devastate our students, potentially increasing class sizes, ending critically essential programs, and forcing districts to cut staff. 

OEA asks that members wear “Red for Ed” and share their pictures on social media on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, during the national Protect our Kids Day of Action.  On this day, we will stand with educators, parents, community members, and allies across Ohio and the country to oppose education funding cuts at the federal and state levels.
As a reminder, we are asking members to:

  1. Gather before school on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in a statewide “Red for Ed” day in conjunction with the Protect our Kids Day of Action.
  2. We ask that you please take group photos with your colleagues and post them to your social media using the hashtags:
    1. For Facebook and X: #ProtectOurKids and #ProtectOurKidsOH
    2. For Instagram: #ProtectOurKids and #ProtectOurKidsOH
  3. Take OEA’s pledge to protect our students and schools!