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 particular concerns of retired members as topics for training workshops and social opportunities, by serving as a link between northeastern Ohio retired members and those in other districts, and by fostering communication within OEA-Retired. Also see the 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 provide you a resource to locate people and resources to assist you and keep you informed.  Please consider volunteering to serve on one of our Sub-Committees.  NEOEA-OEA-Retired members may use the Contact Us page to update their contact information or request Spring Conference information.  We need your input to help the website evolve to better assist you.   Submit your comments, questions, or contact updates on our Contact Us page.

2024-2025 OEA-R Delegate Elections

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OEA-R delegates will be elected through October 21 by online and mail-in ballot. Look for election information by email and US mail.  Please support candidates from NEOEA-R.

OEA-R members should look for an email and/or a postcard “Vote now in the OEA 2024 Elections” from “Ohio Education Association <help@yeselections.com>”.

Everyone will get a postcard, envelope or an email with an explanation and instructions for requesting a paper ballot.

The email and the postcard or letter provide an “Election Code” and a “Voting PIN” along with a link to the voting page. If your ballot has not been placed in the US mail by October 15, please vote online no later than 5:00 PM on October 21, 2024.

Here are the Steps to Vote Online:

  1. Go to the voting website: https://www.ohea.org/retired
  2. Enter your Election Code and Voting Pin in the fields
  3. Click on Continue and follow the voting instructions
  • A change this year is the shortening of the election time periods. Elections will run 21 days and not 30.
  • If you are choosing the mailed ballot option, please vote and return your ballot right away. The move to 3 weeks, has several advantages, including housing preparation for delegates, allowing the delegates to attend all district representative assemblies, and it reduces over all cost of the election.

Please support the following candidates from NEOEA:

Debbie Bernauer NEOEA
Karen Carney NEOEA
Marti Franks  NEOEA
Peg Ham NEOEA
Hank Haynes NEOEA
Cheryl W. Hill NEOEA
Bill Lavezzi NEOEA
Steven D. Mitchell NEOEA
John A.  Ververka NEOEA
Valenta G. Ward-Gravely NEOEA
Jené Wilson  NEOEA
Nancy Wonson NEOEA

Candidate biographies are available at 2024OEARARetiredDelegateCandidateBios

Delegates attend both the Fall and Spring OEA Representative Assemblies. On the day before, the OEA-R Delegate Assembly meets at the OEA or STRS building to carry out the business of OEA Retired and for a briefing with the OEA officers and reports from the OEA-R Advisory Council. Delegates from NEOEA also attend the Fall and Spring NEOEA RAs.

OEA Member to Member Election Information

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Important Dates for November 5 General Election

  1. October 10: Voter Registration Deadline Register to vote here
  2. Check your driver’s license. You cannot vote in person with an expired ID. Whatever you are using must be current. Acceptable IDS are, Unexpired Driver’s License, State ID card or interim document. Passport. Military ID, Ohio National Guard, US Department of Veterans Affairs. Screen shots are not acceptable nor are utility bills, other government documents, paychecks or bank statements
  3. Check here to make sure you are registered, and your address is correct. Do not presume anything.
  4. October 11: Early In Person Voting Begins.  View Early Voting Schedule here
  5. October 29: October 29:  Last Day to Request a Vote-by-Mail Ballot.  Print Vote-by-Mail Request Form here  If you plan to vote by mail apply for a ballot NOW. Use the application sent to you by the Secretary of State, download an application from your county Board of Elections website or use the link above.
  6. Vote-by-Mail Ballots must be received at the County Board of Elections Drop Box by 7:30 PM on November 5—Election Day.
  7. Remember, if you apply for an absentee ballot, and you attempt to vote at your polling place on Election Day, you will have vote a Provisional Ballot.
  8. Download a sample ballot. In many counties there may be issues and candidates that you are not familiar with. Do your research. Whether you vote in person or by mail you need to vote the whole ballot. Judges are particularly critical. Levies matter OEA will have lists of endorsed candidates to guide you.
  9. November 4—Last Day to Postmark your Vote-by-Mail Ballot. Get a postmark from a clerk or use Automated Postal Service Kiosk postage for a valid postmark date.
  10. November 5, 6:30AM—7:30 PM Vote on Election Day. Plan to stand in line if you are going to the polls, and dress for the weather. Try to go to the polls in the down times. Mid-morning and mid afternoon are usually best. Avoid lunch time and after dinner. If you are in line at closing time you will be allowed to vote but not one minute after.

Find your polling location here

One of the most important issues on the Ballot is Issue One. The language on the ballot may be confusing and misleading. That is intentional. If you want to get rid of Gerrymandering you must vote YES.

OEA Recommended Candidates

 U.S. President/Vice President—Kamala Harris (D)/Tim Walz (D)

 U.S. Senate—Sherrod Brown (D)

 Ohio Supreme Court Justice

Melody Stewart

Michael Donnelly

Lisa Forbes

 Issue 1—Anti Gerrymandering Amendment   Vote Yes

Ohio House

HD 13 Tristan Rader (D)

HD 14 Sean Brennan (D)*

HD 15 Chris Glassburn (D)

HD 16 Bride Rose Sweeney (D)*

HD 18 Juanita Brent (D)*

HD 19 Phil Robinson (D)*

HD 20 Terrence Upchurch (D)*

HD 21 Eric Synenberg (D)

HD 22 Darnell Brewer (D)

HD 23 Daniel Troy (D)*

HD 31 Bill Roemer (R)

HD 33 Veronica Sims (D)

HD 34 Derrick Hall (D)

HD 35 Mark Curtis (D)

HD 52 Gayle Manning(R)

HD 53 Joe Miller (D)*

HD 57 Jamie Callender(R)

HD 58 Lauren McNally (D)

HD 64 Lauren Mathews (D

Ohio Senate

SD 2 Paloma De La Fuente (D)

SD 18 Katie O’Neill (D)

SD 24 Tom Patton (R)

SD 28 Casey Weinstein (D)

SD 32 Michael Shrodek (D)

US Congress

CD 9 Marcy Kaptur (D) CD 13 Emilia Sykes (D)

CD 11 Shontel Brown (D)

State Board of Education

Dist. 8 Karen Lloyd

Dist. 11 Delores Ford

* Indicates Friendly Incumbent

This listing includes NEOEA areas.

See the complete list of all Endorsed Candidates in a list that you can print and take with you to the polls: OEA Election Guide

Non-Partisan Guide to Presidential Candidates

OEA Endorsed Candidate Expanded Information Site

https://ballot.ohea.org/ballot/

 

Vote YES on Issue One

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OEA Past President and NEOEA-R Organizing Committee Member Patricia Frost-Brooks delivered an address on the need to pass the Constitutional Amendment to end Gerrymandering to Union Members at a Community Meeting in Sheffield on October 10, 2024.

Right now in Ohio, politicians and lobbyists manipulate voting districts to protect their interests and guarantee their re-election. As a result, incumbents running for reelection almost never lose. In other words, we let politicians choose their voters.

The Citizens Not Politicians Amendment bans lobbyists and politicians from the process and instead empowers voters to choose their politicians. Join us today to restore power to where it belongs: with citizens, not politicians.

Join the OEA-Retired Racial and Social Justice Committee Book Study

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For another year of exciting discussions, all OEA members are invited to join us on this journey. We aim to inspire engaging conversations in books that relate to everyday experiences on the topics of racial and social justice. This will help us learn from each other and grow in understanding.

All sessions will be virtual on Zoom and will take place the third Monday of each month from 7pm-8pm (unless otherwise stated).

Please contact Makia Burns, OEA-Retired Liaison, burnsm@ohea.org with questions.

Book Reading Schedule:

  • Oct 21 & Nov 18 – Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Dec 16 & Jan 27 – One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
  • Feb 24 & Mar 17 – How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
  • Apr 28 & May 19 – The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • Jun 16 & Jul 21 – Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Aug 18 & Sep 15 – Frederick Douglass by David Blight
  • Oct 20 & Nov 17 – Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi

Program Flyer

click to register

 

 

OEA-R Webinars

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Moving From Land Acknowledgements to Action in the Buckeye State

Shawn Brehm currently serves as the K-12 Music Teacher in the Wellpinit School District on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Eastern Washington.

Sponsored by OEA-Retired

October 23, 2024    6:30 pm – 8 pm

Many educators are familiar with land acknowledgments. Perhaps you have attended
a training, conference or other professional development opportunity where the speaker
begins their remarks by acknowledging the land they occupy as once belonging to Indigenous people. While land acknowledgments have become a common practice in educational spaces – as a means of honoring the sovereign people and nations who were forced to cede their ancestral lands – we must consider an important question:
How can we move beyond simply acknowledging the land, water, and air, and into greater action and support?

Joins us on Wednesday, October 23rd at 6:30pm as former Ohioan and Washington Educator, Shawn Brehm, discuss what is a land acknowledgement, why it is important
to discuss with students, recognize the contributions of Native Americans, and take
action to support and elevate Indigenous people, communities, and nations.

This is an event for OEA members ONLY.

OEA Member ONLY Registration

OEAR-Webinar_Flyer

OEA-R Webinar Schedule

https://oea-r.ohea.us/events-programs/webinars/

November 20, 2024—Senior Scams

January 22, 2025—SERS for Actives and Retirees

February 26, 2025—Kickoff for Read Across America

March 30, 2025—Overcoming Barriers Among Immigrants by Empowering Adults with Literacy

May 28, 2025—Listening to Building Understanding

 

OEA’s Public Education Matters Podcast

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OEA-R Newsletter Editor Position Open

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NEOEA Day New York City Tour – October 11-13, 2024

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Although NEOEA Day (October 11, 2024) seems like a long way off, it will be here before you know it. If you want to be guaranteed a seat on the bus for our returning annual tour to New York City on a Budget, now is the time to make your reservation.

New York City Tour includes deluxe motor coach transportation, two nights at the
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Times Square/West in New York City, a guided city
tour, breakfast at our hotel each morning, dinner on the way home in Pennsylvania,
and an escort from 20th Century Tours.

The cost per person based on double occupancy is $775 two beds, $745 king bed.
(Single Occupancy – $1110 Triple Occupancy – $675 Quad Occupancy – $610)
A $250 per person deposit is required to confirm your reservation (make checks payable to 20th Century Tours). The balance of the cost is due by Friday, August 16, 2024.
Please call 20th Century Tours at 330.506.4259 prior to purchasing Broadway or other admission tickets. They are nonrefundable. We would want to make sure the tour has enough participants attending prior to purchasing.

DO NOT CALL OR SEND RESERVATIONS TO THE NEOEA OFFICE

Spend a long weekend in New York City this October!

There are still seats available.

Access the tour flyer and registration form here — https://neoea.org/files/NYC2024.pdf

 

OEA-Retired 2024 Fall Conference

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The OEA-Retired 2024 Fall Conference will be a virtual session that anticipates inspiring creativeness in all of us, think about best practices for retirement, and learn from a civil rights activist’s journey in the fight for justice.

Join Us on Wednesday, September 25th at 10am-12:30pm to hear the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate, Sandra Feen; expert advice on retirement from an STRS representative Lynn A. Hoover (Acting Executive Director and
Chief Financial Officer); and learn from freedom fighter/ Civil Rights Activist, Charles Black.

All OEA members are invited to join us during this discussion

(OEA MEMBERS ONLY EVENT).

OEA-R Fall Conference Flyer

OEA-R Fall Conference Registration