Updates, Opportunities, and the Path to Public Office
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In the NEOEA-R NEOEA-R-Mar2025 Issue:
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
OEA’s first member lobby day of the 136th General Assembly will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 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.
In the NEOEA-R January 2025 Issue:
Join your retired member colleagues for a viewing of the many historical exhibits in the museum (the museum will be closed that day to outside visitors, so unfortunately you won’t be surrounded by 900 or so public-school students and their addled teachers and chaperones; we have the place to ourselves, and it’s a big place!), a tasty lunch, and a creative interactive program, facilitated by our own Carol Dixon. Celebrating Poetry Month (April), we will feature the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate, Sandra Feen.
DATE & TIME
April 22, 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
LOCATION
The Ohio History Connection
800 E. 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211
Street or Garage Parking
17th Ave. west of the Ohio History Center is closed through mid-April 2025 for underground utility work. Please enter the Ohio History Center from the east via Interstate 71.
AGENDA
Museum exploration!
Lunch Networking
Activity
SCHEDULE:
10:00 — 10:30: Check in, light refreshments.
10:30 – 12:00: Museum!
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch (see options on flyer), conversation.
1:00 – 2:00: Activity
REGISTRATION FEE
$35.00 (non-refundable)
To register, please download and print the flyer, fill out the registration slip and mail with a check for $35.00 payable to:
Barry Alcock
c/o Central OEA/NEA
2760 Airport Drive
Suite 120B
Columbus, OH 43219
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HAPPY RETIREMENT IS NOT A DREAM!
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