IJPC supports Cincinnati Action for Housing Now’s initiative for affordable housing and we need your help to get it on the November ballot. Join us this Saturday!
The day will include a brief training on how to collect signatures for the ballot initiative, and then teams of two will go to Vine St, Findlay Market, and City Flea in Washington Park to talk to Cincinnati voters about how we can fund more affordable housing in the city. Lunch will be provided. Can’t stay the whole time? No problem – show up when you can.
The ballot measure would restore our earned income tax to its 2020 levels in order to provide a dedicated funding stream to develop housing for the most vulnerable. While there is some promising affordable housing development happening in Cincinnati, very few of those units will serve those living <30% of the Area Median Income (<$18,150/person). The .3% increase will result in $40-50 million per year dedicated to those who need it most.
IJPC Canvass for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Saturday, May 13
10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Buddy’s Place (Miami University Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine)
1300 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Parking suggestion: Mercer Garage or Washington Park
Sign up here!
Every five years, the Farm Bill – a massive piece of legislation which addresses farms, food, and foreign aid – is up for reauthorization. The amount of good this money does is almost immeasurable, and as our office has a special focus on rural life, poverty, and global solidarity, we are especially interested in what happens with this process, i.e. how much money is allocated and how it will be used.
This year, the Social Action Office of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is partnering with the Catholic Conference of Ohio, the dioceses of Columbus and Cleveland, and Bread for the World to offer events in each of these areas of Ohio. Each of the events will be held from 7:00-9:00pm and will be offered in person and streamed online.
- Cleveland’s presentation will be held at St. Monica Parish in Garfield Heights on Thursday 4/27.
- Cincinnati’s presentation will be held at the Community of the Good Shepherd in Cincinnati (8815 E Kemper Road) on Thursday 5/4.
- Columbus’s presentation will be held at the Martin de Porres Center in Columbus on Wednesday 5/10.
Registration to attend in person is requested, and it’s required to join virtually. If you have any questions, please let Andrew know.
March 9th, 2022, 3:30 pm ET — Mary Hinton (Hollins University) and Carl Strikwerda (Elizabethtown College, Emeritus)
Join Presidents Mary Hinton (Hollins University) and Carl Strikwerda (Elizabethtown College, Emeritus) as they explore the history and missteps of institutional efforts to embrace diversity, with a focus on the curriculum and campus life outside the classroom. In conversation with other college and university presidents past and present, this charrette will consider how critical interfaith engagement with – rather than glossing over – the religious and institutional history of our schools is essential to building more inclusive institutions.
March 9th, 2022, 3:30 pm ET — Mary Hinton (Hollins University) and Carl Strikwerda (Elizabethtown College, Emeritus)
Join Presidents Mary Hinton (Hollins University) and Carl Strikwerda (Elizabethtown College, Emeritus) as they explore the history and missteps of institutional efforts to embrace diversity, with a focus on the curriculum and campus life outside the classroom. In conversation with other college and university presidents past and present, this charrette will consider how critical interfaith engagement with – rather than glossing over – the religious and institutional history of our schools is essential to building more inclusive institutions.
February 28th, 2022, 1 pm ET — Kevin Brown (Spring Arbor University), Tina Grace (Bridging the Gap), Meredith Raimondo (Oberlin College), and Jonathan Zimmerman (University of Pennsylvania)
This charrette will examine two such programs as an invitation to both adoption and adaptation. The first, “Bridging the Gap: Dialogue across Difference,” brought together students from Oberlin College in Ohio – known as a bastion of liberal thinking, where students are frequently dismissed as elite, intolerant “snowflakes” – and students at Spring Arbor University – a private, Christ-centered, liberal arts school in Michigan, whose students are labeled as conservative, intolerant evangelicals. The second program, “Politics in the Age of Trump: Speaking Across Our Differences,” featured a collaboration between Cairn University, a Christian university outside Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
February 28th, 2022, 1 pm ET — Kevin Brown (Spring Arbor University), Tina Grace (Bridging the Gap), Meredith Raimondo (Oberlin College), and Jonathan Zimmerman (University of Pennsylvania)
This charrette will examine two such programs as an invitation to both adoption and adaptation. The first, “Bridging the Gap: Dialogue across Difference,” brought together students from Oberlin College in Ohio – known as a bastion of liberal thinking, where students are frequently dismissed as elite, intolerant “snowflakes” – and students at Spring Arbor University – a private, Christ-centered, liberal arts school in Michigan, whose students are labeled as conservative, intolerant evangelicals. The second program, “Politics in the Age of Trump: Speaking Across Our Differences,” featured a collaboration between Cairn University, a Christian university outside Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
