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July Book Club - The Impeachers by Brenda Wineapple

published by Cheryl Grossman on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 18:38

The Impeachers book coverThe book for July will be The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation by Brenda Wineapple. Meet on Wednesday, July 31st at 7:00 PM at 2000 Malvern Rd for discussion and beverages. Bring a snack to share if you like.

Story Archive - 2019

published by Cheryl Grossman on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 21:40

Local elections and our events in 2019.

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2019
2019 Election
Democratic Presidential Primary
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Political History

Story Archive - 2018

published by Cheryl Grossman on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 21:37

2018 Midterms, Allison Russo, Rick Neal and the Blue Wave of 2018 in the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, not so great in Ohio.

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2018
2018 Election
Blue Wave
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Political History

Video - Information and Misinformation on Social Media: Practical Information Literacy

published by Cheryl Grossman on Mon, 04/08/2019 - 23:04

If you missed our March 4th session on how social media affected the 2016 election and how to judge information you find on the Internet and social media, we have the links to the resources mentioned and video of the presentation. The presentation is on Facebook.

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Social Media
UAPA Meeting
Information Literacy

Book Club for May

published by Cheryl Grossman on Thu, 04/04/2019 - 21:46

cover of The Soul of America by Jon MeachamNew, new book club book for May will be The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham. This replaces The Case Against Standardized Testing by Alfie Kohn which replaced Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking.

Meet on May 29th at 7:00 PM at 2000 Malvern Rd.

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Book Club
Education
Testing
Jon Meacham

Funders of "Attack" Postcards in UA City Council Election Revealed

published by Cheryl Grossman on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 22:11

“ATTACK PAC” AND ITS SUPPORTERS STOOP TO NEW LOW IN RECENT CITY COUNCIL RACE WITH GUTTER-LEVEL ATTACK POSTCARDS

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UA City Council
Dirty Tricks
2017 Election
Postcards

Sign Theft Watch

published by Cheryl Grossman on Wed, 10/19/2016 - 15:59

As many of you know from personal experience, there have been many Hillary Clinton signs stolen from people's yards this election season. At last someone witnessed one of these thefts, which has been reported to the UAPD.

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Yard Signs
Dirty Tricks
2016 Election
Hillary Clinton

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2008 Events Archive

published by admin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 14:25
Events that took place during 2008.
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2008 Election
Barack Obama
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Upper Arlington Progressive Action (UAPA) is a grassroots political action committee based in Upper Arlington, a conservative suburb of Columbus, Ohio. UAPA supports Democratic and progressive candidates and causes, and is entirely funded by donations from supporters. UAPA is run and governed solely by volunteers.
 
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