Pictured is Black Women's Political Action Committee (BWPAC) President Una H.R. Kennon, also president of the East Cleveland Board of Education, and a retired East Cleveland judge
(The herein noted endorsements are official endorsements of the Black Women's Political Action Committee (BWPAC) and are not those of Cleveland Urban News.Com, which takes no official endorsement position to date, pro or con, of the state or countywide ballot issues or political candidates relative to the November 3, 2015 general election).
CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-Following are endorsements of the Black Women's Political Action Committee of greater Cleveland (BWPAC) for the November 3, 2015 general election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, a county of some 59 municipalities, villages, and townships that includes the largely Black major American city of Cleveland and its neighboring suburbs. The endorsement assessments are relative to select state and countywide issues on the ballot, including the statewide marijuana legalization issue, of which the organization opposes, and select municipal-level judicial, mayoral and city council candidates across Cuyahoga County, a Democratic stronghold that is 29 percent Black, and is Ohio's largest of 88 counties. Also included below are BWPAC endorsements for the East Cleveland Board of Education. (Editor's note: The elections for Cleveland City Council and Cleveland mayor are in 2017, and the presidential election, for which local level politicians across the pivotal state of Ohio will also have a voice, is in 2016. And Cleveland will host the Republican National Convention next year, a credit, both financially and otherwise, to Frank Jackson, the city's three-term Black Democratic mayor).
Paid for by the Black Women's Political Action Committee (BWPAC) of greater Cleveland, Una H.R. Keenon, (pictured) president
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BWPAC ENDORSEMENTS (PER MAJORITY RULE AT A SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 BWPAC MEETING)
(READ THE HISTORY AND MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE NAMES OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE BWPAC BELOW THE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENTS)
STATEWIDE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT IN OHIO
Issue 3- Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative: Vote No
(Editor's note: No pro or con position was taken by the BWPAC on Issue 2,
a counter initiative to Issue 3, a constitutional amendment measure on the ballot in
Ohio).
COUNTYWIDE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT
Issue 8 -Arts & Culture Works in Cuyahoga County: Vote Yes
SELECT NON-PARTISAN MUNICIPAL COURTS AND MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL RACES OF GREATER CLEVELAND OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO, AND THE EAST CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION
ENDORSED CANDIDATES FOR JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURTS IN GREATER CLEVELAND
Cleveland Municipal Court, term commencing January 1, 2016- James H. Hewitt III
Cleveland Municipal Court, term commencing January 2, 2016-Lauren C. Moore
Cleveland Municipal Court, term commencing January 3, 2016-Pauline H. Tarver
Cleveland Municipal Court, term commencing January 4, 2016-Emanuella Groves
Bedford Municipal Court- Deborah Turner
Lakewood Municipal Court- Patrick Carroll
ENDORSED CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL MAYORS OF GREATER CLEVELAND
Bedford Heights mayor- Flectcher Berger
Maple Heights mayor- Annette M. Blackwell
South Euclid mayor-Ruth Gray
Warrensville Heights mayor-Brad Sellers
ENDORSED CANDIDATES OF CITY COUNCILS OF GREATER CLEVELAND
East Cleveland City Council, ward 2- Barbara Thomas
Euclid City Council, ward 1-Stephania C. Caviness
Maple Heights president of city council-Aaron Mitchell
Maple Heights City Council, district 1-Stafford L. Shenett
Maple Heights City Council, district 3-Ebony M. Miller
Lyndhurst City Council at large-Barb Linear
South Euclid City Council at large (elect three)-Dennis Fiorelli, Marty Gelfand and Jason Russell
ENDORSED CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND
Member, East Cleveland Board of Education (elect two)- Una H.R. Keenon and Dr. Mary Rice
By: THE BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF GREATER CLEVELAND (BWPAC), UNA H.R. KENNON, PRESIDENT
The Black Women's Political Action Committee(BWPAC)of greater Cleveland, which is led by its president, Una H.R. Keenon, who is also president of the East Cleveland Board of Education and a retired East Cleveland judge, was organized in the fall of 1983 to give Black women more input relative to political decision making.
The organization's mission, said Kennon, is also to help qualified women obtain better paying jobs and receive local, state, and national appointments.
The founding mothers of the BWPAC include, among others, Keenon, former state Rep Barbara Boyd, retired Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Sara J. Harper, Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon, Dr. Denise McCray, the late Katherine Adams, Phyllis Burton-Scott, Lynn Spencer, the late Vivian Cantrell, and the late Shirley Hawk, a former Cleveland school board member.
Membership in the BWPAC is selective, requiring prospective applicants to secure the sponsorship of a current member for admission. Prospective members are evaluated on their commitment to and involvement in health and welfare matters, political action and education agendas, and their concern for African- American women in general.(www.clevelandurbannews.com) / (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)
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