Design Ohio's Future

<a href="https://ohea.org/design-ohios-future-contest/"><strong>Enter the Design Ohio's Future contest to redraw Ohio’s district maps</strong></a><strong> </strong><ul> <li>OEA's contest is open to all Ohio middle schoolers, high schoolers, and OEA members. </li> <li>Categories: Most politically competitive | Fewest community splits | Most creative</li> <li> <strong>DEADLINE UPDATE: </strong>Due to intense interest in the contest, the deadline for submissions has been extended until <strong>JUNE 1, 2021</strong> </li> <li>For full details and rules, click <a href="https://ohea.org/design-ohios-future-contest/">here</a>. </li> </ul><p> </p><p><strong>Featured guest: </strong></p><ul><li>Katy Shanahan <ul><li>Katy Shanahan currently serves as the Ohio State Director for <a href="https://www.allontheline.org/ohio">All On The Line</a>, a grassroots advocacy campaign that is part of a national effort to end gerrymandering. She is an attorney who has worked in progressive electoral politics for over a decade with the mission of ensuring that all voters have equitable access to the ballot box and to fair representation. She received both her Juris Doctor and Master's degree in Public Policy and Management from The Ohio State University and is barred to practice law in the state of Ohio and Washington, DC.</li></ul> </li></ul><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p>"Gerrymandering is a form of cheating during the redistricting process... Here in Ohio, we are home to some of the most gerrymandered districts in the country, and that's true for both our state legislative and congressional maps, and that means for the last decade, Ohioans have been denied any real form of adequate political representation."<ul> <li>2:10 - One person, one vote: Redistricting every 10 years to account for how populations have changed or shifted across the last decade </li> <li>3:30 - Dealing with census data delays</li> <li>5:40 - The importance of accurate census data beyond redistricting, including its impact on school funding</li>