Governor DeWine has SB 215 on his desk. Join the UAPA Executive Committee in asking him to veto this dangerous bill that allows anyone to conceal carry a weapon without training or licensing. Police don't even have to be informed that they have a weapon! Email NOW! governor.ohio.gov/contact

Governor DeWine,

UAPA (in conjunction with Organizing for UA and Columbus NW Blues) is collecting  food for the Smokey Row Food Pantry. In addition to canned goods and other shelf-stable items, the food bank requests baby wipes and diapers (especially sized 4 and 5).

Drop off your contributions at the following addresses between January 17th and February 11th:

5055 Francisco Place
2280 Canterbury Road - side door porch
2000 Malvern Road
4347 Castleton Road
4284 Braunton Road

UAPA has had a book club for over 10 years! Take a look at the books we have read over that time. Add to your books to be read list.

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UAPA Book Club Books

The Upper Arlington Progressive Action (UAPA) Board recently voted to endorse two candidates for the two seats available on the UA School Board. The selections were made based on responses to a set of ten questions (below) sent to all candidates. Neither Lou Sauter nor Liz Easton responded to our questions.

We recommend Nidhi Satiani be elected and Carol Mohr be reelected.

Summer Community Picnic

When:      Sunday, September 12, 2021 

The Ohio Redistricting Commission and Ohio Legislators are scheduled to begin drawing the state and Congressional districts we will use for the next 10 years. They will be using the rules enacted into the Ohio Constitution by wide margins when we voted in 2015 and 2018.

Back in 2015, Ohioans passed a new process for redistricting state districts; in 2018, we passed a (slightly different) process for Congressional districts. Now, in 2021 we have the opportunity to put these processes into action. Find out more about how redistricting works and what you can do to make sure we have the fairest districts possible.

Update: We delivered three stuffed SUVs of food to the CRC. We had petitions for three municipal judge candidates. Thanks to all the volunteers and donors for a successful event!

UAPA, with the help of our members and friends, provided a tremendous amount of support to our efforts to turn Franklin County and Ohio blue. Unfortunately, all our efforts didn't result in Ohio voting the way we would have wished, with the exception of Jennifer Brunner's victory in the Supreme Court race. In Franklin County, we had much better results with Gary Tyack becoming the new Franklin County Prosecutor and 10 of 10 judges winning their races.