Wednesday, February 28, 6pm, Athens Community Center [Rm. A], 701 E. State St., Athens, Ohio [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

We, the Ohio Community Rights Network, are inviting you for a discussion on State Preemption on Wednesday, February 28, at 6pm, from around the state. This will be the first in a series of Community Conversations that OHCRN plans to facilitate on a monthly basis. The virtual discussion will join an in-person panel from the Athens community.

When you register using this link, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link.

In order to prepare for a rich discussion, we are asking you to view this short (less than 5 minute) video on Preemption and consider the following questions beforehand.

1. What are the two main types of preemption and what is the difference?

2. What are some of the most recent examples of state preemption in Ohio?

3. Which type of preemption is mostly being used by state legislatures these days and what are the arguments used to justify them? Whose interests are being served by enacting them?

4. Have you had direct experience with a state or federal preemption law in your community? Does the principle of democracy conflict with state preemption?

We are looking forward to an informative and empowering discussion!

Please join us and pass this on to anyone else you think would be interested.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Ohio Community Rights Network.