{"id":497,"date":"2024-05-31T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/?post_type=work&#038;p=497"},"modified":"2024-06-09T02:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T02:11:47","slug":"fair-courts-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/work\/fair-courts-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Courts in Ohio"},"template":"","class_list":["post-497","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause Ohio is a founding partner in the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance. The Alliance is a diverse network of organizations, community leaders and concerned citizens dedicated to creating a court system that exemplifies and protects equity, fairness and justice for all. ","featured_image":"","work_type":164,"related_issues":[91,423],"location":38},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2>Ohio Fair Courts Alliance<\/h2>\r\nCommon Cause Ohio is a founding partner in the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance. The Alliance is a diverse network of organizations, community leaders and concerned citizens dedicated to creating a court system that exemplifies and protects equity, fairness and justice for all. The founding members include: Common Cause Ohio, Dayton NAACP, Greater Cleveland Congregations, Ohio Environmental Council, and Ohio Voice.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our Values<\/strong>\r\nLike Common Cause Ohio, the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance believes in a court system that exemplifies and protects equity, fairness, and justice for all.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our Vision\r\n<\/strong>The Ohio Fair Courts Alliance is guided by our vision:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The courts should be free to make decisions based on law and fact, free from the corrupting influence of money and special interests.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Everyone deserves their day in court, and we all deserve equal justice under the law.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Judges should be educated about how systemic biases in the justice system impact outcomes and work to address them.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The judiciary should represent all voices and perspectives of the communities they serve.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Raising public awareness about barriers to justice is the first step to achieving fair and equitable courts.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Our Goals\r\n<\/strong>As part of the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance, Common Cause Ohio has the following goals.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>To raise public awareness of the importance of our courts and impartial judges through our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/19d7AgpX5IdrEVrsvwUQJ6FBk423tQLd7rUInsNsrYi8\/viewform?ts=5cdb232a&amp;edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speakers Bureau<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To build a stronger coalition across Ohio to win reforms.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To pass stronger rules to limit the influence of money and special interests on the courts.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Ready to host a Fair Courts presentation?<\/h2>\r\nWe have a trained group of speakers excited to come speak to you and others in your organization about Ohio\u2019s courts. We can help you understand, for example:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The overall structure of the court systems in Ohio<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The difference between state and federal courts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How the courts impact us<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pros &amp; cons of how we select judges<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Why we need fair and impartial courts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Challenges and opportunities facing Ohio\u2019s justice system<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What the public can do to improve our courts<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/19d7AgpX5IdrEVrsvwUQJ6FBk423tQLd7rUInsNsrYi8\/viewform?ts=5cdb232a&amp;edit_requested=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request a Fair Courts Presenter >><\/a><\/h4>\r\nThis a non-partisan civic engagement project. Presentations requests should be made at least two weeks in advance to allow sufficient time to try to accommodate your request.\r\n\r\n<b>Potential Audiences for Speakers Bureau Presentations<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>High School Civics Classes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Faith Groups<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fraternity and Sorority Chapters<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Book Clubs<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Indivisible &amp; other activist groups<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Nonprofit sector<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Re-entry populations<\/li>\r\n \t<li>New Americans<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Neighborhood Clubs<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Civic Leagues<\/li>\r\n \t<li>League of Women Voters Chapters<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Boys and Girls Clubs<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Urban Leagues<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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