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What's hot Victory in Ohio! ing rights of public workers. Ohioans reacted to the politically motivated attack by taking matters into their own hands. They collect- ed more than a million signatures to trigger a citizen veto process to put a referendum of the unpopular law on the November 8th ballot. DSEA answered the call for help S from OEA by sending five leaders and DSEA staff who worked the last four days of the campaign, can- DSEA staff reach service milestones gratulated staff members who reach significant service mile- stones: Betty Cash and Yvonne Williams for five years; and Judy Anderson for twenty years. Both Cash and A Williams are UniServ program assistants, Cash in the Dover office, and Williams in the Stanton office. They assist UniServ directors with their responsibilities including work with DSEA Task Forces and Committees. Judy Anderson, CPA, has been UniServ Program Assistants Yvonne Williams (left) and Betty Cash have reached five-year milestones with DSEA. t a recent staff meeting, DSEA Exec. Director Howard Weinberg con- enate Bill 5 was designed to silence the voices and strip away the collective bargain- The five DSEA people who canvassed in Ohio are Toby Paone (back left), Wendy Cannon (in front of him), Mike Hoffmann (kneeling), Frederika Jenner (behind him) and Jocelynne Jones (behind her). vassing neighborhoods in the Columbus area: Frederika Jenner, president; Mike Hoffmann, vice president; and UniServ Directors Toby Paone, Jocelynne Jones and Wendy Cannon. According to Stand Up For Ohio ( Did you like Leaders Weekend? You're going to love WAR! Winter Advocacy Retreat, Feb. 10, 11, 12 I f you're a local leader, plan on heading to the beach once again, February 10-12, 2012, for DSEA's annual Winter Advocacy Retreat (WAR). We'll continue what we started at Leaders Weekend, moving from reflection and renewal to skill- building, planning, and doing! We'll begin Friday night with a Social Justice Dance. What else? And for Saturday's keynote speaker we're trying to get either NEA's new Executive Director John Stocks, or the ever-inspiring and humorous Lily Eskelsen, vice president of NEA. Watch in your local for registra- tion material. In the meantime, save the date, and think about what historic figure you'd like to come as for the Social Justice Dance! training for local association treas- urers, and membership recruitment and record-keeping responsibilities. In 1994 the DSEA Executive Board DSEA's business manager for 20 years. Her work not only includes the financial side of operations, but also the maintenance of both build- ings, including DSEA's computer and other technology systems, www.dsea.org created a program to recognize DSEA staff for service milestones. To see the complete list of DSEA Judy Anderson, CPA, is congratulated by DSEA Exec. Dir. Howard Weinberg for 20 years of service to the organization as business manager. staff, as well as Executive Board members and local union leaders, go to . DSEA Awards time Nominate an unsung hero I t's time to submit your nominations for members and community leaders for DSEA's annual awards: Helen D. Wise Award, ESP of the Year Award, Susan B. Roushey Advocacy Award, Community Partner Awards and Legislative Friend of Education Award. Winners are chosen by the DSEA Executive Board and receive their accolades at our annual Celebration Dinner which will be held on March 16, 2012 at Dover Downs Conference Center. The deadline for nominations is 5:00 p.m. on February 1, 2012. You can find information on each award, the names of past honorees and nomination forms at ), the victory was decisive, 61.3% to 39.7%. Total Ballots cast in Ohio on Issue #2 : 3,497,408 In Favor (enact SB5) - 1,352,366 (%39.7) Opposed (repeal SB5) - 2,145,042 (%61.3) Brown named Leadership Fellow Voters in Ohio have over- whelmingly approved a referendum to repeal Senate Bill 5, a controversial bill signed into law by Gov. John Kasich. D arius J. Brown, current- ly a temporary UniServ organ- izer for DSEA, has been select- ed to participate in the inaugural nine-month fellowship program at The Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. which began in October and runs through June 2012. He is one of 12 people from around the country named Leadership Fellows in the Leadership Institute, which is a project of Progress 2050. The Center for American Progress is a progressive policy think tank founded by John Podesta, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and chairman of the Obama-Biden transition team. Nov/Dec 2011 DSEA ACTION! 3 Ohio www.facebook.com/StandUpFor dsea.org/AboutDSEA/Awards.html www. www.dsea.org/About DSEA/ Whos Who.html