PROVIDING VIDEO TESTIMONY
Our voices are crucial tools in advocating for important causes. We have witnessed the power of traditional methods such as written statements, petitions, and public demonstrations, but there is another even stronger avenue waiting to be explored—one that possesses the potential to ignite even greater impact. That avenue is video testimony.
Video testimony offers a dynamic and compelling platform for sharing personal stories, experiences, and struggles. It has the remarkable ability to humanize complex issues, evoking empathy and understanding like no other medium can. By visually capturing emotions, expressions, and nuances, video testimony provides a raw and authentic connection that engages viewers on a profoundly emotional level.
You can support HB 68 by providing testimony
HB68 SAFE ACT
Ohio HB68 is the "Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act" which would ban gender-affirming care in the state of Ohio. It would also prohibit physicians from prescribing cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers, and from performing any type of gender-affirming surgery on minors. The bill passed the Ohio House of Representatives on June 21, 2023. It is now in the Senate.
You can support HB 8 by providing testimony
HB8 Parents' Bill of Rights Act
Requires teachers to notify parents before teaching “sexuality content” and of any change in a student’s mental, emotional or physical health. The bill would also require public schools to adopt a policy on parental notification on student health and well-being and instructional materials with sexually explicit content. The bill would affirm existing laws on the right to view a child’s academic and medical records while requiring schools to notify parents before teaching about “sexually explicit content” or offering health services to their children.
You can support SB 83 by providing testimony
SB83 Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act
Prohibits employees of any state institutions of higher education from striking.
The bill would ban nearly all diversity training requirements at public colleges and universities in the state.
Requires state institutions of higher education to incorporate statements into their mission statements that affirm that they will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth;
Imposes a duty to equip students with the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions on matters of social and political importance;
Imposes a duty to ensure that no aspect of life at the institution, within or outside the classroom, requires, favors, disfavors, or prohibits speech or action to support any political, social, or religious belief;
Imposes a duty to institutions of higher learning to commit to creating a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community;
Imposes a duty to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity.
You can support Issue 1 by providing testimony
Ohio Issue 1
Ohio Issue 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would raise the threshold for passage of ballot initiatives from a simple majority to 60%. The amendment would require that any proposed constitutional amendment or law that is put on the ballot through citizen initiative must receive at least 60% of the votes cast to become law.