[Summit] Fwd: Upcoming redistricting hearing

[Sharon Lee Waldman]

Hello Summit Neighbors,

Please see the email below about Providence redistricting and how you can
be a part of the process.

Thank you for being involved citizens!
Sherry

Sharon Lee Waldman
President, Summit Neighborhood Association Board
Providence, RI


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From: John Marion <john_marion at commoncauseri.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 3:00 PM
Subject: Upcoming redistricting hearing

Dear Ms. Waldman:

My name is John Marion and I run the good government group Common Cause.

I'm writing to ask if you could share with the membership of the Summit
Neighborhood Association the upcoming meeting of the state's redistricting
commission. The commission is going around the state soliciting public
input about "communities of interest" it should consider when drawing the
new state legislative and congressional boundaries. This is the only
hearing in Providence before the first maps come out in a few weeks.

Monday, October 18th, 6 pm at Providence Career and Technical Center
auditorium

I believe the Summit neighborhood is the type of community of interest they
are looking for. In past redistricting cycles the East Side has been
gerrymandered in a way that split neighborhoods. I worked with a RISD
faculty member to make this video last year illustrating an infamous
gerrymander of Mt. Hope and Fox Point.

https://vimeo.com/388578979

My organization has held two trainings explaining how residents can use
free online tools to draw their communities as a means to fighting
gerrymandering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbirB8HToy0

We also have an easy template that people can fill out (attached) to guide
them through their testimony.

Thank you,

John

-- 
John Marion
Executive Director
he/him/his

Common Cause Rhode Island
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Providence, RI 02906

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