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Cincy city council member to address PAC
Press release from Butler County Progressive PAC:
Newly-appointed Cincinnati City Council Member Greg Harris will return to Oxford as the Guest of Honor at the first Happy Hour Fundraiser of the Butler County Progressive Political Action Committee, PAC Vice-President Bill Gracie has announced.
The event will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 at the A-List Bar (second floor) of the Alexander House, 22 N. College Avenue in Oxford. Admission to the Happy Hour is $10, and all are welcome.
Harris is a former Oxford resident who earned both his masters and doctoral degrees in English from Miami University, where he taught for six years before moving to Cincinnati.
According to Harris, “We have seen the strong results of Howard Dean’s 50 State strategy. Ohio now needs an 88 county strategy.”
“I’m convinced that the Democratic message can win anywhere with adequate resources,” Harris continued. “I’m equally convinced that Butler County Progressive PAC will result in Democratic gains in what is now a red county. I’m honored to be a friend of this movement.”
Harris was a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress from Ohio’s First Congressional District in 2004. He campaigned as an outspoken critic of the Iraq War and in strong support of universal health care, energy independence, campaign finance reform, and increased education funding.
Harris was appointed to Cincinnati City Council in January to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John Cranley. He serves on Council’s Finance, Law and Public Safety, and Health, Environment, and Education Committees.
Since 2005, Harris has worked as a Public Policy Officer at KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Ohio’s largest education philanthropy. He oversees strategic communications and workforce education and economic development projects. Harris is currently staffing the foundation’s efforts to identify innovative strategies for Ohio to bolster educational opportunity and job training for its over 1.2 million working poor.
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