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Derrick Lee Foward (born April 26, 1968) is an American social activist and leader in the US civil rights movement.Foward is a NAACP Image Award winning activist and a Dayton, Ohio, native.
Jeffrey J. Mims Jr. (born January 27, 1947) is an American politician who became the 57th mayor of Dayton, Ohio, in 2022. [1] A member of the Democratic Party , he was elected as mayor on November 2, 2021, after he served on the city commission for two terms.
Starting in 1914, Dayton's government was changed to the "weak mayor" manager-council form. In this system, the five-member commission selects the city manager, who holds administrative authority over the municipal government. The mayor is simply one of the five members of the city commission. The mayor's only power over the other commissioners ...
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Apr. 18—The May 4 run-off election will shrink the largest field of Dayton City Commission candidates in decades to a four-way race that has the potential to shift political power at City Hall.
Richard Clay Dixon, born on October 24, 1941, is an American politician of the Ohio Democratic party. He served as a city commissioner of Dayton, Ohio, and as the city's mayor. He was the second African-American person to serve as mayor of Dayton. [1]
Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE), renamed in 2021 from the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education, was formed in 1967. [1] SOCHE is a regional consortium of colleges, universities, and businesses advancing higher education through academic collaboration, corporate and community partnerships, and student success.
In Dayton Leitzell became involved with the Southeast Priority board in 1999. He was elected to chair the board in 2008 and 2009 and was the president of his neighborhood association for six terms. [2] Leitzell ran for mayor of Dayton, Ohio as an independent candidate in 2009 and upset Rhine McLin, the incumbent Democrat. [3]