Demand for Change: What you need to know, Sunday

The Ohio Senate will implement training for its members and staff to better equip them on issues of diversity and more, Senate President Larry Obhof, R-Medina, said late Friday night in response to the controversy surrounding his colleague in Sen. Steve Huffman, who offered racially insensitive comments about blacks in relation to COVID-19.

In Springfield, a clergy group is holding a prayer march through the city to call attention to the problem of racial profiling, unequal treatment under the law for minorities, police brutality and discrimination. The march is expected to end around 5 p.m.

In Sugarcreek Township, a group that goes by Sugarcreek Cares gathered for a peaceful protest.

Men from all over Ohio gathered in Dayton today for an event they called Suits and Solidarity.

>> Suits and Solidarity march moves through Dayton Sunday afternoon

The event brought out men young and old who danced, marched and spoke about how change is needed to help decrease racial tension and injustices.

“I mean this is what we do. I think the narrative unfortunately has been portrayed as something different. We are not a monolithic group of people, so therefore you can see us in a suit, you can see us in a sweatshirt. At the end of the day we are still men and we are here to help the world,” Kenneth Goodrum of Cleveland told News Center 7′s Ronnell Hunt.

Obhof said the state Senate is committed to learning from the Huffman controversy.

Protesters gathered and marched in Beavercreek Saturday. Photos of the event can be found here.

Hundreds turned out for a Black Lives Matter rally and demonstration in Englewood on Friday that included the kneel down, a move to serve as a reminder of what happened to George Floyd, who died Memorial Day as a Minneapolis police officer kept his knee on the man’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds.

Some other things you need to know today as part of the demand for change:

• Trump reschedules Tulsa rally in the face of criticism over Juneteenth
• Nike, Twitter among companies offering paid Juneteenth holiday for employees
• Boston mayor plans to reallocate $12 million of police budget
• Black Lives Matter mural in North Carolina defaced with tire marks

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