![]() How will active teachers fare over time, since they will not receive Social Security in retirement and will also not have a COLA? 13 years.” and “much of the underperformance could be attribute to unrecouped investment expenses incurred by STRS.”Īctive teachers are working longer and paying more, but will receive less when they retire.Ī large part of what they will not receive is their guaranteed cost-of-living adjustment, which the STRS Board eliminated. ![]() Recently, investment expert Richard Ennis, who was hired by Ohio to help clean up the mess at the Bureau of Workers Compensation in the aftermath of “Coingate," wrote a Toledo Blade essay that explained how STRS had “underperformed a passively investable benchmark by 1.62 percentage points per year for. ![]() More: Ohio teachers pension fund faces pivotal moment with upcoming board election ![]() If anything, the issues center around the current STRS investment strategies, which have failed to deliver the resources needed to keep the promises made to Ohio’s teachers. However, the issues in this election centered around an “unproven investment strategy” are incorrect. The recent article “Ohio teacher pensions: Control of the board, $95B at stake in election” is certainly correct in making the statement that the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio board election - which is now taking place - is a pivotal moment for the State Teachers Retirement System. He is president-elect of The Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association. On July 14, "In Bright Axiom" (NR, 1hr 30min) becomes available on streaming platforms such as iTunes and Amazon, as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, distributed by Gravitas Ventures.Dean Dennis is a retired Cincinnati Public Schools teacher and administrator. Followers of Meow Wolf, Sleep No More, Ingress, and other immersive and augmented reality entertainment should take note. IN BRIGHT AXIOM also features never-before-seen discourse from the mesmerizing hip-hop polymath RAMMELLZEE and original music by Justin Robbins, with additional songs from Isan, Tickles, and ü-Ziq. The Latitude was conceived by Oakland artist Jeff Hull (creator of Oaklandish and The Jejune Institute) in hopes of reviving the ancient arts of embodied ritual, ceremony, and rites of passages for a generation adrift. The film heartbreakingly exhibits how he found himself perplexed and outcast from the tight-knit community he had helped to cultivate.Ĭritics and festival audiences have responded enthusiastically to IN BRIGHT AXIOM, describing it as "a brilliant film" with "a surreal, dreamlike quality" that is "colorful, hypnotic, and mind-opening." From the minds who created The Jejune Institute, IN BRIGHT AXIOM explores the unforeseen consequences of a creative community that dared to wholeheartedly embrace the unknown. Grave questions emerge as society members become entangled in the game-like experiments of the Society’s founders. As zealous community members delight in a newfound identity and way of life, the House of the Latitude is ultimately tested beyond its limits. IN BRIGHT AXIOM weaves an intriguing cautionary tale set amid a world of urban mystery, replete with underground speakeasies, hidden arcades, and joyful rites of passage. IN BRIGHT AXIOM, a new feature film by Pen & Banjo in association with Nonchalance, explores the legend and lore of San Francisco's Latitude Society, a secretive participatory-arts group which, at different times, has been described as Game/Cult, Secret Society, Pyramid Scheme, and "Path of Transformation."ĭirector Spencer McCall's first foray into filmmaking was as lead documentarian for a failed dog-cloning start-up. His next project was 2013's The Institute, the indie film which became the inspiration for Jason Segel's recent AMC series " Dispatches From Elsewhere." IN BRIGHT AXIOM represents McCall's long-awaited and highly contested follow-up film, which ultimately led to the director being attacked and blacklisted by members of the Bay Area immersive arts community.
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