Our diverse and dedicated residents are what makes Columbus one of the greatest cities in America. Last month, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther recognized five outstanding individuals who, through exemplary accomplishments, have gained recognition for themselves and have brought credit to this city.
Golda M. Edmonston was an outspoken advocate of women in the workplace, particularly in government, and proposed legislation that would ensure women equal pay for equal work.
Reverend Leon Troy Sr., pastor emeritus of Second Baptist Church, has dedicated more than 50 years to public service.
Ann B. Walker is a woman of many firsts, including serving as the first female and African-American journalist to cover Columbus City Hall and the first black woman from Franklin County given a White House appointment.
Catherine Willis dedicated her career to instilling knowledge and developing students to become lifelong learners.
Sanborn Wood, affectionately known as Sandy, is the godfather of Columbus' Short North Arts District. Sandy had a remarkable vision for the area between downtown and Ohio State in the early 1980s.
Learn more about the many contributions of these great residents. Congratulations to the honorees!
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The City of Columbus wants to hear from everyone in the community as it begins the process of updating its Zoning Code. Through Feb. 28, you have the opportunity to share observations on the Zoning Code by taking a survey here.
The survey allows for all residents to participate in creating systemic change and more equitable access to wealth associated with home ownership.
The first phase is underway to assess the current code and process and ensure that, when the Zoning Code is updated, it will help to manage growth, reinforce community priorities, and improve it for people throughout the community. Development standards regulated by zoning address items such as property use, building size and setback on a parcel.
The city’s Zoning Code survey can be translated in Spanish, Somali, French, Nepali, and Arabic. For more information, contact zoningupdate@columbus.gov.
On March 1, the YWCA launches its Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge for 21 consecutive weekdays, aimed at increasing awareness and dismantling racism and discrimination.
Join this effort and challenge yourself to learn how racial and social injustices impact our community through activities such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, reflecting on your experiences, and having discussions outside your comfort zone.
The challenge, ending on March 29, encourages an open heart and mind among participants to move toward racial equity and social justice in our community.
Register for the YWCA challenge here.
In a global survey of businesses by PL+US during the pandemic, 75% say a national paid leave policy would help positon them to better weather future public health emergencies and economic crises. Support was even higher among small businesses, at 85%.
And women would not be forced to leave the workforce to care for family if strong paid leave policies, flexible work cultures that support men and women, and encouragement of men to take paid parental leave were in place, finds the survey report, Paid Leave and the Pandemic: Effective Workplace Policies and Practices For a Time of Crisis and Beyond.
PL+US: Paid Leave for the United States and Promundo conducted the survey in collaboration with the Parental Leave Corporate Task Force (PLCTF).
The results and insights from participating companies informed the public policy and business practice recommendations in the report. Key findings include:
- Paid leave policies helped employers and employees weather the pandemic.
- The pandemic accelerated a culture of caregiving, increasing demands for workplace flexibility and paid leave policies.
- A work culture that promotes gender equality through equitable use of paid parental and caregiving leave can help stem the tide of women leaving the workforce.
- The pandemic has revealed a critical need for a permanent paid leave program in the U.S. and accelerated support from the business community for a national policy.
Read the full report here.
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Franklin County Expands Family Leave Policy for Employees
The Franklin County Commissioners have expanded a paid family leave policy that allows county employees to take up to eight weeks of paid leave for events such as birth of a child, adoption, to care for seriously ill family members, or COVID-19 quarantine or treatment.
The policy, effective at the start of this year, extends the temporary Paid Family and Medical Leave put in place by the Commissioners early in the pandemic. Family leave, research shows, supports better health for employees and their families and advances gender and racial equity.
The Women’s Commission thanks the Franklin County Commissioners for its commitment to equitable workplaces and support of families.
There is a lot of information going around now about the COVID-19 vaccine. We want to help separate facts from fear, and are taking part in a community conversation about the vaccine. Please join us this Thursday when our experts will answer your questions on 10TV. Tune in and participate with 10TV or wherever you stream 10TV from 7 p.m. -8 p.m., and move over to 10TV - WBNS’s Facebook page from 8pm-8:30pm to continue the discussion.
The Importance of Child Care to Ohio Businesses Webinar
The Columbus Chamber of Commerce is hosting a webinar on Feb. 25 on The Importance of Child Care to Ohio Businesses: Advancing quality early learning for infants and toddlers.
The Chamber has a new partnership this year with Groundwork Ohio to focus on advancing public policies that support quality early learning and child development. The webinar will help educate and engage business leaders on the value of these policies to employees and the economy.
Access to quality, affordable child care is critical to economic recovery, and to address the disproportionate effect the pandemic has had on women in the workforce. Millions have left their jobs to care for their children not in school or child care centers. The ability for the centers to resume pre-pandemic operations is also critical to economic recovery.
The webinar is part of the chamber’s Government Spotlight Series 2021. Get more details and register for the webinar here.
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Unstoppable Together Job Summit
It’s not too late to sign up for the virtual Unstoppable Together Job Summit On Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. Free and open to the public, the summit will feature workshops, coaching, and panels featuring women leaders from across the country who have lost their jobs or reimagine what post-pandemic work life will look like.
Beauty brand No7 is hosting the summit. No7 and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research partnered to launch the new Unstoppable Together movement to get women back to work. Learn more about the movement and sign up for the summit here.
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