Stephanie Hightower is the President and CEO of the Columbus Urban League.
The Columbus Urban League was founded 104 years ago with the aim of promoting racial equality and social justice.
Our heritage remains our future.
We continue to believe that equal opportunities for joint venture are not possible, but, in fact, essential for our shared future.
The Columbus Urban League leads by working as a viable, efficient, trustworthy, culturally responsible organization with a wide range of ways to establish families and increase their income and wealth. COVID-19 forced us to reunite and reorganize to become an emergency provider more than ever.
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Over the past two years, we have connected with 157,000 people, including 25,000 home-based phones, and donated nearly $ 12 million to support small businesses, people suffering from economic losses due to COVID and people trying to maintain their homes.
Masks may be gone for now, but the form of a “long-lasting” plague has long-lasting financial problems. For example, thousands of families, led mainly by black single mothers, are on the verge of being evicted and homeless. As of March 2020, 28,697 people have been deported to Columbus, according to the Eviction Lab, despite a three-month suspension in 2020.
Racial tension continued and worsened during our visit. Black people experienced triple unemployment, according to a 2021 data released by the Center for Community Solutions.
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A recent study by Goldman Sachs found that black-owned businesses were close to repaying their white counterparts, doubting their ability to make a lot of money and needing loans in order to survive.
A study of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition also found that black business owners are more likely to be denied Paycheck Protection Program loans than white companies with a similar record.
Thus, conflicts over any level of human well-being — health, education, employment, finances, family stability — hinder and undermine justice and progress.
Old problems require new solutions that are intelligent, well-thought-out, culturally sensitive and clear.
Our progressive approach should reflect and respond to new and existing realities, such as ways to reduce child care and reduce the cost of affordable housing. The Columbus Urban League is ready to sit at the table with our team to promote the best, most compliant, results-oriented systems.
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We are ready because you have opened new doors for us. We have been blessed to find wise, cultured, strong leaders who always try and apply best practices, motivated by unlimited new investments in major infrastructure such as technology and education, and committed to the principle that everyone should have opportunities, whether first or first. wawo 31.
The events of the last few years have exposed long-standing differences and revealed great opportunities for change, reviving all our knowledge of racism and the benefits of inclusion.
We also realized that, even though we are far apart, we cannot stand on our own, which is exacerbated by the Ukrainian crisis.
The Columbus Urban League focused on recovery, change and resilience. These three goals remain relevant. However, we must also raise our vision line. Central Ohio should take advantage of this constant opportunity to unleash our untapped and undeveloped potential.
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The benefits of a larger, deeper economy where everyone has a chance to succeed, where we take action to build bridges where racial tensions have prevented us from realizing our worth, are huge. Organizations with different leaders are smarter and more efficient. The US economy could grow up to $ 2 trillion a year on all of our U.S. sales. But if we are willing to think again about the situation.
Research from McKinsey & Co. labels in which “immutable and inclusive growth can be a combination of strength, self-reliance,” but only if we are prepared to deal with “resistance” or opposing forces.
As an Olympic athlete, I sometimes feel like I’m just across the street.
If I am 100 feet behind the starting block to start, I will not break the tape unless someone changes direction.
Likewise, if I am a low-income black-born baby in a high-income area with high school failures, my chances of financial progress are limited from day one. Unless someone changes education.
Let us continue to work together to bridge racial and gender inequalities.
Together, we can awaken the gifts and talents of everyone, increase the number of buyers and taxpayers and make our region a global one that reflects the importance of social cohesion.
Everyone wins when everyone is inside.
Stephanie Hightower is the President and CEO of the Columbus Urban League.
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