Explanation
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To recognize and congratulate the Columbus Business and Professional Women's Organization on its 85 years of promoting the equality of all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information.
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WHEREAS, since 1920, the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women has been the preeminent voice of working women, promoting equity for all women in the workplace, through advocacy, personal and professional development, and access to information, education, and training; and
WHEREAS, over 1100 women and men belong to the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women in 60 local organizations, including the Columbus Chapter, representing every congressional district in the state, as well as every age, race, religion, political party, and socioeconomic background; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Business and Professional Women's Organization offers a range of skill-building programs to meet the needs of working women, from entry-level career training to leadership development to entrepreneurial skills, all of which have been successfully translated to effective community involvement; and
WHEREAS, America's working women today are the same kind of women who worked to begin a new country three hundred years ago; who pioneered the West, labored in factories during World War II and, more recently, served in the Persian Gulf; working together toward a common goal: gender equity; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and congratulate the Columbus Business and Professional Women's Organization on it's 85 anniversary of advocating the rights of working women.