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To congratulate Mayor Andrew J. Ginther as the 2019 Community Leadership Award recipient
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WHEREAS, The George Meany Awards Banquet, the largest labor recognition of its kind in the country is a night for the Central Ohio AFL-CIO and the United Way Community Services Department to recognize local business and labor leaders who have given outstanding volunteer service to the community; and
WHEREAS, The George Meany Awards, named after the late George Meany, former President of the national AFL-CIO, are presented by the Central Ohio AFL-CIO to a labor person for outstanding leadership and support of health, welfare and recreation services to the Central Ohio Community; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther was elected the 53rd mayor of the City of Columbus on November 3, 2015. Mayor Ginther previously served on Columbus City Council from 2007 to 2015, and served as president of Council from 2011 until assuming the Office of Mayor January 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, under his leadership, the City of Columbus was named American’s Opportunity City, and as mayor, Mayor Ginther continues to work with community, business, faith and labor leaders to promote opportunities for every person in every neighborhood.; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Ginther believes that strong distinctive neighborhoods are the foundation of a great city. He is dedicated to lifting up all neighborhoods, especially those cut off from the prosperity Columbus is enjoying; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Ginther earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in political science from Earlham College, studied abroad at the University of Ulster and Queen’s College in Northern Ireland, and taught at public schools in Belfast and Derry. He also served in consecutive internships at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, where he taught non-violence and dispute resolution now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That we hereby congratulate Mayor Andrew J. Ginther as the 2019 Community Leadership A...
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