Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Education Foundation for Freedom in support of the Columbus Women & Girls’ Fest mentorship programming.
Central to the Columbus Women & Girls’ Fest in 2022 is an effort to empower young voices through an eight-week mentorship program culminating in the Women & Girls' Fest event itself. The first cohort is composed of 25 youth between the ages of 8 and 18. These youth are paired with professional mentor artists and educators who provide two-hour coaching sessions each week to cultivate performance practices, self-development, and leadership skills.
The mission of this work is to elevate women of color in the arts through performing arts, culture, education, and entrepreneurship. Participants will organize a specifically crafted showcase demonstrating their progress for the Women & Girls’ Fest. The mentorship and other development opportunities will also help young women to see themselves as future artists and to see the arts as a viable, self-sustaining profession through entrepreneurship.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to allow sufficient time for the organization to receive funding in advance of the Fest event and before the close of the mentoring program.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Reimagine Safety subfund and in the Jobs Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Education Foundation for Freedom in support of the Columbus Women & Girls’ Fest; to authorize an appropriation and transfer within the Reimagine Safety subfund; to authorize a transfer to and appropriation and expenditure within the Jobs Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($35,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Education Foundation for Freedom seeks to promote women and girls of color in the arts; and
WHEREAS, the arts as an industry are dominated by white males, leading to a disproportionately low rate of leader...
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