The Ohio Department of Transposition conducted its 2nd Annual Civil Rights Transportation Symposium at the Hyatt Regency April 10 - 11, 2018. The Central State University Choir performed during the Luncheon on 4/11/18 before a room full of diverse business owners and major corporations.
Welcome to The Mayor's Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Under the leadership of Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Chief Diversity Officer, Stephen Francis, Esq., The Mayor’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is responsible for supporting Mayor Ginther and his Cabinet Leadership Team by leading diversity and inclusion management within the City of Columbus. The ODI will focus on four pillars of diversity and inclusion management: Workforce Diversity, Supplier Diversity, Diverse Outreach and Internal Diverse Leadership, Commitment and Communication are necessary for building Columbus into America’s Equal Opportunity City.
Letter from the Chief Diversity Officer - Stephen Francis, Esq.
Under the leadership of Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, I have been charged to establish four focus areas for diversity management within the City of Columbus.
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Internal Diverse Leadership Commitment & Communication
Mission: To clearly define
and communicate internally what the City of Columbus means by diversity and
inclusion. Also, to support Mayor Ginther and the Cabinet Leadership Team in
the reinforcement of Mayor Ginther’s vision and commitment to diversity and
inclusion throughout City Departments and Commissions, with the ultimate goal
of developing a benchmark standard of diversity and inclusion leadership
for other U.S. cities to follow.
“The acknowledgement and celebration of our differences makes
us a better and stronger place for people to live, work, and visit”
The
Honorable Mayor Andrew J. Ginther
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Supplier Diversity
Mission: To ensure that the City of Columbus sources goods and services, in all commodity categories, from diverse suppliers, with a focus on expanding the number and capacity of certified diverse suppliers, and expand the variety of goods and services offered by those diverse suppliers. This mission will include developing policies to enhance inclusion and utilization efforts within the procurement process of the City of Columbus and its Departments and Commissions.
“Diversity is reality. Inclusion is a choice!”
Stephen Francis, ESQ
Chief Diversity Officer
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Workforce Diversity
The Workforce Diversity
goal should always be to reflect the diversity of the residents that make up
the population of the city of Columbus. As we attract, retain, and develop city
employees, we will focus on new and innovative ways to help ensure that diversity
is a part of that process.
“Workforce should reflect the diversity of the residents of
Columbus”
Stephen Francis, ESQ
Chief Diversity Officer
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Diverse Outreach
Mission: To implement an
aggressive outreach strategy partnering with key external stakeholders in the
areas of business, industry, academia and governmental and social service
agencies, to enhance the Workforce Diversity and Supplier Diversity Missions of
the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Working in partnership with the
Department of Neighborhoods and the Community Relations Commission, strive to
elevate the diversity and inclusion proficiency of all Columbus entities and
organizations within Central Ohio to help Columbus become ‘America’s Equal
Opportunity City'.
“Inclusion of diverse community stakeholders
will be a priority for
the City of Columbus”
Stephen Francis, ESQ
Chief
Diversity Officer
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Smart Columbus Diversity Working Group
'The Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted Councilmember Shannon Hardin, Chief Innovation Officer Michael Stevens and a host of civic, educational, workforce development and supplier diversity leaders on October 19, 2017 at the Jerry Hammond Center at 1111 E. Broad Street for the first 'Smart Columbus Diversity Working Group' meeting.
The Working Group will seek to achieve goals and objectives related to Smart Columbus in the areas of Supplier Diversity and Workforce Development Training for both publicly and privately funded aspects of the Grant Program.
For more information about the Smart Columbus Diversity Working Group, contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 614-645-4764.
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
DIVERSITY - Unique differences in thought, beliefs, values and life experiences, among many other human and cultural characteristics, based on who we are and where we come from.
INCLUSION - Leveraging, engaging and valuing human and cultural differences to help deliver the most creative, innovative and impactful results for the employees and residents of the City of Columbus.
MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (MBE) - A business which is an independent and continuing operation for profit, performing a commercially useful function, and is owned and controlled by one or more persons of African-American, Asian-Indian, or Hispanic decent, and is a U.S. citizen, as defined by C.C.C. 3901.01(k).
WOMAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (WBE) - A business which is an independent and continuing operation for profit, performing a commercially useful function, and is owned and controlled by one or more Women, and is a U.S. citizens, as defined by C.C.C. 3901.01(p).