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Today, we honor Billie Brown-Jones.
Billie Brown-Jones paved the way for many young women aspiring to be community activists in Columbus. She was the founder of the Eastside Neighborhood House and the first African American woman to serve as the Executive Director of The Neighborhood House, a United Way organization that serves the East Side of Columbus. As Executive Director, Brown helped to expand The Neighborhood House to four sites, increased preschool and daycare programs, and initiated a summer camping program. She taught her students in her many tutoring sessions that basic educational skills were the key to economic strength.
For her work in the community, Brown-Jones received many awards, including the Columbus Metropolitan Community Action Organization Award for Outstanding Community Service, the Clifford Tyree Human Service Award, and the Outstanding Community Service Award from the Central Ohio Club of National Negro Business and Professional Women.
Billie Brown’s legacy in Columbus lives on through the Neighborhood House, and they currently provide programs and services that include child care services, alcohol and drug counseling, senior transportation, senior outings and computer classes, Food Pantry, the Nest program for pregnant and parenting women, and family advocacy.
Chair Beatty to Convene CBC Special Hearing Highlighting 100 Day Plan
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Hearing will coincide with the celebration of ‘living Black history.’