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Elizabeth Brown is running for Franklin County Commissioner
(Elizabeth is Sherrod Brown's daughter and a personal friend)
Dear Chris,
I have big news to share with you.
I’m entering the race for Franklin County Commissioner to continue doing the work that I believe matters most — fighting on behalf of Ohio’s working families.
But I need your help. Can you add your name to show that I have the support of the people of Franklin County?
In my career, I’ve approached every crossroads with the same question: How can I give back to my community?
In answering that question now, I know that county-level leadership will help me build upon my focus for the last six years on City Council — advocating for families first. As County Commissioner, there is a unique opportunity to serve an even larger number of residents who deserve representation: families, children, and older adults.
From my first job teaching middle school, to leading the Ohio Women’s Public Policy Network, and to serving on Columbus City Council, it has always been clear to me what’s at stake when we don’t put families at the forefront of public policymaking: neighborhoods burdened by addiction, a growing childcare crisis that stacks the deck against working parents and children not born into privilege, a looming elder care crisis that forces families to make impossible choices to care for loved ones, and far too many women and families — especially Black women and families — facing eviction.
I’ve also seen what’s possible when we do put working families at the forefront of policymaking:
The emergency financial assistance I passed through Columbus City Council to help families recover from COVID-19
Paid family leave that I passed for our city employees, which includes caregiver leave to care for a sick or aging loved one
Our scholarship program to train early childhood educators
The incentive I added to Columbus City Code to encourage the hiring of restored citizens
Our groundbreaking Columbus Families Together Fund to represent families who face deportation
My ordinance to demilitarize the Columbus Division of Police, because I believe we can all agree that the presence of peace officers in our neighborhoods should never look and feel to residents as if we are at war
The bottom line: what drives every minute of my work to this day is that we can only build strong, resilient communities if we first build strong, resilient families.
That’s why, when this opportunity arose just days ago, I knew I had to enter the race for Franklin County Commissioner.
I have big news to share with you.
I’m entering the race for Franklin County Commissioner to continue doing the work that I believe matters most — fighting on behalf of Ohio’s working families.
But I need your help. Can you add your name to show that I have the support of the people of Franklin County?
In my career, I’ve approached every crossroads with the same question: How can I give back to my community?
In answering that question now, I know that county-level leadership will help me build upon my focus for the last six years on City Council — advocating for families first. As County Commissioner, there is a unique opportunity to serve an even larger number of residents who deserve representation: families, children, and older adults.
From my first job teaching middle school, to leading the Ohio Women’s Public Policy Network, and to serving on Columbus City Council, it has always been clear to me what’s at stake when we don’t put families at the forefront of public policymaking: neighborhoods burdened by addiction, a growing childcare crisis that stacks the deck against working parents and children not born into privilege, a looming elder care crisis that forces families to make impossible choices to care for loved ones, and far too many women and families — especially Black women and families — facing eviction.
I’ve also seen what’s possible when we do put working families at the forefront of policymaking:
The emergency financial assistance I passed through Columbus City Council to help families recover from COVID-19
Paid family leave that I passed for our city employees, which includes caregiver leave to care for a sick or aging loved one
Our scholarship program to train early childhood educators
The incentive I added to Columbus City Code to encourage the hiring of restored citizens
Our groundbreaking Columbus Families Together Fund to represent families who face deportation
My ordinance to demilitarize the Columbus Division of Police, because I believe we can all agree that the presence of peace officers in our neighborhoods should never look and feel to residents as if we are at war
The bottom line: what drives every minute of my work to this day is that we can only build strong, resilient communities if we first build strong, resilient families.
That’s why, when this opportunity arose just days ago, I knew I had to enter the race for Franklin County Commissioner.