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Rachel Lustig is the President and CEO of Catholic Social Services in Columbus, Ohio.

Columbus, Ohio
Joined October 2013
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This brought tears to my eyes yesterday.
We discovered that two people slept in the dumpster at the St. Francis Center in #Portsmouth last night. It was their only option to be safe from the cold. This is the very sad and scary reality of #COVID19. Read the full story and please help if you can. colscss.org/without-shelter-…
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Ramona Reyes, Director of ⁦@colscss⁩ Our Lady of Guadalupe Ctr, advocating for our black and brown brothers and sisters as they are getting sick at a much higher rate than the general population. We are here to help! #empoweringchange #transforminglives
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⁦”Hispanic residents are testing positive for covid at a four times higher and African American residents at twice the rate of the general public” ⁦@lizforus⁩ asking ⁦⁦@colscss⁩, Our Lady of Guadalupe Ctr, and the Urban League to step up. That’s why we are here.
You, @polkbland and the whole @CSCC_edu are FANTASTIC partners! So grateful to work alongside you to help people reach their goals! @colscss #empoweringchange #transforminglives
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Helping students stay in school amidst all life's challenges! Even a pandemic! Let us know if you are a @cscc_edu student, and you need the support of someone like Lori or Brittany. @colscss #staythecourse youtu.be/mterbPJzUSo via @YouTube
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I just love being a part of a long line of female leaders who help make Columbus stronger for everyone through @colscss. Rest in Peace, Polly! Columbus businesswoman, community trailblazer Paula Spence dies at 88 dispatch.com/story/news/loca… via @DispatchAlerts
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Groundbreaking two years in the making! Here’s to transforming the St. Francis Center from a monastery into a community resource center for the people of Portsmouth. Kudos go to ⁦@colscss⁩ own powerhouse, Barb McKenzie, for her leadership!
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Join CSS today and tomorrow at the @columbuslibrary social services fair! This free two-day virtual event will connect you with food access, legal aid, rent stabilization funds, childcare, job help and more!
Get connected to the help you need tomorrow and Friday. Chat with social services professionals for assistance applying for a variety of pressing issues like food access, legal aid, rent stabilization funds, childcare, job help and more. Register at omjcfc.org/vssfair.
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Thank you so much for hosting this important discussion. It is a critical investment in vulnerable people in our community.
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Just finished this book, Boom! It’s amazing! Q&A with Etaf Rum, Author of A Woman is No Man girlsnightinclub.com/posts/q…
Thank you to our community for your generosity and to the @colsfoundation for leading the way!
As a community, we rallied around many causes during The #BigGive, but Social Services led the way with 26% of the donations! This support benefitted nonprofits like @BGCCentralOhio, @ethiotss, and @StarHouseCbus! Here are the areas that received the most support:

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“Systemic racism doesn’t just evidence itself in the criminal justice system,” nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
In today's society, it is right to call digital access a fourth utility. People need it, from our elders quarantining, to our new job seekers and our students. What is more is that our society needs them to have it. dispatch.com/news/20200702/l…
Jim Sullivan, who led this study, is our lead research partner, working with @colscss to gauge the effectiveness of our program with @cscc_edu. We are lucky to have him as we work together on programs that help people break out of poverty. nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/po…
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