Free Times As a shutdown of the federal government now sprawls into its third week, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, who leads a national group of mayors, is calling upon leaders in Washington to “resolve this crisis immediately and work with us to address the real needs of the American people.” Benjamin is the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors,…
Cision PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Conference of Mayors President and Columbia (SC) Mayor Steve Benjamin released the following statement on the federal government shutdown: “As the government shutdown stretches into its third week, the nation’s mayors urge Washington to end this crisis and prioritize instead the economic security of all Americans, the majority of whom live in cities. No one wins…
The mayor of Columbia, S.C., has vowed to do anything to comfort the migrant children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border – even if that means he will go to jail. Steve Benjamin (D), the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, is leading a group of mayors down to the border in western Texas on Thursday,…
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will lead a bipartisan delegation of mayors to the Mexican border to call for an end of what he termed the federal government’s “inhumane” and “shameful” separation of migrant children from their families. “It’s a tragedy that’s happening here,” he said. “If it were happening anywhere else in the world, we’d be determining here in the…
Mayor Steve Benjamin discusses a series of topics in interview with CBS This Morning. Click the image to view the interview.
Citing Columbia for its diversity efforts, Mayor Steve Benjamin said he’ll work to raise $1 million to promote inclusive local policies across the country during his inauguration Monday as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “I believe it is the reason that Columbia is here at this opportunity right now,” Benjamin said during his half-hour remarks at a ceremony…
South Carolina HBCU presidents, in collaboration with UNCF and the White House Initiative on HBCUs, hope to change the narrative on the impact of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as discussed at the South Carolina HBCU Economic Impact Conference held on March 19 at Benedict College. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, a trustee at Benedict college, joined eight South Carolina…
Mayor Steve Benjamin said Thursday devices that turn semi-automatic weapons into “mass murder machines” should be illegal, and he hopes a ban in South Carolina’s capital city prompts similar moves nationwide. Read more>>