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By Vibeke Venema
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The hit comedy 9 to 5, in the US the second-highest grossing film of 1980, saw three female office workers kidnapping their lecherous boss and starting a workplace revolution. But not everyone knows that the film, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin, was inspired by a real-life movement to empower women in the workplace.
Karen Nussbaum s favourite scene in the film 9 to 5 is when Violet (Lily Tomlin), Doralee (Dolly Parton) and Judy (Jane Fonda) are in a cocktail bar, drowning their sorrows after a hard day at the office. Violet has been overlooked for promotion once again, Doralee is being sexually harassed by their boss, and Judy is upset that a colleague was unjustly fired.
Debo Adegbile â91 and Chicago mayor discuss racial justice and policing reform
The civil rights attorney has joined forces with America s mayors to create a blueprint for change.
Debo Adegbile â91
This is a unique moment in American history when effective, lasting police reform can truly take hold.
That sense of urgency is reflected in the report issued by the United States Conference of Mayors, a non-partisan group of sitting mayors from 1,400 cities across the nation.
Civil rights attorney Debo Adegbile â91, who co-chairs the anti-discrimination practice at the international law firm WilmerHale, where he is a partner, was instrumental in advising the Conferenceâs recent Working Group on Racial Justice and Police Reform, and discussed the report with one of the groupâs prominent leaders, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, on WilmerHaleâs new podcast.
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Sigourney Community School District in Keokuk County, Iowa has “the Savages” (widely considered a slur) as their district mascot, paired with stereotypical Native American imagery. SCSD
In NFL stadiums and in the high school bleachers of Colorado, Michigan, Maine, Florida, Washington, and every state in between, we have witnessed an evolution in mainstream views on the use of Native American mascots, nicknames and imagery. Our Iowa school districts and communities have an opportunity to be on the forefront of this movement and should likewise evolve beyond the use of Native mascots.
The use of Native symbols and likenesses is inarguably degrading and hurtful to Native people, who are forced to see themselves reduced to mere caricatures and forced to see their cultures co-opted for purposes divorced from Native self-determination. For nearly 30 years, mental health professionals have noted that the use of Native mascots is measurably detrimental to Native people. For