Posted on 03/13/2019 4:52:40 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
After being approached by a politically connected lawyer, State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx asked Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to turn over the investigation of Jussie Smollett’s reported attack to the FBI, according to communications provided to the Tribune.
Foxx reached out to Johnson after Tina Tchen, former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama, texted Foxx saying the actor’s family had unspecified “concerns about the investigation.” Tchen, a close friend of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s wife, said she was acting on behalf of the “Empire” actor and his family.
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The FBI needs to be dissolved.
Collusion......oh yeah the fbi and doj have a stellar record of ignoring blatant demonrat crimes but pounce on a fake document paid for by hellary to overturn the 2016 election....smh
It’s still Obama’s FBI.
That’s why she wants them to handle this.
Coverup is the only thing they seem to do really well.
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Kim Foxx @KimFoxxforSA
I’m so excited that @KamalaHarris has decided to run for president. I would not be where I am today without her guidance during my first run for political office, and she has continued to mentor me as I work to reform the criminal justice system in Cook County. —KF
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The exchanges began Feb. 1, three days after Smollett claimed two men approached him near his Streeterville apartment building, yelled racist and homophobic slurs, hit him and put a noose after his neck. It would still be 2½ weeks before he was charged with making the story up, but some media outlets were already starting to question the actor’s account, citing unnamed police sources.
“Spoke to the Superintendent Johnson,” Foxx emailed Tchen back on Feb. 1. “I convinced him to Reach out to FBI to ask that they take over the investigation.”
The same day, Foxx texted with Smollett’s relative, whose name was blacked out in copies released by her office.
“Spoke to the superintendent earlier, he made the ask,” Foxx wrote. “Trying to figure out logistics. I’ll keep you posted.”
“Omg this would be a huge victory,” the relative replied.
“I make no guarantees, but I’m trying,” Foxx wrote back.
Yeah I’m sure the case would be directed right to the perfect team to handle it. And they would have “discovered” that all the evidence was tainted and the Nigerian bros disappeared. Into Lake Michigan.
“Charges dropped, Jussie. So sorry they wasted the time of a VIP of your stature.”
Connect the dots ...
Tina Tchen and Jurnee Smollett-Bell speak on #TIMESUP at the 2018 United State of Women Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqBPlxVhe2k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_State_of_Women_Summit
The White House first announced the summit on January 29, 2016, with the theme “Today we change tomorrow.”[3] Originally scheduled for May 23, the summit was postponed to June 14.
Participants
Barack Obama, President of the United States
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States
Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States[9]
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President[1]
Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General[10]
Thomas Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor[1]
Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources[1]
Walter Isaacson, President of the Aspen Institute[1]
Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader[1]
Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood[1]
Connie Britton[1]
Kerry Washington[10]
Oprah Winfrey[10]
Warren Buffett[10]
https://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/summit-details/
Summit Details
The first summit on The United State of Women took place on June 14th, 2016. Below is more information on the speakers that participated in Washington, D.C. and the topics of the Solutions Seminars focused on specific gender issues.
Speakers
President Barack Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama
Vice President Joseph Biden
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair, White House Council on Women and Girls
Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff to the First Lady and Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls
Joyce Adolwa, Senior Director, CARE USA
Miki Agrawal, CEO, THINX
Luvvie Ajayi, Writer and Digital Strategist, Awesomely Luvvie
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Founder & Editor-In-Chief, Muslim Girl
Sue Ellen Allen, Author, Speaker, Activist and Ex-inmate, Global REINVENTION
Orubba Almansouri, Girls Education Activist
Sana Amanat, Director of Content & Character Development, Marvel Entertainment
Patricia Arquette
Nazanin Ash, Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, International Rescue Committee
Kristin Avery, Director, It’s On Us
Lindsay Avner, Founder & CEO, Bright Pink
Chernor Bah, Associate, Population Council
Erica Baker, Senior Engineer, Slack Technologies, Inc.
Nicole Baldwin, Founder, Biao Skincare
Elizabeth Barajas-Roman, CEO, Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Katarina Berg, CHRO, Spotify
Sayu Bhojwani, Founder & President, The New American Leaders Project
Cherno Biko, Co-Chair of YWAC NYC and Co-Founder of Black Trans Lives Matter
Ambassador Deborah Birx, U.S. Department of State
Sharon Block, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
Beverly Bond, CEO, Black Girls Rock!
Heather Boushey, Executive Director and Chief Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Victor Boutros, Founding Director, Human Trafficking Institute
Keshia Bradford, Health Center Association of Nebraska
Bonnie Brandl, Director, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
Ruby Bright, Executive Director and CAO, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Connie Britton
Dr. Carol Brown, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jenn Brown, Executive Director, Civic Nation
Kimberly Bryant, Founder & Executive Director, Black Girls CODE
Warren Buffett, Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Maria Burns Ortiz, Co-Founder and CEO, 7 Generation Games
Kevin Burton, Assistant Director, NECA/IBEW Local Union #26 Joint Apprenticeship & Training
Sophia Bush
Rhonesha Byng, Founder & CEO, Her Agenda
Ambar Calvillo-Rivera, National Director of Partner Engagement and Outreach, Enroll America
Kelly Case, Program Manager for Sudan and South Sudan, Inclusive Security
Kathleen Causey, Elizabeth Dole Foundation
Neena Chaudhry, Director of Education, National Women’s Law Center
Anna Maria Chávez, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA
Catherine Chen, Director of Investments, Humanity United
Tara Chklovski, Founder & CEO, Iridescent
Juliana Chugg, EVP Chief Brand Officer, Mattel, Inc.
Evelyn Chumbow, National Survivor Network
Annie Clark, Author and Executive Director of End Rape on Campus
Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, U.S. Small Business Administration
Sharon Cooper, Consultant, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Ambassador-at-Large Susan Coppedge, United States Department of State
Trish Costello, CEO, Portfolia
Ann Cotton, Founder & President, Camfed International
Shantavia Craigg, Crittenton Services of Greater Washington
Meredith Dank, Urban Institute
Jessica Davidson, It’s On Us Activist
Ariana Davis, United Food and Commercial Workers
Charmaine Davis, Chapter Director, 9 to 5
Puja Dhawan, Director, NoVo Foundation
Dazon Dixon Diallo, President & CEO, SisterLove, Inc.
Marley Dias, Founder, #1000BlackGirlBooks
Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green
Jaha Dukureh, Founder and CEO, Safe Hands for Girls
Maggie Dunne, Founder & CEO, Lakota Children’s Enrichment
General Ann Dunwoody, First 2 Four, LLC
Wanda Durant, Inspirational Speaker
Mark Edwards, Co-Founder, Upstream USA
Ginny Ehrlich, CEO, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Kweilin Ellingrud, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Lisette Engel, Advocate, National Crittenton Foundation
Rebecca Epstein, Executive Director, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality
Charlene Espinoza, Founder & CEO, Bosh Bosh
Laurie Fabiano, President, Tory Burch Foundation
Ana Flores, Founder & CEO, Latina Bloggers Connect, Inc
Sarah Friar, CFO, Square, Inc.
Nely Galan, Author & Founder, SELF MADE
Helene Gayle, CEO, McKinsey Social Initiative
Deborah Gillis, President & CEO, Catalyst
Angela Glover Blackwell, President and CEO, PolicyLink
State Senator Gayle Goldin, Rhode Island State Senate
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Alison Gopnik, Professor, University of California at Berkeley
Elizabeth Gore, Entrepreneur in Residence, Dell, Inc
Lela Goren, Founder, Goren Group
Alex Gorsky, CEO & Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Vice President for Program, National Women’s Law Center
Grissel Granados, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Carol Gstalder, SVP Consumer Insights North America, Nielsen
Sarita Gupta, Executive Director, Jobs with Justice
Julie Hanna, Executive Chair of the Board, Kiva
Bea Hanson, Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Mariska Hargitay, Founder & President, Joyful Heart Foundation
Gina Harman, CEO, Accion U.S. Network
Carla Harris, Chair, National Women’s Business Council
Melissa Harris-Perry, Professor, Wake Forest University, Anna Julia Cooper Center
Sandra Henriquez, Executive Director, CALCASA
Mary Kay Henry, President, SEIU
Saanii Hernandez, Vice President, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
Carolyn Hessler-Radelet, Director, Peace Corps
Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Neil Irvin, Executive Director, Men Can Stop Rape
Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, The Aspen Institute
Jeanne Jackson, President & CEO, The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham
Reverend Traci Jackson Antoine, Urban League of Eastern MA
Andrea James, National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Saru Jayaraman, Co-Director, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO, AARP
Sandra Johnson, CEO, SKJ Visioneering, LLC
Alexis Jones, Founder & CEO, ProtectHer & I AM THAT GIRL
Lara Kaufmann, Director of Public Policy, Girls Inc.
Kellie Keaton, Student, Horizon Science Academy Cleveland Middle School
Shaquil Keels, It’s On Us Activist
Piper Kerman, Author, Orange Is the New Black
Khaliya, The Khaliya and Thomas Ermacora Family Falkora Mental Health and Neurotech Initiative
Angélique Kidjo, Founder, Batonga Foundation and Ambassador, UNICEF
Billie Jean King, Founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative & the Women’s Sports Foundation
Christina Koch, Astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Henriette Kolb, Head Gender Secretariat, International Finance Corporation
Sallie Krawcheck, Chair, Ellevate Network
Maria Teresa Kumar, President & CEO, Voto Latino
Amy Lansky, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House
Lilly Ledbetter, Equal Pay Champion
Seina Lee, Johnson & Johnson
Robert Liodice, President and CEO, Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder, Chairwoman and CEO, Care.com
Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, President and CEO, Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Nitzia Logothetis, Co-Founder, Seleni Institute
Erin Loos Cutraro, Co-Founder & CEO, She Should Run
Rafael López, Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Christina Lowery, CEO, Girl Rising
Latifa Lyles, Director, U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau
Grecia Magdaleno, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Nancy Mahon, Senior Vice President for Global Philanthropy and Corporate Citizenship, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Nia Malone, Girls Inc.
Rose Marcario, President & CEO, Patagonia
Governor Jack Markell, Delaware
Mary Marx, President & CEO, PACE Center for Girls, Inc
Nicole Mason, Executive Director of the Center for Research and Policy in the Public Interest, New York Women’s Foundation
Lauren May, Poet
Glen Mazzara, Co-Chair Diversity Advisory Group, Writers Guild of America West.
Shantia McCarthur, Girls Inc.
Raegan McDonald-Mosley, Chief Medical Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Matt McGorry
Tonia McMillian, Childcare Worker, SEIU
Ayodeji Megbope, CEO, No Left Overs
Debra Messing, Global Ambassador, Population Services International (PSI)
Carolyn Miles, CEO & President, Save the Children
Cathy Minehan, Co-Chair, Boston Women’s Workforce Council and Dean, Simmons College School of Management
Dr. Eric Minikel, Broad Institute
Mary Molina, Founder, Lola Granola
Michelle Monasterios Ramirez, Girls Inc.
Lana “MC Lyte” Moorer, Founder, Hip Hop Sisters Foundation
Monique Morris, Co-Founder & President, National Black Women’s Justice Institute
Jewel Mullen, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dorothee Mulumba, High School Student
Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, The White House
Evelyn Murphy, Co-Chair, Boston Women’s Workforce Council and President, The WAGE Project Inc.,
Molly Moon Neitzel, CEO, Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream
Romy Newman, President & Co-Founder, Fairygodboss
Vivian Nixon, Executive Director, College and Community Fellowship
Mpumi Nobiva, Graduate Student
Michele Norris, Founding Director, the Race Card Project
Kakenya Ntaiya, Founder Kakenya Center for Excellence
Soledad O’Brien, CEO, Starfish Media Group
Ana Oliveira, President & CEO, The New York Women’s Foundation
Brittany Packnett, Executive Director, Teach For America-St. Louis
Zaa’Raa Padgett, Girls Inc.
Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, President, The National Crittenton Foundation
Deborah Parker, Native American Activist
Cindy Pedraza, Business Manager, CocoAndre Chocolatier
Andrea Pedraza, Owner, CocoAndre Chocolatier
U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader
Sandra Pepera, Director, National Democratic Institute
Secretary Thomas Perez, U.S. Department of Labor
Monica Phromsavanh, CEO & Co-Founder, ModaBox
Andrea Pino, Author and Co-Founder, End Rape on Campus
Amy Poehler, Co-Founder & President, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls
Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Co-Director, Caring Across Generations
Dina Habib Powell, Head of Goldman Sachs’ Impact Investing Business and President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Goldman Sachs
Kemba Smith Pradia, Author, Public Speaker, Criminal Justice Advocate, Kemba Smith Foundation
Catherine Pratt, Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court STAR Court
Ayanna Pressley, Boston City Councilor At-Large, City of Boston
Lisa Price, Founder, Carol’s Daughter
Secretary Penny Pritzker, U.S. Department of Commerce
Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Ginny Quillen, Systems Engineer, Rockwell Collins
Kavita Ramdas, Senior Advisor, Ford Foundation
Matthew Randazzo, CEO, National Math and Science Initiative
Vasu Reddy, Policy Counsel, National Partnership for Women & Families
Shonda Rhimes, Content Creator, ShondaLand
Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Elena Rios, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow
Shadarria Robinson, Student, Horizon Science Academy Cleveland Middle School
General Lori Robinson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM
Estefany Rodriguez, Poet
Lee Roper-Batker, President and CEO, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
Deborah Rosado Shaw, SVP Chief Global Diversity & Engagement Officer, PepsiCo
Angela Rose, Founder & CEO, PAVE: Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment
Lynn Rosenthal, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, National Domestic Violence Hotline
Christina Ross, Teacher, City Neighbors High School
Cecilia Rouse, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO, MomsRising
Jessica Sager, Executive Director, All Our Kin, Inc.
Bamby Salcedo, President & CEO, The TransLatin@ Coalition
Alicia Santiago, Science Advisor &Latino Engagement Specialist, Twin Cities Public TV
Kwadwo Sarpong, Founder, African Research Academies for Women
Reshma Saujani, Founder & CEO, Girls Who Code
Catherine Schreiber Rouhani, Chief Operating Officer, Women’s Foundation of California
Steve Schwab, Executive Director, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation
Kimberly Scott, Executive Director of COMPUGIRLS, Arizona State University
Allison Scuriatti, Executive Director, FINCA International
Meena Seshamani, Office of Health Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ritu Sharma, Senior Gender Advisor, International Youth Foundation
Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Elizabeth Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Anar Simpson, Special Advisor for the Office of the Chair, Women, Girls and Technology, Mozilla
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Founder, theBoardlist
Shivani Siroya, CEO & Founder, InVenture
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation
Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, the White House
Megan Smith, Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Stacy Smith, Founder & Director, Media Diversity, & Social Change Initiative and Associate Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Brenda Smith, Professor, American University, Washington College of Law
Joanne Smith, Executive Director, Girls for Gender Equity and Co-Chair, New York Young Women’s Initiative
Anaya Spencer, Student, Horizon Science Academy Cleveland Middle School
Jaye Spiro, Grandmaster, Mejishi Martial Arts, Inc.
Gloria Steinem, Feminist Activist
Debbie Sterling, Founder & CEO, GoldieBlox
Caryl Stern, President & CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Mayor Marilyn Strickland, City of Tacoma
Michele Sullivan, President, Caterpillar Foundation
Neera Tanden, President & CEO, Center for American Progress
Gina Tesla, Director of Corporate Citizenship, IBM
Kimberly Thomas, Home Care Worker, SEIU
Fulani Thrasher, Access Living
Anne Toth, Vice President of Policy, Security & Compliance, Slack Technologies, Inc.
Patti Tototzintle, CEO, Casa de Esperanza
Mikaila Ulmer, Founder & CEO, Me & the Bees Lemonade
Aniela Unguresan, Co-Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation
Nina Vaca, Chairman & CEO, Pinnacle Group
Yasmin Vafa, Executive Director, Rights4Girls
Mary Valadez, Senior Grants Director, Dallas Women’s Foundation
Dr. Sonia Vallabh, Broad Institute
Jayla VanHorn, Student, Horizon Science Academy Cleveland Middle School
Betzaida Ventura, Personal Care Attendant, SEIU
Alexa von Tobel, CEO & Founder, LearnVest
Judy Vredenburgh, President & CEO, Girls Inc.
Quentin Walcott, Co-Executive Director, CONNECT NYC
Meredith Walker, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls
Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
Carla Walker-Miller, President and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services, LLC
Kerry Washington
Mark Weinberger, Global Chairman & CEO, EY
Jess Weiner, CEO, Talk to Jess
Liz Weintraub, Advocacy Specialist, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Kim Wells, Executive Director, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
Jennifer Welter, First Female NFL Coach, Jenny Football
Sherrie Westin, Executive Vice President, Global Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop
Melanie Whelan, CEO, SoulCycle
Chris White, Principal Researcher, Microsoft
Marcy Whitebook, Director, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Judith Williams, Global Head of Diversity, Dropbox, Inc.
Kelly Williams, Senior Advisor, GCM Grosvenor
Dr. Lori Wilson, Associate Professor of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine
Jamia Wilson, Executive Director, Women, Action, & The Media
Oprah Winfrey, CEO, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Rebecca Winthrop, Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution
Kym Worthy, Prosecutor, Wayne County
Natasha Yakanda, Crittenton Services of Greater Washington
Meghan Yap, It’s On Us Activist
Miriam Yeung, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
ReShonda Young, Owner, Popcorn Heaven LLC
Teresa Younger, President & CEO, Ms. Foundation for Women
Jurnee Smollett-Bell Says “There Is No Time’s Up Without Women Of Color” During Time’s Up Panel At SXSW
Ever since Time’s Up was launched at the Golden Globes, it has proven to be a movement that is more than wearing all-black on the red carpet and an accessory you pin to the lapel of your tuxedo jacket. At only two months old, the movement and legal defense fund continues to spread its message at SXSW with the “TIME’S UP! Shifting the Imbalance of Power” panel, with the chair of the organization, Tina Chen, National Women’s Law Center’s Fatima Goss Graves, as well as actress and activist Jurnee Smollett-Bell.
“This is not a moment in time,” said panel moderator and Time’s Up founding co-chair Hilary Rosen. “This is a movement-forever cause. It is up to all of us to make people believe we are not going to forget about this.”
Graves says that since Time’s Up launched, they have been contacted by over 1,900 people — and it continues to grow. In addition, 500 attorneys have signed on to provide free legal consultation and take cases. Over $21 million from 20,000 people around the country and the world has been donated. The amount may seem like a lot, but Graves says, “$21 million is not enough — I know that’s a controversial thing to say.”
Smollett-Bell adds that those accused sexual predators and assaulters have “mountains of legal support and sources” that make it difficult and expensive for victims to fight against.
“We need to match their resources,” said Tchen, former Assistant to the President, Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama.
Graves echoes Tchen and encourages the development of the movement, saying that they need to grow the fund and recruit more attorneys and garner resources to battle those who want to continue to silence victims.
Smollett-Bell, who has been in front of the camera since she was a 10-month old, points out how this started way before Harvey Weinstein and shared her own experiences, saying that she was harassed on set before she was even a teenager. She felt that there wasn’t a place where she could go or do something about it. “It really didn’t matter,” she admitted. She said that it, unfortunately, became a condition to her work — and it was the same for many other women.
“Enough is enough. We can’t allow this to continue,” she said. “This is about power and shifting the balance of paper.” She says that the majority of industries have solely straight white men in power and “until that changes, we are going to continue being on the receiving end.”
Smollett-Bell, alongside other actresses, has become an outspoken voice in the movement. In particular, she, along with many actresses and women of color, have formed a group under the Time’s Up umbrella called WOC (pronounced “woke”) which addresses the different experiences women of color face when it comes to harassment.
“Women of color are in the center hub of Time’s Up,” said Smollett-Bell. “There is no Time’s up without women of color. There’s no Time’s Up without trans women or women with differing abilities — we’re so focused on that.”
She points out that with every single step, Time’s Up is thinking about intersectionality, because the workplace is for every woman. She gives the example of Laverne Cox, who is a trans woman. “I will never know how that is,” she says, stressing WOC and Time’s Up drive for the inclusion of all those affected by harassment.
“We didn’t realize how conditioned we were to accept it,” said the former Underground actress. She says that women are often isolated on set because they are the only female with a speaking role. Because of this, they didn’t have time to see and talk to each other about their “me too” moments. “When people started telling their story, it was powerful,” she said.
“We’ve been at this work for half a century, yet here we are,” says Tchen. “It’s important to know that sexual harassment is a symptom that happens when you don’t have diverse workforces. We have to pay attention to keep advancing women and people of color.
She adds, “When you have a diverse workforce in addition to straight white men, you will have a place that’s safe and equitable for work.”
Rosen remarks that farm workers reached out to Time’s Up and shared their similar struggles for equality and harassment in the workplace. Their experiences lined up with the fund’s mission, and Smollett-Bell says that the letter they received from these workers outside of Hollywood was “a catalyst.” She said that the group felt a solidarity with their sisters across industries.
“There’s a privilege and burden that we hold,” said Smollett-Bell. “People pay attention to the Natalie Portmans and the Tracee Ellis Rosses of the world. But in this moment, we felt empowered and privileged that they reached out across industries.”
She punctuated, “The patriarchy will fall because we are in this together.”
Yeah, I agree they want it turned over to the FBI to quash it.
The linkages lead me to wonder:
If Jussie and Barry ever did the nasty together, being of similar proclivities and apparently floating in the same circles, geographically and politically..
I didn't..but I'm fast realizing that now!.....My worst fears for this Country are all starting to show.....
Time’s Up! Session with Hilary Rosen, Jurnee Smollett-Bell & More at SXSW [Video]
In recent months, our nation has witnessed an undeniable cultural shift in how we address sexual harassment in the workplace – and the TIME’S UP and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund are making sure that change is here to stay.
Conceived by women in Hollywood to serve all industries, TIME’S UP is addressing power imbalances in the workplace to stop sexual harassment and promote equality. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, administered by the National Women’s Law Center, offers legal and public relations assistance to those who’ve experienced sexual assault, harassment or related retaliation in the workplace or while trying to advance their careers.
In this 2018 SXSW Featured Session, Hilary Rosen, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Fatima Goss Graves, and Tina Tchen discuss these vital movements and the changing cultural climate.
“I’ve been in front of the camera since I was ten months old and my first experience dealing with harassment happened before I was teenager unfortunately; on set, in the workplace. And I realized how conditioned I had become to just accept it as part of my job.” – Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Graves, who is the President & CEO of National Women’s Law Center referenced Anita Hill when discussing important movements. Hill became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the United States Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment. “When she testified, and we had as a country, a really public conversation around harassment at the time, and what it looks like,” said Graves, “thousands of people came forward for the first time.”
Some reoccurring themes from this poignant conversation include intersectionality and inclusion. “Women of color are in the central hub of TIME’S UP. There is no TIME’S UP without women of color. There is no TIME’S UP without trans women, without women of different abilities,” said Smollett-Bell.
Smollett-Bell’s comments led to the introduction of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. Due to bullying from some of the accused lawyers’, Tchen felt it necessary to respond. The only way to put a stop to the silencing of women was to ensure that all women had access to lawyers and the fund was created to combat this issue.
The second half the session was devoted to an audience Q&A. During this portion, numerous women and one gentleman shared their own stories of harassment and how they took their stories and created organizations in their hometowns across the globe to help the cause.
Time’s Up! Session with Hilary Rosen, Jurnee Smollett-Bell & More at SXSW [Video]
In recent months, our nation has witnessed an undeniable cultural shift in how we address sexual harassment in the workplace – and the TIME’S UP and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund are making sure that change is here to stay.
Conceived by women in Hollywood to serve all industries, TIME’S UP is addressing power imbalances in the workplace to stop sexual harassment and promote equality. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, administered by the National Women’s Law Center, offers legal and public relations assistance to those who’ve experienced sexual assault, harassment or related retaliation in the workplace or while trying to advance their careers.
In this 2018 SXSW Featured Session, Hilary Rosen, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Fatima Goss Graves, and Tina Tchen discuss these vital movements and the changing cultural climate.
“I’ve been in front of the camera since I was ten months old and my first experience dealing with harassment happened before I was teenager unfortunately; on set, in the workplace. And I realized how conditioned I had become to just accept it as part of my job.” – Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Graves, who is the President & CEO of National Women’s Law Center referenced Anita Hill when discussing important movements. Hill became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the United States Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment. “When she testified, and we had as a country, a really public conversation around harassment at the time, and what it looks like,” said Graves, “thousands of people came forward for the first time.”
Some reoccurring themes from this poignant conversation include intersectionality and inclusion. “Women of color are in the central hub of TIME’S UP. There is no TIME’S UP without women of color. There is no TIME’S UP without trans women, without women of different abilities,” said Smollett-Bell.
Smollett-Bell’s comments led to the introduction of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. Due to bullying from some of the accused lawyers’, Tchen felt it necessary to respond. The only way to put a stop to the silencing of women was to ensure that all women had access to lawyers and the fund was created to combat this issue.
The second half the session was devoted to an audience Q&A. During this portion, numerous women and one gentleman shared their own stories of harassment and how they took their stories and created organizations in their hometowns across the globe to help the cause.
Time’s Up leader Tina Tchen talks what’s next for the $21M legal defense fund and how celebs powered a movement
Published: May 22, 2018
Nearly six months in, Time’s Up is ticking off some accomplishments.
The movement’s legal defense fund, announced in January as part of the star-powered campaign to combat workplace sexual harassment and administered through the National Women’s Law Center, has raised more than $21 million dollars from more than 20,000 people, Time’s Up co-leader Tina Tchen told Moneyish, with donations from all 50 states ranging from $5 to $2 million. With more than 2,700 individual requests for help — spanning 60-plus industries including nonprofit, manufacturing, agricultural and retail — more than 500 attorneys have offered their services, she added.
What’s more, two-thirds of people approaching the legal defense fund for help have self-identified as low-income, said Tchen, a veteran corporate litigator and former chief of staff to Michelle Obama — in other words, “exactly what we were hoping for.” “We really wanted this to be a resource for low-income workers who don’t have other recourse to getting legal representation and advice,” she said. (Asked whether she’d received any advice from the ex-FLOTUS, Tchen laughed and said, “If I had, I wouldn’t tell you.”)
But while $21 million may be a lot of cash, Tchen warned, “for anybody who’s paid legal bills, they know that that’s really a drop in the bucket.” “If we’ve got over 2,700 cases today and more coming in the door every day, that’s not going to go that far,” she said. “The GoFundMe site is up. Hold bake sales and book-club fundraisers, and you can talk about the issue and be able to take action on supporting folks in other industries, especially low-income workers.”
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The Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, launched in January amid the post-Harvey Weinstein reckoning, exists to defray legal costs incurred in workplace sexual harassment and related retaliation cases. Led by Tchen, attorney Robbie Kaplan, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and NWLC president Fatima Goss Graves, the defense fund screens online intake forms from alleged sexual harassment victims and, if they fall within the legal network’s scope, connects them with attorneys practicing in their state and know-your-rights materials. Since not all attorneys can afford to take on reduced-fee or pro bono work, they can apply for assistance through the fund, which has received dough from big-name donors like Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg’s Wunderkinder Foundation, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, talent agencies WME and CAA, Jennifer Aniston and Melinda Gates.
Aided by prominent firms like SKDKnickerbocker, Sunshine Sachs and 42West, Time’s Up also offers PR assistance. “We’re very clear that it should be the individual’s choice about whether he or she wants to speak out or not, but some people … need a professional to help them think those issues through,” Tchen said. “‘What will happen if I speak out? How do I manage the fallout and the blowback that may happen?’ And having a public-relations professional available to consult and advise them has been important.” While Time’s Up isn’t yet ready to announce high-profile cases it has taken on, Tchen said, announcements will be coming shortly.
Celebrities both originated Time’s Up and became its key drivers, Tchen said, praising famous women for driving change around not just a handful of harassers or companies, but the entertainment industry at large and lower-wage workers in other sectors. “The Hollywood women were very clear from day one that they needed this to be about more than themselves,” she said. “They recognized that they actually have a very privileged position and voice.” Sarah Jessica Parker talked Time’s Up with Tchen at the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival this month, for example, while Jurnee Smollett-Bell did the same at the United State of Women Summit. Actresses like Ashley Judd, Amber Tamblyn and Julianne Moore, meanwhile, joined Kaplan and Graves last month at the Tribeca Film Festival’s inaugural Time’s Up event.
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