Audience so you can all engage us, but we can talk a lot about this, as we do not often get to be in a room with one another to discuss this. I will get to the panelists in the order that they are here. First up will be jennifer, the predoctoral fellow in history at the university of illinois at chicago. She earned her ba from North Carolina university. She earned an ma in history from the university of North Carolina at greensboro. She is a former faculty member at city college and has taught history at several institutions. Her dissertation traces the history of gender and sexuality. Through the 1950s through the early 2000s. At the heart is the resistance and activism of young women and lgbt students. They are examined as forces that challenge administrative policies, academic offerings and cultural institutions at historically black colleges. Through organizing this with activism on several grounds beginning with the modern Civil Rights Movement and ending with campaigns around ant
Washington journal is next. Working together, we will defeat this Opioid Epidemic. It will be defeated. Host President Trump declared the Opioid Crisis is a Health Emergency. If grant money will be used to combat opioid abuse. Critics say his actions fell short. We want to get your thoughts on the situation where you live and how it impacts you and your loved ones. If you leave in the eastern part of the country, 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain pacific area, 202 7848001. Those of you impacted by the Opioid Crisis, 202 7488002. On can join the conversation facebook. The phone lines are open. Lets start with this latest data from the wall street journal. A doubling of u. S. Deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. There was a 21 jump in Drug Overdose deaths. Overdose deaths and other 20,000 in jumped to the 12 months that ended. Here is the president at the white house yesterday, declaring situation a public emergency. We are distributing 1 billion in grants or tre
Relief for our fellow americans. Washington journey spent the entire program on the governments role in enforcing laws that make it illegal to harass an individual in the work place. It online h all of at cspan. Org. Heres part of that discussion. Continues. L joining us is the commissioner of the equal Employment Opportunity commission here to help us about our conversation about sexualharassment and the work place. Eeoc and how does this agency play a role in preventing sexual hara the eoc the eeoc was created in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. An independent agency to enforce on discrimination in the workplace based on sex grade one of the prohibited acts is to sexually harass someone. Is takewhat we do charge when someone has experienced harassment, we investigate, we try to settle them. We have helped thousands of women get harassment to stop in their workplace, often getting money damages even before they have to go to court. The other role we have is outreach and education. We are tr
This agency play a role in preventing Sexual Harassment in the workplace . The eeoc was created in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. An independent agency to enforce on discrimination in the workplace based on sex grade one of the prohibited acts is to sexually harass someone. Is takewhat we do charge when someone has experienced harassment, we investigate, we try to settle them. We have helped thousands of women get harassment to stop in their workplace, often getting money damages even before they have to go to court. The other role we have is outreach and education. We are trying to stop harassment before it happens. We do training and other things along those lines. Host what is sexualharassment . How do you define it . Guest there are two definitions. One is illegal Sexual Harassment and that is harassment that is severe, like physical touching, or what is called pervasive, it happens continuously. That is what you need to get to the level of illegal harassment. From the eeoc perspective
Of a sexual nature or of a sexist nature, you should be able to get your employer to stop it. In an ideal world you should really get your employer to stop it. Host we are talking about just the federal workplace the eeoc covers the private workplace as well. Guest yes. We were created to implement the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That was the major Civil Rights Act in this country saying to private employers, any employer with 15 or more employees, you may not discriminate waste on on race,based religion, national origin, sex, disability or age. This is any private employer with more than 15 employees is subject to this law. Has 53c has 50 feet offices around the country ready to help anyone who has experienced discrimination. You go to the website eeoc. Gov, there is an 800 number. We will do everything we can. Host how does a federal agency stop Sexual Harassment in the private work place . Guest the law is set to govern the private workplace and you can bring your employer to court and g