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Weinberg Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in NJ Politics to Issue Recommendations at Public Meeting January 14, 2021, 8:59 am | in
Weinberg Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in NJ Politics to Issue Recommendations at Public Meeting
Workgroup schedules Zoom meeting and press conference today, Thursday, January 14, at 1 p.m.; panel members will discuss recommendations and release report
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and the Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in New Jersey Politics announced that they would hold a public meeting and press conference today, Thursday, January 14, at 1 p.m. to issue recommendations and release their report.
Weinberg-Gopal Bill Creates ELEC Unit to Investigate Sexual Misconduct Complaints in NJ Politics January 28, 2021, 3:40 pm | in
Weinberg-Gopal Bill Creates ELEC Unit to Investigate Sexual Misconduct Complaints in NJ Politics
Proposed measure, backed by Katie Brennan and leading activists, requires campaigns, party organizations to implement anti-harassment policies, training and confidential complaint process
TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Senator Vin Gopal today introduced legislation requiring campaigns and political parties to implement anti-harassment policies, training and a confidential complaint process, and establishing an independent governmental unit to investigate complaints of sexual misconduct in the political arena.
The Weinberg-Gopal bill, S-3389, would establish an independent investigative unit not subject to control by campaign, party or elected officials to receive and probe allegations of sexual
Valley non-profit overwhelmed with donations after Nextdoor post
You might think of Nextdoor as the place where neighbors post about their missing pets or porch pirates. In November, it helped Family Promise gather donations they would never have gotten otherwise.
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You might think of Nextdoor as the place where neighbors post about their missing pets or porch pirates.
In November, it helped Family Promise gather donations they would never have gotten otherwise.
âWhen a family comes to us, they each get a set of towels that becomes theirs, said Lisa Randall, a spokesperson for Family Promise. The non-profit s spent 20 years in the Valley helping homeless families find housing, and employment to build a better future. One day, one of our social workers came to us and said we are low on towels.â
Large amounts of ink (well, electrons) have been spilt over the web in the past few months to discuss the #MeToo movement. It seems this blog will eventually join the crowd, although a bit belatedly, and with a slightly different viewing angle.
After keeping silent on the matter, I am stimulated to discuss it after a BuzzFeed article exposed several cases of alleged sexual harassment and related inappropriate behavior by world-class cosmologist-cum-science-pop-guy-cum-skeptic Lawrence Krauss. Plus, yesterday was international women s day, and I never miss a chance to miss a deadline.
I met Lawrence during a cosmology conference at Imperial College in 2008, and was impressed by his wit and oral skills. After that brief encounter, I continued to follow his increasingly popular endeavours, his books, the doomsday clock, and generally enjoyed his thorough bashing of religious fanatics and other dumbos. I thought to myself, we need more guys like him around - in TV shows we always