How to Take Down Your Sexual Harasser
October 4, 2022
Learn how to take down your sexual harasser!
Learn how to take down your sexual harasser!
“She’s the water” A sage offered a reading at half price She knew what she was doing I paid extra and begged for more time and asked to talk to Pat. He said to put on a kettle I was about to serve the tea. People underestimate me. But, watch He always acknowledged the heavy lift We walked together in parades A mutual admiration society like no other He was a safe man Never even
We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we’re going. And get the job done. -Wilma Mankiller January 2022 After The Harasser resigned, there was no returning to the regularly-scheduled programming of life, our families, and our work. Something had shifted—we could both feel it. “I think we are supposed to write a book,” Rachel said, and, like the idea we had to write the blog, her simple suggestion manifested into a new action plan.
The Blog This is going to be quick and may feel scattered or incomplete. We have a book to write but wanted to share some immediate thoughts about Ken Leslie’s resignation from 1Matters.org and Veterans Matter. We also have some updates about what to expect next before we go quiet for a couple of months, in terms of blog updates. The long and short of it is that he resigned. After a letter to his
On September 16th, a deadline had passed. Cami and I gave the Boards of 1Matters.org (known nationally as Veterans Matter) and Toledo Streets Newspaper one month to remove the man who has been harassing women from leadership positions of those organizations for decades. We insisted they announce his removal publicly and the reason why. This was to assure accountability and prevent him from being reinstated as he had been in the past. 1Matters.org responded quickly
KEN LESLIE, DIRECTOR OF 1MATTERS.ORG, VETERANS MATTER, AND ORGANIZER OF TENT CITY, IS THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE OF POWER “Advocate in Chief” has been removed and reinstated from Boards and Committees despite repeated reports of sexual harassment Toledo, OH September 16, 2021 – Mr. Ken Leslie, “Advocate in Chief” for 1Matters.org, Veterans Matter, and the main organizer of Tent City has been accused of sexual harassment and abuse
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance. -bell hooks Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night. -Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) If I’m being honest, this is the blog I struggled the most with writing. The warning here should be that I’m going to talk about emotions (mine specifically—yikes!). So, refer to
“I thought it would be important to remind these young women how valuable and precious they are. I wanted them to understand that the measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls. And I told them, I told them that they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and I told them that they should disregard anyone who demeans or devalues them, and that they should make their voices heard
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