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Full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held yet another hearing on November 15, 2018 to address the rampant and decades long history of sexual misconduct including documented cases of molestation, rape, gender discrimination and retaliation and intimidation for reporting these abuses. Join us this evening as Lesa Donnelly, Denice Rice and Shannon Reed along with other Forestry Service employees discuss the committee hearing and what, if any, changes will occur as a result of the hearing.
- On December 1, 2016, the Committee held a hearing to examine reported misconduct, harassment, and gender discrimination at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
- Since the hearing, USFS launched a number of initiatives to improve its work environment. However, reports of misconduct, sexual harassment, and retaliation against those who speak out against this behavior continue.
- The USDA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has reviewed USFS’s work environment and policies on misconduct. On March 18, 2018, the OIG issued an interim audit report. Currently, they are preparing a full audit report to determine whether USFS’s actions to address complaints were implemented in accordance with USFS’s agreement with the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
The PPJ Gazette 
Dec 01, 2018 @ 03:42:20
My Grandmother, at about 15, was cornered in the supply room by a man who apparently thought he had enough power to do whatever he wanted. She picked up a wrench that was laying on a nearby shelf and smacked him in the head…hard. She, of course, was fired..and told that “she must have done something to cause it”. That just infuriated her all the more and set her on a lifetime course of knocking down bullies. She so detested arrogance and misuse of power and saw it as a civic responsibility to always call “them” out and did so at every opportunity.
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Nov 30, 2018 @ 20:55:18
Melody was a guest on TS Radio last month. Beautiful woman, with a good heart.
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Nov 30, 2018 @ 02:21:43
From MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
A few excerpts from an article that is well worth taking the time to read:
A Black Woman Who Tried To Survive In The Dark, White Forest
THE FOREST SERVICE’S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN FORESTER REFLECTS ON SEXUAL ASSAULT, JUSTICE DENIED, AND RACISM IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S PREMIER LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
by Melody S. Mobley
It was during these times, when I was at my lowest, I took strength in the fact that I am a spiritual person. My relationship with God kept me going when others, by their words and actions, sent a message that being Black is lesser. I told myself as a young woman and sincerely believed that “God does not make junk,” that I would never truly be alone, and “if God is with us, who can succeed against us?”
Skin color does not always guarantee like-mindedness, friendship or support. In 1996, when I had finally reached my limit in tolerating discrimination based on my race, gender, and age and filed an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint, it was my Black brothers and sisters inside civil service who were afraid to be seen with or associate with me in public because of the stigma associated with filing complaints and the retaliation and reprisal that comes with it.
I understood, but it taught me a valuable lesson I have never forgotten. My real friends stood with me, and they were predominantly white.
One could say that they could afford to stand with me because they generally had higher grade levels within the agency and more power and authority. They could withstand most retribution. But, they chose to support me and even helped protect me from some of the punishment that would come my way for speaking out against discrimination. This is the only kind of courage that can bring real change when doing the right thing means possessing color blindness. And it applies to administrations run by both Republicans and Democrats.
I learned a painful lesson in hypocrisy too. A member of senior management who tried to dismiss the issues I raised in one of my complaints (a panel ultimately ruled in my favor) later received a cash award for outstanding leadership, with one of the criterions used to assess his performance as having to do with his alleged promotion of “civil rights.”
So, where am I today?
I’d like to share with you a few things I learned along the way.
https://mountainjournal.org/a-woman-recalls-her-nightmare-with-the-united-states-forests-service
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