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Hello, 👋 Welcome to The REYET Up Newsletter!🔥 March is Women's History Month. We celebrate the trailblazing women and girls who've built our nation, shaped our progress, and strengthened our character. Let's continue to embrace female strength! 👩🦱👩🦰🧕 This week, we're learning about a domestic worker who transformed workers' rights and a platform that helps students defend their first amendment rights.
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Can I be legally terminated from my job because of my hairstyle or color? |
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Well under Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act, employers can not discriminate or terminate employees because of their hair. This means regardless of whether your hair color is in locks, braids, or is dyed an unnatural color you are protected under Title 7 and the CROWN Act. Every employer has the right to set an expectation for their employees to follow regarding dress code and this includes hair. If an employer has expectations on how employees are supposed to dress, it is generally understood that they should communicate these dress code policies from onboarding. For example, an employer can say everyone's hair is supposed to be pulled back and out of their face while working because of hygiene reasons, for those who work in the food industry, this is okay. On the other hand, your employer cannot mandate that all employees wear their natural hair and color while working and require that it must be long enough to pull back. Both Title 7 and the CROWN Act apply to the workplace and school. For more important information on your rights in the workplace and in school visit the Know Your Reyets tab on our website. |
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🙋🏽♀️ Civil Rights Pioneer Meet Dorothy Bolden |
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Dorothy Bolden was born in 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother worked as a domestic worker and her main role was to keep homes running smoothly. When Dorothy was three, she had a bad fall that hurt her eyes and caused problems with her vision later on. At nine years old, Dorothy started babysitting to help her family. She had to leave school in eleventh grade to work full-time for $3 a week. Although domestic work was all she knew, Dorothy wanted to learn more. She went to design school but had to quit because of her eye problems. Back in Atlanta, inspired by Rosa Parks, Dorothy decided to fight for domestic workers' rights. She understood that black women often had to pick between their jobs and activism. Therefore, she rode buses around the city, talking to other domestic workers about starting a union. In 1968, Dorothy became the President of the National Domestic Workers Union of America (NDWUA). The Union showed women how to negotiate for better pay and hours, and made sure that all members were registered to vote. Dorothy saw changes in how workers felt and how bosses treated them. All of Dorothy's tireless and selfless efforts to create a notably better and more equitable work environment for black domestic workers truly made an immeasurable difference in the lives of thousands of individuals. |
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⚡️ National History Museum Is Advancing Martin Luther King's Economic Justice Mission: (Civil Rights Museum) Greek Same-Sex Couples Race to Wed After Historic Vote: (Public News Service) Bill 124 Ruled Unconstitutional by Ontario’s Top Court, Will be Repealed (Global News)
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Fire is a platform that promotes and defends the First Amendment for college students by providing tips to students who have their First Amendment violated. In 1998 a UPenn professor and a Boston civil liberties lawyer Alan Charles Kors and Boston civil liberties lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate wrote The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses. In response, hundreds of students and faculty who have been victims of double standards and biased policies reached out to the two. To fully help the students and faculty members the Fire Foundation was created in 1999. The Fire organization offers non-legal assistance at no cost to students and faculty who have had a violation of their First Amendment rights. The Fire organization is a tool to defend the rights of free speech and thought for students across the country. To learn more about this organization and how it can help you, click the link below |
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