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40: Tina TChen — TIME'S UP Now
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41 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2020
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Tina Tchen is a lawyer who co-founded and now serves as president and CEO of TIME’S UP Now and the TIME’S UP Foundation, overseeing the organizations’ strategic plans to change culture, companies, and laws in order to make work safe, fair, and dignified for women of all kinds. Her work centers on issues related to gender inequity, sexual harassment, and lack of diversity in the workplace. In addition, through Times UP Legal Defense Fund, which she also co-founded, thousands of people are connected to legal or PR support for sexual harassment across dozens of different industries. Before joining TIMES UP, Tina was an assistant to President Barack Obama, executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, and has been a partner in two law firms.Intergenerational Politics is a podcast created by Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi dedicated to engaging all generations in politics with weekly unfiltered conversations with experts across the nation. Be sure to subscribe to and rate us on Apple Podcasts. You can also find us on Spotify or any other podcast streaming services.Intergenerational Politics on social media:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intergenerational-politics/id1522241906Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntrgenpoliticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/intergenpoliticspodcast/
Released:
Oct 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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