<div dir="ltr"><div>Finally!</div><div><br></div><div>The Hales deserve more than this, but it is a start.</div><div><br></div>When I was a student at Emporia I was harassed and discriminated against.<div><br></div><div>Emporia has much to work on.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Max Macias </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:07 AM Linda Absher <<a href="mailto:absherl@gmail.com">absherl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Some of you may not be aware of this, but a former ESU employee did not have her contract renewed with ESU's library school after she and her husband (a former professor with the school) raised concerns about racial discrimination. She was finally awarded back pay. Here's a link to the story:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2020-08-27/former-emporia-state-employee-wins-back-pay-for-retaliation" target="_blank">https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2020-08-27/former-emporia-state-employee-wins-back-pay-for-retaliation</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>linda ueki absher</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\\<br>Linda Ueki Absher<br><a href="mailto:absherl@gmail.com" target="_blank">absherl@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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