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Connecting the Dots Foundation, Inc. celebrates Women Storytellers for Women’s History Month

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Post date March 15, 2023
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It was a night to remember. It was a time for reflection. It was a moment of appreciation. It was an occasion of encouragement. Those gathered at Connecting the Dots Foundation’s 6th Annual National Women’s History Month Celebration paused to spend time with family, friends, acquaintances, honorees, scholars and artists at the downtown Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula Street, Jackson, Miss.) Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 6 p.m. The theme was Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories. WLBT’s Maggie Wade Dixon and Walt Grayson hosted the affair.

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Women’s rights activists claim Mississippi’s equal pay bill furthers the gender pay gap

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Post date March 14, 2023
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Women make around 82% of what men make in the same job according to a recent national study by Pew Research. The Equal Pay for Equal Work act of 2022 was passed by the Mississippi legislature to address the state’s lack of an equal pay bill. But the Mississippi Black Women’s Round Table says lawmakers need to remove language that carves out several exceptions for wage discrimination. Executive Director Cassandra Welchlin says it allows employers to use pay history and employment gaps as justification for unequal wages.

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Megan West, Erin Pickens among 2023 Women’s History Month honorees

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Post date March 13, 2023
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JACKSON, Miss. — 16 WAPT anchors Megan West and Erin Pickens were honored at two separate Women History Month events in the capital city this week. Both women were recognized for their contributions both as local journalists and as community figures.