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OU Professor Urges Tulsa Women's Commission to Center Safety, Pick One Action
Summary
Dr. Meg Myers Morgan told the Tulsa Women's Commission that empowerment depends on addressing racism and misogyny, and urged commissioners to "pick one thing" in their sphere to pursue. Commissioners agreed to condense a year of inquiry into a short packet and to pick a focused initiative at their January meeting.
Dr. Meg Myers Morgan, a professor at the University of Oklahoma and author, told the Tulsa Women's Commission on a final installment of its yearlong inquiry that "women's empowerment cannot exist if we first don't eliminate racism," framing empowerment as inseparable from intersectional systems.
Morgan walked commissioners through a three-part approach to empowerment'self, career and society'and emphasized safety as a foundational concern. She cited national statistics on intimate-partner violence and maternal health disparities, saying that "36 percent of women in the U.S. have experienced intimate partner violence" and that Native American women experience domestic violence at a far higher rate. Morgan also…
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