Monday Mailing - October 12, 2020

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RARE Monday Mailing Year 27 | Issue 04 12 October 2020 1.

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“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce

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The First Female Recession Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Progress for U.S. Women The Native History of Indigenous Peoples Day Bullish on Broadband Addressing Racism, Word by Word Far-fetched as They Might Seem, Secession Movements Are Thriving in the NW (Peter Cohen) Building Housing – Lots of It – Will Lay the Foundation for a New Future Broken Treaties: An Oral History Tracing Oregon’s Native Population Oregon’s Newest School, Atfalati, Honors Native Americans RESOURCE: Neighborhoods at Risk Tool PODCAST: Curious: Exploring UO’s Partnership for Disaster Resilience

The First Female Recession Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Progress for U.S. Women

Bloomberg Women helped pull the U.S. economy out of the last recession. This time around they are falling behind.

Oregon Fast Fact There are nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon. Learn more about them here.

The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and threatening to wipe out decades of their economic progress. As the crisis drags on, some of the biggest pain points are among women of color and those with young children. These setbacks -- characterized by some economists as the nation’s first female recession -- stand in sharp contrast to the dramatic progress women made in the expansion following the last financial crisis. The jobs, income and promotions that women lose as a result of the coronavirus could hold back economic growth and sideline an entire generation of women. Read the full story.

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