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“I love getting national awards,” Kimberly Griffin writes. “Yet, there’s something special when fellow Mississippians honor you, and this one has a very special place in my heart.”Â
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“I love getting national awards,” Kimberly Griffin writes. “Yet, there’s something special when fellow Mississippians honor you, and this one has a very special place in my heart.”Â
Mississippi Women’s Economic Security Initiative Coalition is asking Mississippi legislators to give the gift of passing an Equal Pay Law to protect the financial security of Mississippi women.
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