This Is Not Right: Learning to Advocate for Yourself
In episode 10 of Side Note, Melissa explores self-advocacy; why it’s so hard for most people (especially women) and how she developed it through her upbringing as a child of an alcoholic, her natural intuition, and formal mediation and negotiation training at Pepperdine Law School. She shares how those skills culminated in an eight-year class action lawsuit against Pepperdine University after being let go from her MBA recruiter position, a case she ultimately won. She closes by warning that staying silent leads to illness and unaccountability, and challenges listeners to reflect on whether…
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