; Whereas Black women experience workplace harassment and discrimination at high rates. In a recent survey, 61 percent of Black women reported experiencing racial discrimination and 28 percent reported being very worried about sexual harassment at work and the EEOC reports that Black women file workplace sexual harassment complaints 3 times as often as White women; Whereas nearly two-thirds of workers paid the minimum wage or less are women and there is a disproportionate concentration of women of color in low-wage and tipped jobs; Whereas more than 40 percent of private sector employees say that discussion of wage and salary information is discouraged and another 25 percent report that it is formally prohibited, which can hide pay discrimination and prevent remedies; Whereas the pay disparity Black women face is part of a wider set of disparities Black women face in homeownership, unemployment, poverty, access to child care, and the ability to accumulate wealth; Whereas in 2017 the gender wage gap widened for Black women; Whereas true pay equity requires a multi-faceted strategy that addresses the gendered and racial injustices that Black women face daily; and Whereas many national organizations have designated August 22, 2019, as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day to represent the additional time that women must work to compensate for the lower wages paid to Black women last year: Now, therefore, be it