Semehar Ghebredikan thought she'd found a dream job as a community inclusion liaison, engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion #DEI work for the city of Sioux City, Iowa. But three years later, on Feb. 21, 2024, city officials placed a pregnant Ghebredikan on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. It happened after she filed a federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination complaint, a U.S. Government Accountability Office complaint alleging fraud in the city's Section 8 program, and a formal complaint to the city council. Ghebredikan said some of her colleagues have discriminated against and retaliated against her because she's Black, pregnant and young. Ghebredikan, who said she isn't allowed to leave her home during the day while she awaits a resolution, has posted on social media about her experience. Hear Ghebredikan discuss her experience working for Sioux City on the Inside Black Iowa podcast. Find out what she thinks will happen next. #insideblackiowa #blackiowanews. #siouxcity #iowa #podcast #discrimination

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