{"product_id":"2940045145763","title":"The Cathy Harris Story: A Whistleblower's Victorious Journey to Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eSusan B. Anthony's leadership and courage led to the rights for women to have the right to vote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourage was Harriet Tubman's only friend as she returned to the plantations of the antebellum south to free people who were scared to live and afraid to die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaking truth to power and challenging a government infrastructure that thrives on the ignorance and fear of the people require uncommon courage. That same spirit of determination, courage, and conviction is what keep and sustain Cathy Harris as a modern day suffragist for human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy Harris has fought and continues to fight for the rights of international travelers, many of whom are African American women, who have been abused and violated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees and other federal agencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman, Cathy has been despised and persecuted for her ideas and her advocacy. As a U.S. Senior Customs Inspector\/Officer, she was threatened by management, unjustly disciplined and ostracized by her peers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Cathy has continually bore the consequences of her convictions, she continues to press on by bringing to the public’s attention the many ways that U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) officials have violated the human rights of international travelers and their own employees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, Cathy Harris was instrumental in exposing the racial profiling practices of Customs and Border Protection to Congress and to the public. Legislation was introduced and international travelers have more legal protections and stronger avenues of recourse if abused by U.S. Customs officials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe price Cathy has paid has been great! In the Federal Government too often those who work for the government are the public's first hope of being protected from practices that harm or violate the rights of - we the citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernment entities like the U.S. Customs and Border Protection do whatever they can to discredit people of conscious like Cathy Harris who speak out against unethical and immoral practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe the American public should take a stand and support Cathy Harris and all her efforts in challenging the practices of the federal government especially the Department of Homeland Security.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cathy Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179626250480,"sku":"2940045145763","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045145763_p0.jpg?v=1763971148","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045145763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}