Shonda Rhimes, Eva Longoria among Time's Up board members "stepping aside" during organization's transition
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All but four board members of Time's Up, including celebrities Shonda Rhimes, Eva Longoria and Jurnee Smollett, will depart from their roles at the organization within the next 30 days, the sexual assault victim advocacy group announced Saturday. Their exits come following the recent resignations of both the group's CEO and founder amid controversy over reports of the group's involvement in former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment scandal.
"The members of the existing board will be stepping aside over the next 30 days, giving our CEO the ability to refocus the organization's leadership to suit its mission and needs," Time's Up said in a statement. "As we do so, we commit to making sure TIME'S UP has sufficient financial resources to do its important work." The group has asked current board members Ashley Judd, Gabrielle Sulzberger, Colleen DeCourcy and Raffi Freedman-Gurspan to keep their roles so as to "ensure a smooth transition."A class of drugs known as GLP-1s have been helping people lose weight, but out of pocket costs put them out of reach for many Americans. In West Virginia, a subsidy program for public employees was showing promising results, but then the state abruptly ended it, leaving many searching for new solutions.