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director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. More than 1,200 of those cases have already been referred to attorneys, she said.

The movement may have started in Hollywood, but it’s become global, Rhimes said, with participation in Kenya, South Korea, Pakistan and Kuwait. From the tech sector to farm workers, women are coming together to demand fair treatment, she said.

“The intention really is that a large portion of our leadership will come from other industries,” Rhimes said.

Representatives for farm, domestic and restaurant workers have been actively involved in the expanding movement, she said.

On Friday, Time’s Up is announcing its new StoryCorps initiative. StoryCorps is a storytelling collective that invites ordinary people to share tales from their lives, which are eventually uploaded into a Library of Congress collection aimed at fostering greater human understanding. The Time’s Up partnership invites women and men to share stories about their lives at work.

It’s not just about sexual harassment, organizers said, but about illuminating what it takes to create fair and equitable workplaces where people of all races, genders and ethnicities are recognized and valued. It’s about seizing on the momentum generated by the outrage over Weinstein and those like him and channeling it toward change.

PHOTO BY RICHARD SHOTWELL — INVISION — AP, FILE In this file photo, Shonda Rhimes attends the “Scandal” 100th Episode Celebration at Fig & Olive in West Hollywood.