Harassment, Discrimination, Prevention, Investigation Unit (HDPIU)

What is discrimination?What is harassment?Discrimination is treating someone

differently and unfairly because of his/her/their membership in an actual or perceived protected category.

Harassment is a type of discrimination:Unwelcome behavior that targets a person because

of their membership in a protected categoryNegatively interferes with the work, learning, or

living environment or experienceCreates a hostile environment

Protected CategoriesUnder state and federal law, UC policies

RaceReligionAncestry Marital statusColorSexGenderAgeDisability

CitizenshipNational originSexual orientationMedical conditionGenetic

informationVeteran statusPregnancyGender expressionGender identity

What is Title IX and why should you know?

Federal Law enacted in 1972 that prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational institutions (K-12, higher education)

The prohibition protects women, men, and transgender people

Sex discrimination includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating & domestic violence, and stalking

Some numbers . . .

1 in 5 college-aged women (ages 18-24) are sexually assaulted while in collegeMost sexual assaults on college campuses take place in

the first three months of college75-80% of sexual assaults take place during a student’s

first two years in school

1 in 16 college-aged men (ages 18-24) are sexually assaulted while in college

More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault

13% of college aged women are stalked4 in 5 college women know their stalker

At UCSC 2014-15:

The Title IX Office received 181 reports of sexual harassment and sexual violence in 2014-15, up from 85 in 2013-14

Of the 181 reports:73 sexual harassment54 sexual assault16 dating/domestic violence23 stalking 32 formal investigations

Recent changes and trends

New state and federal laws = new mandates

UC Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault mandatesSAFE.UCSC.EDU

Increasing concern about due process for respondents (recent UCSD case)

Increase in awareness is generating an increasing number of incident reports

Increasing number of policy violation findings due to new affirmative consent law

Increasing number of dating/domestic violence cases

Consent is . . .

AFFIRMATIVE, CONSCIOUS, AND VOLUNTARY

REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME

ONGOING

LACK OF PROTEST/SILENCE ≠ CONSENT

Consent is like tea . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGoWLWS4-kU

Consent is Sexy public awareness campaign

By definition you cannot give or get consent if you are, or the other person is incapacitated, asleep, or unconscious

Professional and Reporting RequirementsIf you are or will be working as a graduate TA for a

faculty member on campus, you are expected to honor the spirit of the Faculty Code of Conduct.This means no romantic/sexual relationships with

students over whom you have, or should reasonably expect to have in the future, academic responsibility (instructional, evaluative, or supervisory).

You must report any incidents of sexual harassment or sexual violence to the Title IX Office (with names), to the class professor (with names) or Department Chair (without names), and possibly to the UCSC Police Department (without names).

To report or not to report?Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault,Dating Violence,Domestic Violence, and Stalking

Confidential Support

Confidential advocates in the CARE office provide support to survivors and can help survivors make decisions about reporting incidents.

(831) 502-2273, care@ucsc.edu, care.ucsc.edu

Privacy vs. confidentiality

DO promise privacy but you CANNOT promise confidentiality

Privacy: Only need-to-know people are informed (Title IX – with names, Department Chair – without names, Police Department – without names)

Confidential resources: Confidential advocates, professional or pastoral counselors

Reporting Options

Filing a Police ReportFor crimes committed on UC property: Call the UC Santa

Cruz Police Department (831) 459-2231or call 911 For crimes committed in the City of Santa Cruz: Call the

City of Santa Cruz Police Department (831) 420-5800 or call 911

Filing a Title IX ReportTitle IX Office (831) 459-2462

Non-reportingCARE advocacy office (831) 502-2273Monarch Services (888 ) 900-4232 (24 hour crisis line)

How to support a studentValidate and believe

Listen

Do not offer to confront the alleged offender

Explain privacy vs. confidentiality

Provide a copy of the reporting options handout

Refer the student to the CARE advocacy office

Do not investigate!

Scenario 1

It is Friday at 3:30 pm. A student has just walked into your office, nearly in tears and physically shaking, and reports to you that he has just been assaulted by three other students. The student tells you that the attackers physically pushed him around, smashed his cell phone, and used transphobic and homophobic epithets. What are the first three things that you would do?

Scenario 2

You are in the classroom preparing for class when a student from your section bursts into the room and tells you that her best friend just told her that she (the best friend) was sexually assaulted last night walking home from class. The student tells you not to tell anyone, that her friend does not want anyone to know, especially her parents and her faculty advisor. What should you do?

Scenario 3Your friends Tasha and Edgar live in Family Student

Housing and have been married for three years. Tasha is a grad student in your program and Edgar is a grad student in another department. One day Tasha comes to class with a black eye and looks exhausted. She explains that she had a bicycle accident over the weekend. This is not the first time you have seen Tasha with bruises on her face and arms. In addition, you have seen how Edgar can be controlling (in your opinion) when you have spent time with them in the past. How do you address this situation?