Title IX Sexual Harassment and Discrimination

1. Title IX Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Sexual Harassment and Assault - Response and Education (SHARE)Crime Reporting and Disclosure: Campus Security Authorities Presenters: Terri Ae. Stewart, Director and Chief (Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management) and Tiffani Ziemann, Area Coordinator (Office of Residential Life and Judicial Affairs) Student Orientation

2. Crime Reporting and Disclosure The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act): The law is named for Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman who was brutally raped and murdered by a fellow student in her campus residence hall in 1986. March 2014: Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act or Campus SaVE: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 resulted in expanded prevention and response requirements in the area of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

3. New Federal Guidance on Sexual Assault On April 29, 2014, The Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, which President Obama created earlier in the year, released their report outlining specific recommendations for college campuses in preventing and responding to the statistic that one in five women is sexually assaulted in college.Not Alone Together Against Sexual Assault, US White House www.whitehouse.gov/1is2many/notalone

4. Sexual Violence Physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person’s will or when a person is incapable of giving consent (for example, due to the person’s age, use of drugs or alcohol, or because an intellectual or other disability prevents the person from having the capacity to give consent). A number of different acts fall into the category of sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual abuse, and sexual coercion. Sexual violence can be carried out by school employees, fellow students, students from other schools, or third parties. Sexual violence is a form of sexual harassment.

5. Definitions Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. Intimate Partner Violence: Physical force or abuse committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to: Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or Suffer substantial emotional distress.

6. Consent Words or actions that show a voluntary agreement to engage in mutually agreed-upon sexual activity. Consent is not implied or present when: one is incapable of consent, subject to coercion, or threat of coercion, or subject to forcible compulsion. An individual may not presume consent by silence or context alone. Consent for one act does not imply consent for another act. A person is incapable of consent when: • less than seventeen years of age, • mentally disabled, • mentally incapacitated, • physically helpless, or • physically unable to give consent.

7. Reporting CrimeCampus Security Authorities (CSAs) Offices for Reporting to Campus Officials/Authorities: • Campus Police: 607-274-3333 • Student Affairs and Campus Life: 607-274-3374 • Residential Life: 607-274-3141 • Judicial Affairs: 607-274-3375 • Athletics (Coaches, Athletic Staff, Recreation Sports Professional Staff): 607-274-3209 • Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs (OSEMA): 607-274-3222 • Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services: 607-274-7394 • Title IX Deputy Coordinator (for reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault): 607-274-3300 • Title IX Deputy Coordinator ( for reports of sexual harassment and discrimination in Athletics): 607-274-5708

8. Options, Interventions and Resources • (Court) Order of Protection • Restriction (Notice) • Safe Room: Residential and Academic Accommodations • Title IX Coordinator/Deputy Coordinator • Criminal and/or Judicial Action • NYS Crime Victim’s Rights (Assistance and Services): ovs.ny.gov/services.html On and Off Campus Resources: • SHARE @ IC: ithaca.edu/sacl/share/ • Counseling and Psychological Services • Center For Health Promotion • Hammond Health Center • Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management  • Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services • Title IX Information: Harassment and Discrimination 

9. Resources SHARE @ IC: ithaca.edu/sacl/share/ Annual Security Report: ithaca.edu/sacl/safety/annualsecrep/ • The Advocacy Center of Ithaca • Not Alone - Together Against Sexual Assault  (White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault) • Dating Abuse (informational website created by New York State in cooperation with the Advocacy Center of Ithaca). • Re-Think Rape Video Project (SUNY Oneonta) • Every1 Campaign (Cornell University) • National Sexual Violence Resource Center • RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)

10. What is Title IX? • Federal Act originally designed to promote equality in college athletics • Has been expanded to include acts of sexual harassment, sexual violence and discrimination based on gender or sexuality

11. What does Title IX mean to IC? • We must investigate any complaints or allegations that potentially fall under Title IX to do the following: • Provide a remedy to the impacted student(s), • Provide support and resources to the impacted student(s), • Prevent similar behavior from happening again.

12. What else does Title IX mean to IC? • We need to have a designated Title IX coordinator (who may appoint deputy coordinators). • We must investigate all Title IX complaints. • We must provide education and resources to the entire campus community about Title IX, sexual assault, harassment, violence, etc.

13. Who has to report Title IX complaints? • Any faculty or staff who are notified of a potential Title IX violation needs to report it to the Title IX coordinator (or deputy) for investigation. The report needs to include as much information as possible, including the student’s name. • Any student staff member in an official capacity (OLs, RAs, etc.) need to report as well. • All students should know who they can report to, but they are not obligated in the same way.

14. Who doesn’t have to report? • Only those members of the campus community with privileged confidentiality do not need to make a report: • Clergy • Health Center staff • Counseling Center staff

15. What happens when an incident is reported to the Title IX coordinator • The coordinator will reach out to the student explaining her role and offering resources, including how to file formal reports with the Office of Public Safety. • If the coordinator has enough information, she will start investigating the incident, regardless if the reporting student has responded to her or not.

16. Confidentiality • All incidents and identifying information need to be reported to the Title IX coordinator. • The Title IX coordinator will take every measure possible to maintain confidentiality for the reporting student(s) if it is requested. • There are some circumstances where the threat to the community supersedes the want for confidentiality. • Privacy is important and we do what we can to protect a student’s privacy, even if something can’t be kept fully confidential.

17. What do students need to know? • We want students to feel comfortable reporting these incidents so we can help! • Students can report to anyone: faculty, staff, RA, Public Safety, etc • It is important to remember that all of these folks will need to tell the Title IX Coordinator for follow-up. • There are resources on campus in the IC community to support students impacted in by sexual assault or harassment

18. What do else do students need to know? • We will work with the reporting student to provide whatever support and resources we can: counseling & health services, housing & academic accommodations when possible, etc. • There are policies in place to prevent/respond to retaliation for reporting. • We need everyone’s help to keep our campus community safe!

19. Who can should I report to? • Tiffani Ziemann • Deputy Title IX Coordinator • Handles all incidents of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination involving a student • tziemann@ithaca.edu • 607-274-1105

20. Contact Information • Visit the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management website for detailed information on campus safety and security, services, resources, and (download) access to the Annual Security and Fire Report: ithaca.edu/safety/annualsecrep/ • Office of Public Safety and Emergency Information Contact Information: • Located in the Center for Public Safety and General Services on Farm Pond Road • Operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, year round • The Communications Center is staffed by a trained public safety professional at all times and can be reached by calling (607) 274-3333 or extension 3333 from an on campus phone. • Title IX Coordinators • For general issues: • Traevena Byrd – Title IX Coordinator • Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel • tbyrd@ithaca.edu • 607-274-3909 • For reports of sexual harassment and discrimination in athletics: • Michelle Manning – Title IX Deputy Coordinator • Assistant Director, Office of Intercollegiate Athletics • mmanning@ithaca.edu • 607-274-5708 • For reports of sexual assault: • Tiffani Ziemann – Title IX Deputy Coordinator • Area Coordinator, Office of Residential Life • tziemann@ithaca.edu • 607-274-3300

21. Resources SHARE @ IC: ithaca.edu/sacl/share/ Annual Security Report: ithaca.edu/sacl/safety/annualsecrep/ • The Advocacy Center of Ithaca • Not Alone - Together Against Sexual Assault  (White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault) • Dating Abuse (informational website created by New York State in cooperation with the Advocacy Center of Ithaca). • Re-Think Rape Video Project (SUNY Oneonta) • Every1 Campaign (Cornell University) • National Sexual Violence Resource Center • RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)