1. Harassment, Discrimination, Prevention, Investigation Unit (HDPIU)

2. 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 category
Negatively interferes with the work, learning, or living environment or experience
Creates a hostile environment

3. Protected Categories Under state and federal law, UC policies
Race
Religion
Ancestry
Marital status
Color
Sex
Gender
Age
Disability
Citizenship
National origin
Sexual orientation
Medical condition
Genetic information
Veteran status
Pregnancy
Gender expression
Gender identity

4. 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

5. Some numbers . . . Great time for an everywhere poll question
1 in 5 college-aged women (ages 18-24) are sexually assaulted while in college
Most sexual assaults on college campuses take place in the first three months of college
75-80% 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 stalked
4 in 5 college women know their stalker
Great time for an everywhere poll question

6. At UCSC :
The Title IX Office received 181 reports of sexual harassment and sexual violence in , up from 85 in
Of the 181 reports:
73 sexual harassment
54 sexual assault
16 dating/domestic violence
23 stalking
32 formal investigations

7. Recent changes and trends
New state and federal laws = new mandates
UC Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault mandates
SAFE.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

9. Consent is . . . Consent is Sexy public awareness campaign
AFFIRMATIVE, CONSCIOUS, AND VOLUNTARY
REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME
ONGOING
LACK OF PROTEST/SILENCE ≠ CONSENT
Consent is like tea . . .
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

10. Professional and Reporting Requirements
If 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).

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

12. Confidential Support
Confidential advocates in the CARE office provide support to survivors and can help survivors make decisions about reporting incidents.
(831) , care.ucsc.edu

13. 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

14. Reporting Options Filing a Police Report Filing a Title IX Report
For crimes committed on UC property: Call the UC Santa Cruz Police Department (831) or call 911
For crimes committed in the City of Santa Cruz: Call the City of Santa Cruz Police Department (831) or call 911
Filing a Title IX Report
Title IX Office (831)
Non-reporting
CARE advocacy office (831)
Monarch Services (888 ) (24 hour crisis line)

15. How to support a student
Validate 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!

16. 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?

17. 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?

18. Scenario 3
Your 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?