Sent to Students, Faculty & Staff April 17 2023
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Equity and Access BulletinFrom the Office of Equity and Access |
April 2023 is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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April 2023 is the 22nd Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The purpose of SAAM is to raise awareness of the epidemic of sexual violence in order to prevent and eventually eliminate all forms of sex or gender based discrimination and violence. Stony Brook University prohibits, and is committed to eliminating all forms of sex or gender based discrimination and violence. If you have experienced or are aware of an incident of sexual misconduct, please report it. |
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Online, Live Web-Based and In-Person Prevention and Awareness Training Available
As it is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it is a good time to highlight SBU education and prevention efforts to combat sexual violence. As part of Stony Brook University's commitment to a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all students, employees, and patients, we are proud to offer training opportunities to increase awareness of sexual misconduct and how to report it.
The Office of Equity and Access administers multiple online programs addressing Sexual Misconduct prevention and awareness. Most notably our ReportIt suite of programs which
is a convenient self-paced option available 24/7. It ideal for individuals who prefer to learn at their own pace and on their own schedule. In addition, we are currently developing a new program specifically tailored to address issues of sexual misconduct in off-site programs such as off-campus research and study abroad.
In person sexual misconduct awareness and Title IX programming is included annually in our orientation programming for all incoming students. In addition we offer on-demand in-person or webinar programming for any department or unit can request training for faculty, students or staff. Student organizations are also encouraged to request programming. Whether in person or via zoom or OEA is happy to provide programming whenever any cohort in the University community invites us. If you're interested in scheduling a presentation for your department, please email us at oea_training@stonybrook.edu.
For more information on all of our training programs please visit our training website.
REPORT IT: ENDING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE TODAY!
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ReportIt: Ending Sexual Misconduct for Onboarding Students Assigned to Onboarding Students in Fall and Spring. New to Stony Brook for 2022-23? Have you completed ReportIt? |
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ReportIt: Annual Review for Students Assigned to student leader, athletes and other Stony Brook University students who are required to participate annually in ReportIt programming and have already participated in the Onboarding version |
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ReportIt: Annual Review for Mandated Reporters Assigned to RAs and other mandated reporters who are required to participate in ReportIt on an annual basis and have already completed the Onboarding version. |
Our students versions of ReportIt are designed to ensure that Stony Brook University students understand affirmative consent, can identify prohibited behavior, know how to report an incident, and that they understand what they can expect if they file or are identified as a witness in a reported incident. The programs also provide important information on confidential support resources that are available on and off campus. The version for mandated reporters includes information on when RAs, TAs, GAs and other student mandated reporters are required to report.
All of our Faculty and Staff ReportIt programs include an option Responsible Employee section which allows employees to self identify and participate in training to understand their obligation as Responsible Employees. For situations where an employee would like information outside of their annual ReportIt training, a stand alone version is also available.
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COMING SOON: LEADING SAFE & INCLUSIVE OFF-SITE PROGRAMS
OEA is in the process of finalizing a new online training program designed to ensure that faculty and staff leading off-site programs are aware of policies and procedures for addressing issues of discrimination, including sexual misconduct when studying or conducting research off-site. This program will also prompt the user to enter information that will be compiled into "A Plan for a Safe and Inclusive Off-Site Program" that can be distributed to program participants before they depart.
FACULTY PROGRAMMING AVAILABLE!
in an effort to increase faculty awareness of the issue of sexual misconduct and the responsibility of all faculty members to report issues of sexual misconduct, OEA will be holding several Q&A sessions for faculty members in later summer - early fall 2023. The sessions will be held in-person or via zoom depending on demand and tentatively on the following dates and times:
- Monday, August 21 - 2 pm
- Wednesday, August 23, 10 am
- Monday, September 25 10 am
- Thursday, September 28, 2 pm
If you are interested in participating, please email oea_training@stonybrook.edu.
CALLING ALL GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Studies demonstrate that Graduate Students are more like to experience sexual harassment from faculty and other University employees than undergraduate students. The same studies demonstrate that graduate students are even less likely to report an incident due to fear that retaliation could impact any future academic career.
To address this, OEA has redesigned programming for Graduate students. This program will supplement the ReportIt: Ending Sexual Misconduct program and will focus on:
- Employment-based sexual harassment
- Stony Brook University's Policy on Relationships
- Responsibilities as a Mandated Reporter
The goal of this program is to ensure gradaute students are aware of Stony Brook University's prohibition of all forms of sexual harassment in the workplace, including the pursuit of a romantic or sexual relationships between instructor-student, supervisor-employee, mentor-intern and all situations where a power imbalance exists.
OEA has been providing in-person sexual misconduct prevention and awareness programming to graduate programs on request every fall for many years and we would like to increase the number of participating departments. If you are interested in scheduling a session for your graduate students this fall please email oea_training@stonybrook.edu.
2nd Annual Sexual Misconduct Progress Report 2023
To highlight our commitment to transparency, OEA has once again complied our Sexual Misconduct Progress Report covering many aspects of Stony Brook University's Title IX efforts. The topics included in this years reports include
- Title IX Task Force Recommendations
- Recent Investigation Statistics
- Training and Outreach
- New Title IX Regulations Anticipated
It is available on OEA's website. We encourage you to take some time to review it. We welcome any questions or comments at titleix@stonybrook.edu.