Gender Equity Workshops

The FAS is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work environment in which no member of the community is excluded from participation in, denied benefits of, or subjected to discrimination in any University program or activity on the basis of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. Please scroll down to view both sets of workshops available.

Find more information on the FAS Sexual & Gender-Based Harassment Policy/Resources and on Harvard's Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities page. Additional guidance, including information on making a disclosure, is available on our Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct Policies and Resources page.

Join Danielle Farrell and Pamela Galowitz, FAS Program Officers for Nondiscrimination and Professional Conduct, and the University's Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities for two different interactive offerings discussing national Title IX legislation and how it affects and informs Harvard’s policies as well as solutions to sexual harassment and discrimination issues.

Please contact Kat Bliss at ksbliss@fas.harvard.edu or Megan Wong at megan_wong@fas.harvard.edu if you have any questions or need help registering.

Cultivating a Climate of Gender Equity and Inclusion

During these interactive workshops, FAS staff Title IX Resource Coordinators Danielle Farrell and Pamela Galowitz, in partnership with the University's Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities (CSNDR), discuss how Title IX, as well as other federal and state laws, shape University efforts to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct. This session additionally explores options and resources available to community members when concerns related to these topics arise. These workshops are presentation-based and include interactive breakout rooms, as well as a practical approach to Title IX with the goal of moving the community beyond compliance-based knowledge and towards practical application in the workplace.   

The goals of the workshop are as follows:

  • Gain a working knowledge of the University’s policies, prevention efforts, and response to sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct at FAS  
  • Engage in your role as a responsible employee  
  • Identify individual and community roles in preventing sexual and gender-based harassment 
     

Please check back in the coming months for additional workshop times and dates. You may click here to view other learning and development opportunities.

Active Bystander Strategies

In these interactive conversation-based sessions led by Program Officers Danielle Farrell and Pamela Galowitz, in partnership with the Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, and Rights and Responsibilities (CSNDR), participants are invited to discuss realistic scenarios that afford opportunities to assess and address harassment, discrimination, bullying, and professional conduct concerns in their departments or units. Participants will also develop concrete strategies to improve workplace climate, and foster connections with colleagues and supportive resources.  

The learning objectives of the workshop are as follows:

  • Understand our role to invoke active bystander strategies
  • Practice interventions to be an active bystander
  • Respond to disclosures and concerns of potential harassment, discrimination, and/or bullying in the Harvard community. 
     

Please check back in the coming months for additional workshop times and dates. You may click here to view other learning and development opportunities.

 

Self-Paced Online Course

Harvard University recently launched a new self-paced course in the Harvard Training Portal: Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct.
 
All Harvard faculty, staff, and postdoctoral fellows are required to complete this new course about resources available to address sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct. If you have questions about what the eLearning course will entail, or about the optional survey you may be invited to complete, we encourage you to read these FAQs and/or contact the Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities directly at csndr@harvard.edu.