rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/we-demand-a-fair-and-transparent-title-ix-process?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-we-demand-a-fair-and-transparent-title-ix-process' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers https://actionnetwork.org/groups/san-mateo-community-college-federation-of-teachers https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Title IX is a Federal law that guarantees that individuals of all genders will have equal access to learn and work at educational institutions. Title IX requires the District to provide an environment free from harassment, including investigating reports of sexual misconduct and gender discrimination. Unfortunately, our district's current Title IX process is unclear, difficult to navigate, and lacks accountability and transparency. In 2021, the San Mateo County Community College District published a report indicating that during 2020, there were 0 cases of sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence on our campuses, and 1 case of domestic violence. Yet accounts of sexual harassment received by the Anti-Oppression Committee of our faculty union, AFT 1493, show that this data does not represent the scope of sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination in our District. Title IX is meant to provide a way for various forms of sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination to be investigated, but this is not currently the case in our District. We ask you to join us in signing this list of demands that will make the Title IX process fair and equitable for all involved, and thereby create and sustain a safe educational environment for students, faculty, and staff. We are planning to present this petition to the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Claire, and the presidents of three colleges to ask them to make these demands a reality. If you have questions about the petition or the demands, you can write to Marianne Kaletzky at kaletzky@aft1493.org or Rika Yonemura-Fabian at fabian@aft1493.org. If you are signing as an organization, please indicate the name and email of a representative to the right and fill in the "Organization" field with the name of your organization. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/we-demand-a-fair-and-transparent-title-ix-process