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MCC Daily Tribune

Employee Lunch and Learn- Understanding Gender Pronouns and Updates to Sexual Harassment Policy

Join the Title IX Office for an employee Lunch & Learn on respecting pronoun use and policy updates. In April 2023, New York State updated its sexual harassment and gender identity policies, ushering in new mandatory changes. This workshop will provide you with new information on these policies, and education around pronoun use and gender identity.

We will be watching a recording of Professor Erin Morris’s The Gender Identity Training: Respecting Pronouns, followed by discussion and questions.

There are two options to attend:

  • October 11th, 12:00 to 1:00pm, Room 3-115
  • November 14th, 12:30 to 1:30pm, Room 3-115

Lunch will be provided. The deadline for choosing a lunch is a week before the program. If you RSVP after that date, we cannot promise you a lunch but you are welcome to attend. 

Register via Bookings for the Title IX Events.

If you are unable to attend but wish to learn more please contact Michelle Carroll (mcarroll29@monroecc.edu) to set up a training meeting.

Below is a summary of the changes.

Key Changes to MCC 2.10 Policy (PDF):

  • Notes that harassment does not need to be "severe or pervasive" to be illegal in New York.
  • Adds more examples of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation, including circumstances in which sexual harassment can occur while working remotely.
  • Adds a section on bystander intervention and provides tools and methods that can be used when an employee witnesses discrimination or harassment.
  • Adds language regarding gender diversity and gender-based harassment and discrimination, which can include gender stereotyping and treating employees differently because they identify as cisgender, transgender or nonbinary.
  • Provides emphasis and guidance on supervisors' and managers' responsibility to report harassment and discrimination.
  • Explains that harmless intent is not a defense for harassment and discrimination, and that the impact of the behavior on a person is what counts.
  • Adds information regarding the New York State Division of Human Rights' sexual harassment hotline.

For further information visit the NYS Sexual Harassment Prevention Model Policy webpage.

Shannon Glasgow
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability
09/13/2023