EDITORâS NOTE: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault and harassment.
POTSDAM â Pervasive and painful are the simplest words to describe sexual violence and sexual harassment, but the history and reality of survivorship is complicated and sometimes unspeakable.
The words can come.
Marching from the Ives Park intersection toward SUNY Potsdamâs Satterlee Hall on Wednesday, about 30 people rallied against campus sexual misconduct.
Allegations against SUNY Potsdam faculty members surfaced over the weekend on social media platforms â both Facebook and Instagram â and concerns about the universityâs Title IX procedure drew students downtown and dozens more to simultaneous virtual forums.
Joe Biden signs executive order against LGBTQ+ discrimination in education
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Biden calls for a review of Trump administration regulations that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Joe Biden issued an executive order on International Women’s Day (March 8) calling for a discrimination-free environment within federally funded educational institutions.
The President called upon the Biden administration to protect and ensure educational environments would be free from discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual harassment, sexual violence, and sexual orientation or gender identity, which includes the LGBTQ+ community.
“For students attending schools and other educational institutions that receive Federal financial assistance, this guarantee is codified, in part, in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,” Biden ordered.
The Columbus City Schools teachers union is calling on board member James Ragland to step down following what it calls an inappropriate and misogynistic social media post.
The post has a link to the song Nice Girls Don t Stay For Breakfast and a comment from Ragland that reads: Happy Women s Day! Govern Yourself Accordingly! CEA president John Coniglio says the post - which has since been removed - shows a fundamental disrespect for the core values of the Columbus City Schools . Ragland says it was unintentionally offensive and an error in judgement .
It s not the first time the union has clashed with Ragland, who was appointed in 2018 to the seat vacated by Dominic Paretti, and reelected last year. Last fall the union rescinded its earlier endorsement of Ragland after he took a paid position with School Choice Ohio, a group that advocates for private and charter schools, and his appearance on a education panel in suburban Columbus with then-Secretary
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