Reporting Sex-Based Harassment Occurring Between Students
Non-Confidential Reports
Any person may report sex discrimination, including Sex-Based Harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of the conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or Sex-Based Harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator, or by any other means that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the person’s verbal or written report.
Contact Information for the Title IX Coordinator at SUNY Oswego:
Lisa Evaneski
Title IX Coordinator
Culkin 407
315-312-5064
[email protected]
schedule: tinyurl.com/MeetWithLisaE
Private Reports
The following officials at SUNY Oswego will provide privacy, but not confidentiality, upon receiving a report of conduct prohibited by Title IX:
- Title IX Coordinator or designee(s);
- Officials with Authority to institute corrective measures under Title IX;
- All other employees at SUNY Oswego that are not designated as confidential resources
- Confidential Reports
The following offices/officials at SUNY Oswego may provide confidentiality:
Counseling Services
Lynn Braun, Director (or designee)
[email protected]
315-312-4416
ww1.oswego.edu/counseling-services
Health Services
Angela Brown, Director (or designee)
315-312-4100
[email protected]
ww1.oswego.edu/health-services
There are other confidential options available for crisis intervention, resources and referrals, but these are not reporting mechanisms to the institution, meaning that disclosure on a call to one of these hotlines does not provide any information to SUNY Oswego.
Complainants are encouraged to additionally contact a campus confidential or private resource so that SUNY Oswego can take appropriate action in these cases. Some resources for confidential disclosure NOT to the institution are:
The New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence hotlines: http://www.opdv.ny.gov/help/dvhotlines.html. Additional disclosure and assistance options that can be found and are presented in several languages can also be found here: http://www.opdv.ny.gov/help/index.html (or by calling 1-800-942-6906).
SurvJustice: http://survjustice.org/our-services/civil-rights-complaints/;
Legal Momentum: https://www.legalmomentum.org/;
NYSCASA: https://nyscasa.org/responding;
NYSCADV: http://www.nyscadv.org/;
Pandora’s Project: http://www.pandys.org/lgbtsurvivors.html;
GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project: http://glbtqdvp.org/;
RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/get-help; and
Safe Horizons: http://www.safehorizon.org/.
Privacy vs. Confidentiality
References made to confidentiality refer to the ability of identified confidential resources to not report crimes and violations to law enforcement or college officials without permission, except for extreme circumstances, such as a health and/or safety emergency or child abuse. References made to privacy mean SUNY Oswego offices and employees who cannot guarantee confidentiality but will maintain privacy to the greatest extent possible, and information disclosed will be relayed only as necessary to investigate and/or seek a resolution and to notify the Title IX Coordinator or designee, who is responsible for tracking patterns and spotting systemic issues. SUNY Oswego will limit the disclosure as much as practicable, even if the Title IX Coordinator determines that the request for confidentiality cannot be honored.
At the First Instance of Disclosure of a Report
SUNY Oswego shall ensure that, at a minimum, at the first instance of disclosure by a Complainant to a SUNY Oswego representative, the following information shall be presented to the Complainant: “You have the right to make a report to university police or campus security, local law enforcement, and/or state police or choose not to report; to report the incident to your institution; to be protected by the institution from Retaliation for reporting an incident; and to receive assistance and resources from your institution.”