Oregon College of Oriental Medicine is committed to maintaining environments that enable a free and diverse community in which students, faculty and staff can learn, work and express themselves. Membership in the OCOM community imposes obligations on students, faculty and staff to respect the dignity and autonomy of others and to treat one another civilly and without regard to factors irrelevant to participation in the life of the college.
This policy details and explicitly prohibits specific forms of harassment and encourages the reporting of these prohibited behaviors. OCOM will work to prevent them and their recurrence, and to correct any discriminatory effects on a complainant or others.
External Remedies
(Excerpt) The above procedures supplement, and do not replace, other remedies for acts which constitute violations of this policy. Students and employees have the option at all times to file a criminal complaint with law enforcement or to seek a civil remedy, in addition to or in place of using the college’s procedures.
Individuals also always have the right to file a formal complaint with the United States Department of Education (for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975):
U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-1100
800-421-3481
fax: 202-453-6012
TDD: 800-877-8339
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http://www.ed.gov/ocr
Or
Seattle Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
915 Second Avenue
Room 3310
Seattle, WA 98174-1099
Telephone: 206-607-1600
fax: 206-607-1601
TDD: 800-877-8339
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Individuals with complaints of a violation of this policy in the context of employment (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or the Equal Pay Act) may also file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Seattle Field Office
Federal Office Building
909 First Avenue
Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98104-1061
800-669-4000
TTY: 800-669-6820