The Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium Community Code of Conduct

The Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neurotype, physical appearance, body, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.

Everyone participating in the Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium community— including, but not limited to the Colloquium platforms—is required to agree to the following Code of Conduct. This includes all attendees, speakers, performers, partners, and staff.

Anyone who violates this Code of Conduct may be sanctioned or expelled from these spaces at the discretion of the Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium event organizers.

HARASSMENT DEFINITION:

• Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neurotype, physical appearance, body, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, or religion

• Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment

• Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names

• Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior in spaces where they’re not appropriate

• Threats of violence

• Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm

• Deliberate intimidation

• Stalking or following

• Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes

• Sustained disruption of discussion

• Unwelcome sexual attention

• Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others

• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease

• Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent except as necessary to protect other community members or other vulnerable people from intentional abuse

• Publication of non-harassing private communication without consent by the involved parties

The Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. We reserve the right not to act on complaints regarding:

• ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’

• Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” or “I’m not discussing this with you.”

• Communicating in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial

• Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or assumptions

CONSEQUENCES

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in harassing behavior, The Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium may take any action we deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from The Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium spaces and identification of the participant as a harasser to other community members or the general public.

REPORTING AND ENFORCEMENT

If you are being harassed by a member of the Anti-Racism in Art School Colloquium community, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please let the host of the event you are attending know through the chat function and contact Roshani Thakore immediately via email at rthakore@pdx.edu. Roshani will work with a support team on next steps.

If the person who is harassing you is a member of staff, they will recuse themselves from handling your incident.

All reports will be handled in the strictest confidence. We will respond as promptly as we can.

THANKS

This policy was based on the XOXO Code of Conduct.