Minutes

Safer Schools Sexual Assault Task Force Meeting

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

2:00 – 4:00 pm

1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA, 94102

 

 

Participants:

 

Task Force Members:

Luoluo Hong (by phone)

J. Ocean Mottley

Gena Castro Rodriguez

Denise Sicat Wong

Leslie Simon

 

Absent:

Captain Una Bailey

Denise Caramagno

Amelia Gilbert

Stacey Wiggall

Janelle White

 

Consultant:

Julia Weber

 

Members of the Public:

Emberly Cross, Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC)

Leighia Fleming, University of San Francisco

Elise Hansell, Department on the Status of Women

Minouche Kandel, Department on the Status of Women

Jasmine Manalo, Futures without Violence

Emily Mursase, Department on the Status of Women

Monica Paez

Elizabeth Trayner, San Francisco Art Institute

Kate Vander Tuig, Futures without Violence

Kiki Williams, San Francisco Unified School District

Shafia Zaloom, Urban School

 

 

 

 

I. Agenda was approved. (Castro-Rodriguez/ Mottley)

 

II. Minutes were approved from July 2017 meeting (Simon/ Castro-Rodriguez)

 

Amend minutes to reflect that Emberly is in attendance.

 

III. Red Zone Summit Update

 

• 130 people are registered and the agenda is set.

• Welcoming remarks at 1 pm with Dr. Murase and District Attorney.

• Jenifer Thompson is the keynote address.
• Gena requests a volunteer to organize a closing performance.  Denise Sicat Wong will assist with this.  

• SFDA cannot provide any refreshments – Gena can check in with Denise Caramagno to see if there are any funds for refreshments in UCSF budget.

 

IV. Prevention Survey Update

 

The prevention survey results will hopefully help describe the landscape of primary and secondary prevention efforts at schools. There are currently responses from 19 individuals representing a number of schools– these results will be included in the report (anonymously).

 

V. Programs and Approaches for K-12

 

• Kiki Williams, Equity Director at SFUSD presented on K-12 prevention efforts. She oversees all discrimination complaints for the District and is the only full-time person in equity.
• Kiki created a procedure for responding to complaints – trained most SFUSD non-teacher staff and advised school sites in-person.
• SFUSD is partnering with Futures without Violence and Coaching Boys to Men to develop prevention education programs for athletic teams and JROTC program.
• Each school site has been assigned a Title IX school administrator.
• The SFUSD Title IX website will be linked to all school websites.
• There is a deficit of trainings for K-12 Title IX coordinators/ teachers/ administrators on identifying and naming gender discrimination, discipline, and investigation. Kiki is hopeful that there is a way to use the network of people in SF working on K-12. There are currently no best practices to follow.
• Health Education trainings are school site specific: for example - 9^th grade Health-Ed healthy relationships consent, etc. 8^th grade – consent and body image. Health is one semester and can be taken at any time. To address the concern is that students do not take this until senior year, SFUSD tries to create community dialogues outside of Health-Ed.
• Kiki spoke about the importance of student advocacy. Example: Berkeley High School’s ‘stop harassing group’ – a student advocacy group was developed out of social media scandal.
• Ways to mobilize community groups to train teachers – LAUSD does a video training re: identification, prevention, etc.
• There are a number of differences between Title IX investigations in Undergrad and High School – parental involvement, advocates not automatically assigned, etc.
• SFUSD equity, labor, legal departments received training on identifying abuse sexual abuse and predators. There is a plan to expand this training to administrators.

 

VI. Next Steps for Report and Recommendations

• September meeting will provide opportunity for review of draft before the final version is voted on at the October meeting.  Please provide input to Julia as she will be writing the next version this month.
• TF supports ongoing TF work and a Coordinator – 1.0 FTE staff person at DOSW for a task force that would explore sexual assault.
• #12 & #50 amnesty policy – these should also be expanded to high school level and religious institutions (think about scope/ authority of city).
• The amnesty policies are specific to institutions not state/local/federal law.
• Work to translate handbook into something digital/mobile friendly – it is important to have an attractive, accessible web presence.
• Need to include a recommendation specific for resources for undocumented groups.
• #51 Restorative Justice - Recommendation provided by Leslie – only 4 schools have an anti-oppression framework, this is a potential recommendation.
• Language is important in these recommendations ‘should offer’ versus ‘are mandated’.
• Sex positivity, healthy relationship, sexual violence –there is some controversy around the coupling of these topics (Leslie and Sophia will draft a recommendation that is more inclusive).
• Organization of recommendations – highlight which recommendations requires additional resources. Highlight if any of these recommendations create an undue burden upon agencies. Group agreed that icons may be best way to handle that and Julia will include in the next version.
• Action: Elizabeth Trayner will check in with colleague on the AG campus sexual assault toolkit.
• Julia will draft a paragraph on language and why terminology is important. Re: victim/survivor/reporting party/accuser. How to be trauma-informed and also fair minded and concerned about due process.
• #31 and #32 – Denise notes the need for physical spaces for some of these resources
• Include info on the CDC ecological model
• DV Safety Audit could be a model report.

 

VII. Public Comment

 

There was no additional public comment.

 

VIII. Adjournment