A023 Authorize and Support the use of the Best Practices Guide and Model Anti-Harassment Policy
The Best Practices Guide and Model Policy has been reviewed by multiple General Conventions. It needs to be promulgated and utilized across the Episcopal Church. Therefore, it needs to be easily accessible to all members and institutions of The Episcopal Church. The DFMS Safe Church website already provides access to the Model Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth and the Model Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and is therefore the ideal location for the Anti-Harassment Best Practices Guide and Model Policy documents. Because the needs and the practices of the Church are so diverse with respect to definitions of harassment, and its reduction and elimination, the continuing collection of data and stories is vital to the development of standardized, yet helpfully varied, training.
The Best Practices Guide and Model Anti-Harassment Policy is available as a support document on this resolution. It is also available as a supplemental material in the report to the 81st General Convention of the Interim Body to Oversee the Continuing Development of Anti-Harassment Best Practices, Model Policy Examples and Varied Training Materials.
Support Document:
Best Practices Guide and Model Anti-Harassment Policy
Guía de Mejores Prácticas y Política Modelo contra el Acoso
Explanation
The Best Practices Guide and Model Policy has been reviewed by multiple General Conventions. It needs to be promulgated and utilized across the Episcopal Church. Therefore, it needs to be easily accessible to all members and institutions of The Episcopal Church. The DFMS Safe Church website already provides access to the Model Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth and the Model Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and is therefore the ideal location for the Anti-Harassment Best Practices Guide and Model Policy documents. Because the needs and the practices of the Church are so diverse with respect to definitions of harassment, and its reduction and elimination, the continuing collection of data and stories is vital to the development of standardized, yet helpfully varied, training.
The Best Practices Guide and Model Anti-Harassment Policy is available as a support document on this resolution. It is also available as a supplemental material in the report to the 81st General Convention of the Interim Body to Oversee the Continuing Development of Anti-Harassment Best Practices, Model Policy Examples and Varied Training Materials.
Support Document: