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An offense to a person or property, intimidating
that person because of his or her race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin.
A bias incident is not a crime. It is a situation
in which a person has been subjected to harassment due to dislike or hatred of a
certain group of people. Although not a crime, it is important to report bias incident
to the Department of Public Safety.
"The central
purpose of the college is to foster the free access of knowledge, its unfettered
discovery and communication through research and education and the creation and sustenance
of a community of scholars and students. The college community can realize these
goals only in an atmosphere of trust and resepect. Discrimination and harrassment
will not be tolerated in the Smith Community."
- Smith College Civil Rights Policy
and Grievance Procedures
"Northampton is a city that values and protects the
cultural and social diversity that makes it an attractive, unique, and vital community.
Hate crimes affect us, our neighbors, and the quality of community life. A hate crime
is not simply an intolerant opinion, but is a criminal act based on bigotry or prejudice."
Yes, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 265, s. 37 and 39; Chapter 266 s. 127A;
and Chapter 272, s. 92A.
Smith College is committed to creating and maintaining an educational, working and
living environment that is free of any form of unlawful discrimination.
Statement of the Board of Trustees Regarding the Smith
College Civil Rights Policy (Adopted by the Board of Trustees January 11, 1989)
The
trustees believe that at significant moments in the life of the college, as well
as in our day-to-day living, we should as an institution reiterate for ourselves
the standards we deem important for Smith College. The value we place on individual
integrity and mutual respect sets a standard for personal conduct that requires each
member of this community to look beyond the mere seeking of knowledge toward a broader
commitment to human understanding and service.
In her last will and testament providing
for the establishment of Smith College, Sophia Smith wrote: “It is my wish
that the institution be so conducted that during all coming time it shall do the
most good to the greatest number. I would have it a perennial blessing to the country
and the world.”
In reaffirming Smith College’s commitment to civil rights, the Board of Trustees
intends also to carry out Sophia Smith’s mandate to do the most good to the
greatest number. By enhancing the opportunities available to all under the United
States Constitution, through positive steps of our own, we also seek, as she sought,
to have the college a perennial blessing to the country and the world.
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