Sexual Harassment Awareness
Understand, prevent, and respond to sexual harassment in your organization.
For: Nonprofit staff and volunteers
What you’ll learn
- Identify quid pro quo and hostile-environment harassment
- Recognize how consent and power dynamics shape what is "welcome"
- Set and respect appropriate boundaries in volunteer settings
- Use bystander intervention to interrupt harassment safely
- Report concerns, understand anti-retaliation protections, and support those affected
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- 1
What sexual harassment is — and why it matters here
5 min
- 2
The two legal theories: quid pro quo & hostile environment
6 min
- 3
Consent, power dynamics & "welcomeness"
6 min
- 4
What it looks like in volunteer & nonprofit settings
5 min
- 5
Bystander intervention: the 5 D’s
6 min
- 6
How to report — and what anti-retaliation means
5 min
- 7
If you experience or witness it: a trauma-informed response
5 min
- 8
Prevention, policy & state training mandates
4 min
Sources & further reading
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Sexual Harassment & Policy Guidance on Current Issues of Sexual Harassment
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Sexual Harassment in Our Nation’s Workplaces (data & charge statistics)
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) — Sexual Harassment — definitions and survivor support
- Right To Be / Hollaback! — The 5 D’s of Bystander Intervention
- California Legislative Information — SB 1343 — Employers: sexual harassment training: requirements
- The State of New York — Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace — model policy & training
This course is educational and provides general information about the Fair Credit Reporting Act and volunteer-screening best practices. It is not legal advice. Laws vary by state and change over time — consult a qualified attorney about your organization’s specific obligations.