National Resources
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture: USDA Civil Rights Policy Statements, Civil Rights Laws, Authorities, Regulations, Agencies & Programs and Complaint Procedures:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/offices/equalop_require.html - Affirmative Action Resources: US Government and non-government links to sites:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/aalinks.html - Title IX: Education Amendments of 1972, prohibitions of discrimination based on sex:
https://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm
UMass Civil Rights Offices
- UMass Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, including University and public complaint procedures:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/ - UMass Amherst Office of Disability Services:
http://www.umass.edu/disability/ - Disability Services:
https://www.umass.edu/disability/ - Campus Wide Training Opportunities: Human Resources, Workplace Learning and Development:
http://www.umass.edu/wld/ - Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (for non-university complaints):
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-commission-against-discrimination
UMass Civil Rights Policies
- UMass Non-Discrimination Policy:
http://www.umass.edu/ug_programguide/nondiscrim.html - UMass Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/Files/Sexual%20Harassment%20Policy%20and%20Procedures.pdf - UMass Grievance Procedure:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/Files/Grievance%20Policy%20and%20Procedures.pdf - UMass Faculty and Staff Search Procedures:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/search.html
To file a USDA program discrimination complaint letter, go to:
https://www.ascr.usda.gov/filing-program-discrimination-complaint-usda-customer