Civil Rights Information & Resources

Civil Rights Web Resources:
Laws, University Agencies, and Policies

National Resources:

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services: 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:
http://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/

Brochures: Sexual Harassment, Disability Services, Workplace Violence:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/events.html

EOD Program Information Sheet:
http://www.umass.edu/ewc/rr/iris_web/ewcr0365aa.html

UMass Amherst Office of Disability Services:
http://www.umass.edu/disability/

Americans with Disabilities Act: Questions and Answers:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/americans.html

Campus Wide Training Opportunities: Human Resources, Workplace Learning and Development:
http://www.umass.edu/wld/

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (for non-university complaints):
http://www.mass.gov/mcad/

UMass Civil Rights Policies:

Civil Rights Fact Sheet: College of Natural Resources and the Environment, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and UMass Extension:
http://www.umass.edu/nre/experimentstation/expst-civilrights.html

UMass Non-Discrimination Policy:
http://www.umass.edu/ug_programguide/nondiscrim.html

UMass Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/sexual.pdf

UMass Grievance Procedure:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/grievance.html

UMass Faculty and Staff Search Procedures:
http://www.umass.edu/eod/search.html

To file a USDA program discrimination complaint  letter, go to:
http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_program.html