Culture of Respect
A key priority of the Office of Respect is to work with key stakeholders to eradicate sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, and intimate partner violence to create a safer, healthier campus where all students can learn, grow, and thrive. This occurs through education, bystander intervention training, crisis intervention, advocacy, policy development, and supportive peer networks.
To accomplish this, the Office of Respect, in partnership with the Department of Title IX, co-leads a community wide collective impact initiative called Culture of Respect. Beginning in 2024, Emory University officially became a national Collective Institution. Since then, over 90 Emory staff, faculty, students, alumni, parents, and community partners have engaged in a formal process to identify strengths and opportunities for Emory University along a six-pillar framework of: survivor support, clear policies and processes on adjudications and sanctions, multi-tiered education, public disclosure, community wide mobilization, and ongoing assessment. This diverse collective helped to develop an institutional implementation plan, from which multi-disciplinary committees have been working to address institutional needs in meaningful ways.
Learn more about the National Culture of Respect initiative below.
If you are interested in getting involved, please know you do not need to have any form of expertise! Our policies and resources are only as strong as they are known and understandable. We need all lenses. Email respect@emory.edu for inquiries.