A067 (Authorize and Support Interim Use and Local Adaptation of Model Anti-Harassment Policy in Light of Best Practices Guide)
House of Deputies Message #47
The House of Deputies informs the House of Bishops that on Jul 8, 2022 it considered resolution A067 (Authorize and Support Interim Use and Local Adaptation of Model Anti-Harassment Policy in Light of Best Practices Guide). The house acted to:
Adopt with Amendment
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
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That the 80th General Convention direct the Executive Council to provide for the support and encouragement of the interim use and adaptation of the Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) by dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) be hosted on the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society [DFMS] Safe Church website. The website shall be adapted and monitored so that it becomes a site for on-going creation and curation of feedback from experimental use and local adaptation of the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment throughout TEC during the next triennium; and be it further
Resolved, That dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions report their feedback and recommendations for further development on the basis of their practice to the DFMS hosted Safe Church website.
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That the 80th General Convention direct the Executive Council to provide for the support and encouragement of the interim use and adaptation of the Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) by dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment (https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/30555) be hosted on the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society [DFMS] Safe Church website. The website shall be adapted and monitored so that it becomes a site for on-going creation and curation of feedback from experimental use and local adaptation of the Best Practices Guide and Model Policy to Prevent Harassment throughout TEC during the next triennium; and be it further
Resolved, That dioceses, congregations, and affiliated institutions report their feedback and recommendations for further development on the basis of their practice to the DFMS hosted Safe Church website.