Anti-Oppression

If you want to report an oppressive incident that occurred in your capacity as a RESULTS volunteer, staff person, or as a participant in a RESULTS event, please complete the form at the link below.

The Anti-Oppression Incident Reporting form is used to report and document a RESULTS-related incident of oppression, to ask for help, or just to inform us of a RESULTS-related incident. This form is important for learning of oppressive situations, supporting our grassroots in addressing them, and ultimately ensuring that they are handled effectively. There is no limit on when the form can be submitted, and you may report the incident anonymously.

What can I expect to happen once I submit this form?

1. You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of the report via email within 48 hours of the report being filed.
2. Your report is received and reviewed by a small team of RESULTS grassroots staff members which comprise the Anti-Oppression (AO) team.
3. An AO staff member may reach out to you, if requested, to schedule a meeting with you to inquire about the incident and determine the next action steps to be acted upon to remedy the situation.

Some of the issues that may come up, such as microaggressions are defined in the key terms that you will find defined and listed below.

• Equity – a condition or state of fair, inclusive, and respectful treatment of people. It does not mean treating people the same without regard to individual differences, but instead, people get what they need based on their particular situation.
• Fear of open conflict – The fear of conflict is common, especially among those with social anxiety. You might worry about saying something that others will disagree with or have general fears about doing things that will annoy or bother other people.

• Intersectionality – an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person’s social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these aspects are gender, caste, sex, race, class, sexuality, religion, disability, physical appearance, and height.
  
• Microaggressions – A statement, action, or incident of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as racial or ethnic minority, by gender, or sexual orientation.
  
• Oppression – Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment or exercise of power, often under the guise of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium. Oppression may be overt or covert, depending on how it is practiced. Oppression refers to discrimination when the injustice does not target and may not directly afflict everyone in society but instead targets specific groups of people. Can exist in several categories – social oppression, economic oppression, institutional oppression – however commonality in that oppression occurs when imposes their will onto another.

Anti-Oppression Incident Reporting Form