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AHEA previews its report

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* This letter was sent Tuesday by the Anti-Harassment, Equality & Access Panel (Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Sen. Melinda Bush and Rep. Carol Ammons - all Democrats) to the chairmen and executive directors of both major political parties and the two county chair associations

As you and your party’s leadership gather this week at the Illinois State Fair, we wanted to take this opportunity to update you on the work we are doing as part of the Anti-Sexual Harassment, Equality and Access Panel (AHEA). AHEA is a nonpartisan organization whose focus is to help develop guidelines that political organizations and campaigns can adopt to create safe and supportive environments for women, free from sexual harassment, while pursuing intentional efforts to promote more women into leadership positions and recruit more women to run for office.

The three of us spent the month of July traveling to cities across the state meeting with women who work in the space of campaigns and politics to learn from their experiences and gather their ideas around how we can change culture and behavior in the workplace moving forward. This work took us to Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Rockford, Springfield, Edwardsville and Carbondale.

And no matter what town they called home, they all share a set of hopes for a better future for women here in Illinois.

Here are some takeaways from this process that we will address in the AHEA report:

Within the next few weeks, we will provide all of you, as leaders within your respective parties, along with all registered political campaigns and other affiliated political organizations, with a full report detailing our recommendations and best practices around changing the pervasive culture of sexual harassment throughout Illinois politics. We look forward to following up with you after you’re in receipt of our report and, even more so, working with you to make Illinois politics a place where everyone, regardless of their gender, race or economic status can feel welcomed and can thrive.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 9:31 am

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  1. Good to see this is coming together. Looking forward to seeing the full report and recommendations.

    Comment by Shytown Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 9:53 am

  2. We need to hear more but the statewide tour shows good progress.

    Comment by Sonny Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 10:11 am

  3. The very effort of getting out there and digging nullifies the notion of “It’s just more talk”. The more focused, thorough and professional the report, the more credible. Credibility essential.

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 10:22 am

  4. Sounds like this effort is moving in a thoughtful and
    good direction.
    This is not a really easy thing to work on in an election season, but it really is important to address the problems we know exist and no better time than right now to get things moving.

    Comment by Back to the Future Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 10:43 am

  5. Bystander training, bystander training, bystander training

    Comment by Who else Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 11:24 am

  6. Congrats to the Panel on putting together a plan for Anti-Harassment, Equality & Access Panel (Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Sen. Melinda Bush and Rep. Carol Ammons). The Democrats are working hard to make sure women are safe.

    Comment by Mama Thursday, Aug 16, 18 @ 5:17 pm

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