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Director of Title IX and Equity Compliance

For emergencies or after-hours assistance, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, call Public Safety at 617-333-2222.

Taking care of yourself is of primary importance when you have been the recipient of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, bias, discrimination and retaliation. Get medical attention, if necessary, support from friends, family, and campus departments or local agencies.

Below are some steps you can take if you have been the victim/survivor or witness of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, bias, discrimination and retaliation. You can receive emergency medical care at a local hospital. The sooner you get to the hospital after an assault, the more options you may have.

Sexual Misconduct Incidents

If you decide to go to the emergency room, try to go to one that is part of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program (listed below). This program has specially trained nurses who can examine you and can collect evidence. The hospital can call the confidential Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), and a trained medical advocate can meet you at the hospital. You may be faced with confusing medical and legal decisions, and the medical advocate can help you through the process.

Evidence collection is an option you can choose at a SANE hospital by completing a Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit (SAECK). You do not need to report to the police to have evidence collected, but if you do have evidence collected, you may have more options in the future. Toxicology testing is available within the first 96 hours after an assault if there are signs that drugs or alcohol may have been used in the assault. You can have a toxicology kit done as part of the sexual assault evidence collection kit if you think that you may have been drugged. See Curry’s Amnesty Policy.

If you will have evidence collected, you may not want to bathe, shower, or brush your teeth prior to going to the hospital as this can help preserve evidence. If you already have, it is still possible to collect evidence.

You will have the option to give the clothing you were wearing during or immediately after the assault as evidence. You will not get this clothing back. Bring the clothing in a clean paper bag to the hospital or wear the clothing and bring a change of clothes with you.

Preventative treatments for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections may be available. These treatments are most effective the sooner they are taken after an assault.

The Patch Act protects the personal information of patients seeking hospital care. If you have concerns about the hospital exam or treatment being billed to your insurance, or your parents’ insurance, you can tell the hospital staff and they will code your visit in a way that does not communicate why you were treated to your parents if you are covered by their medical insurance.

You can report the incident to Public Safety at (617) 333-2222 or Milton Police at 911. Curry’s Public Safety Department will document the incident and contact the Director of Title IX and Equity Compliance who will contact you within one business day. You may also contact Ann Coyne, Director of Title IX and Equity Compliance, directly at (617) 333-2212 or ann.coyne@curry.edu.

If you file a report with Milton Police,

  • Get the responding officer’s name and badge number.
  • Make sure the officer files a police report and assigns a case number.
  • If a police report is not taken at the time of your report, go to the police station and ask for one.
  • Always get your own copy, even of the preliminary report.
  • If you believe the incident was bias-motivated, urge the police officer to check the “hate/bias motivation” or “hate crime/incident” box on the police report.

Bias and Discrimination Incidents

You can report the incident to Public Safety at (617) 333-2222 or Milton Police at 911. Curry’s Public Safety Department will document the incident and contact the Director of Title IX and Equity Compliance who will contact you within one business day. You may also contact Ann Coyne, Director of Title IX and Equity Compliance, directly at (617) 333-2212 or ann.coyne@curry.edu.

  • Write down or take a photograph of any and all of the details of the bias discrimination or discrimination as possible after the incident.
  • Include the perpetrators’ gender, age, height, race, weight, clothes, and other distinguishing characteristics. If any threats or biased comments were made during the bias or discrimination incident (such as anti-LGBTQIA+, racial or religious epithets, etc.), include them in the report. If you believe the incident was bias-motivated, urge the police officer to check the “hate/biasmotivation” or “hate crime/incident” box on the police report. Do not remove any graffiti, etc. Call Curry College Public Safety immediately at (617) (617) 333-2222 to respond and remove the graffiti.

Find support. Contact friends and family. On-campus resources include the CARES Team, Counseling Center*, Health and Wellness*, Spiritual Life, and the Title IX Office.

*Confidential employees