The Public Administration and Legal Studies Program hosted the Harassment Prevention Workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 in the SBPA building. The forum shed information on different harassment situations with a full house of 100-120 in attendance.
\nUOG President, Robert Underwood, Ph. D., and Annette Santos, Ph.D., opened the workshop with welcoming remarks. Underwood spoke about his passion for keeping students safe and making sure that the subject of harassment never goes unnoticed.
\nThe six keynote speakers included Ron McNinch, Ph.D., Attorney Ron Aguon, Carlos Pangelinan, Ansito Walters, Ph.D., John Rivera Ph.D. and FBI agent Joe McDoughlett.
\n\u201cThere are no wrong doors,\u201d McNinch told audience members when it came to talking to a faculty member about harassment, he expanded that it is the nature of harassment that matters.
\nAudience members got the privilege to hear Ansito Walters speak about Micronesian culture. He targeted his lecture to the men in the crowd.
\n\u201cYou are responsible and respect the girls because we are in Micronesia,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are Micronesian.\u201d
\nHe emphasized that it is part of Micronesian culture to respect women because without women, we are not anything. Women are the queens and have the final say.
\nJohn Rivera presented on three specific points about Guam\u2019s Inafa\u2019maolek culture. His first point is to admit that you\u2019re wrong and move on. The second is \u2018Inafa\u2019 which means \u2018to make\u2019 and \u2018maolek\u2019 which is \u2018good\u2019. There was once something that was right and now is wrong. Inafa\u2019maolek is \u2018the harmony to make what is right.\u2019 His third point is that Inafa\u2019maolek speaks to us more as a community than an individual.
\nWe should strive to become better individuals because each individual makes up our island\u2019s community. UOG student, Connor Linn said, \u201cRivera discussed the islands culture and related it to respect. He was very influential and made me proud to be Guamanian.\u201d
\nFBI agent Bill Corbett reminded us that cyber harassment occurs and individuals have three lives consisting of a public, private, and a secret life. He discussed that it is ultimately up to the jury to decide the punishment for harassment.
\nUOG senior, Lauren Montinola said, \u201cSomething that I have learned in my human resource classes as well as a point that McNinch brought up in his presentation was that harassment is mostly dependent on the perception of the victim. Their perception is their reality, regardless of the \u201cattacker\u2019s\u201d intention.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She was fascinated by the perspective of the FBI representative and now thinks twice about what she shares on social media and who she talks to. She thought the workshop was successful and reminded her that it is necessary to be aware of your surroundings no matter the time and place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Public Administration and Legal Studies Program hosted the Harassment Prevention Workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 in the SBPA building. The forum shed information on different harassment situations with a full house of 100-120 in attendance. UOG President, Robert Underwood, Ph. D., and Annette Santos, Ph.D., opened the workshop with welcoming remarks. Underwood spoke … <\/p>\n

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