STUDENT SAFETY REPORT

Improv Cincinnati should be a safe space for everyone. It’s our highest value to foster a fun, inclusive, and friendly community with meaningful and supportive relationships. If you have been a victim of (or have been a witness of) sexual harassment, abuse, discrimination, or any unsafe situation at Improv Cincinnati, an IC event, or with a member of the IC community, please let us know as soon as possible by completing the below form.

The Process

A submitted report will go directly to Kelly Gruber, IC’s Safe Space Committee Liaison. Kelly will review the report and assign a case manager to investigate. That person will review the case, hold necessary conversations, and make recommendations about how to proceed. Our goal is to have a resolution as quickly as possible.

Important Things to Know

The contents of the report will be limited to the Safe Space Committee Liaison (Kelly Gruber), the case manager, and, ultimately, Jon and Colin. If your complaint is against Kelly, please contact Jon/Colin directly at info@improvcincinnati.com.

We will always strive to protect your privacy, and will never share names/details with anyone unless we feel it is truly necessary. Improv Cincinnati has a clear and strict anti-retaliation policy. You will never be punished or penalized for submitting a report. If you ever feel that is not the case, please contact Jon, Colin, or Kelly.

If you provide your contact information, the case manager will keep you updated of actions taken. If you submit anonymously, the committee will provide updates via an IC webpage with an address you create (only you will know it). You will choose the address when you complete the below report. We prefer transparency; it’s very hard to investigate an anonymous report.

You can indicate on the report who you feel comfortable managing your case: Jon/Colin, a member of the Safe Space Committee, an external HR company, or someone with a specific identity attribute (LGBTQ+, female, person of color, etc). The Safe Space Committee includes: Kelly Gruber (Safe Space Committee Liaison), Kelly Morton and Daniel Zimmer.

Remember, if you’ve encountered bad behavior from someone, it’s very likely others have as well. Please let us know so we can keep the Improv Cincinnati community as safe and fun as possible!

Name

While you can submit this report anonymously, we strongly encourage you to include your name and contact info. This allows us to follow up with any additional questions, and will be more helpful for addressing the problem than an anonymous report. If you absolutely do not feel comfortable identifying yourself, please email us with an anonymous email address so we can have a back-and-forth conversation electronically.

First Name

Last Name

Optional, but please see the subtext under "Name" above.

Date of Incident

If ongoing or multiple incidents, please describe in Additional Relevant Information section.

YYYY

Location Where Incident Took Place

If ongoing or multiple incidents, please describe below. If through the internet, please enter "online".

Name or description of all individuals involved

Without this information it may be difficult to take the most appropriate action needed.

Please describe the activity you wish to report.

How did it affect you?

What steps, if any, have you taken in response to this incident?

How would you like to see the issue resolved?

It's helpful for us to know this, but the burden is not on you to have an answer to this question.

Is there any documentation (emails/texts/etc) or other form of evidence that may be helpful to have regarding the incident(s)?

Can you name any witnesses to this behavior?

To your knowledge, has this person acted like this with anyone else, or in other situations?

Additional relevant information

If you wish to report anonymously, choose a unique web address to create your Report Update Page (letters and numbers only, no spaces)

This will be the page you'll access to check for status updates on your report. It will be known only to you and the person(s) investigating the incident. For instance, if you write "BlueTree344" the committee will create the webpage: improvcincinnati.com/bluetree344. (Make it unique so it doesn't conflict with an existing IC page.) This page will be hidden from search engines.

Your affiliation with Improv Cincinnati

Student

Performer

Coach

Instructor

Audience

Other

Prefer Not to Say

Who would you like to investigate this incident?

We know it can be very difficult to let us know about uncomfortable experiences - thank you so much for helping to keep IC a safe space!