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Former HRIC vice chair tells Danvers committee a harassment investigation found systemic issues but recommended training went unimplemented
Summary
Shilpa Jacoby, a former HRIC co-vice chair, told the committee she filed a harassment report in March and that an investigator’s July report did not find legal harassment but a mediator recommended cultural-competence training that has not occurred; committee members expressed concern and pledged follow-up.
Shilpa Jacoby, a Danvers resident and former co-vice chair of the Human Rights and Inclusion Committee, told the committee that she filed a harassment report in March and that the town engaged a legal investigator in May. She said the completed investigative report was received in July but that she has seen no evidence of promised staff training, which a mediator had identified as needed to address systemic issues.
Jacoby read excerpts she said were from…
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