Take Back Harvard

2021

HUCTW Alleges University Violating Contract by Denying Access to Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedure

The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has accused Harvard University of…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Legal, Student Publications

2017

The Harvard Community is Responsible for Sexual Assault

Considering how a significant number of Harvard students, particularly women, face sexual harassment…

Tags: Advocacy, Personal Account, Statistics, Student Publications

2014

Graduate Students Form Coalition Against Sexual Assault

The coalition Harvard Students Demand Respect was formed to address sexual assault at Harvard's…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2012

Protesters Hold Second Rally for Pilar

Approximately 30 people protested in support of Johany Pilar, a mailroom worker who reported being…

Tags: Advocacy, Protests and Demonstrations, Student Publications

1983

Sexual Harassment Discussed; Speakers Blast Harvard Policy

At a Radcliffe Union of Students sponsored discussion, Assistant Professor of Government Ethel…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2022

Harvard professors' initial letter of support for John Comaroff sends a disturbing message

Numerous Harvard professors initially signed a letter of support for John Comaroff, a professor…

Tags: Advocacy, Legal, National Media

2023

University Hall Occupied Sign

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Sign in University Hall titled "Under Occupation" created by student protesters calling for the…

Tags: Advocacy, Protests and Demonstrations

1984

Council Discusses Sexism, Lottery, History Courses

In its spring semester meeting, the Undergraduate Council at Harvard passed several resolutions and…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

1998

ACADEMIA A BASTION OF SEXISM?

Despite formal gender bias being less prevalent in academia, female faculty members and graduate…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2019

A Third of Female Harvard Gov Students Report Limitations Due to Gender

A climate survey conducted within Harvard's Government Department revealed that roughly a third of…

Tags: Advocacy, Statistics, Student Publications

2003

Janitor Rehired After Labor Dispute

Marlene Soprani, a former Harvard janitor who filed a gender discrimination complaint against…

Tags: Advocacy, Legal, Protests and Demonstrations, Student Publications

1970

Woman GSAS Students To Fight for Equal Jobs

Fourteen female graduate students at Harvard have established the Graduate Women's Organization to…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2005

Women Faculty Address Challenges

A panel of five prominent women professors, including Evelynn M. Hammonds, chair of the Task Force…

Tags: Advocacy, Statistics, Student Publications

1990

A Tragic Mistake

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) ruled that the Fly Club's exclusion of…

Tags: Advocacy, Final Clubs, Legal, Student Publications

1988

SWAT Protests Outside Fly Club Punching Party

Around 30 protesters from the student group Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT) picketed outside…

Tags: Advocacy, Final Clubs, Protests and Demonstrations, Student Publications

2023

John Harvard Statue Covered in Posters

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During the occupation of University Hall, students postered the John Harvard statue with papers…

Tags: Advocacy, Protests and Demonstrations

2023

Austin Siebold Passing out Protest Posters

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Austin Siebold ’23, a co-organizer of the occupation of University Hall, gives handouts to…

Tags: Advocacy, Protests and Demonstrations

2022

Lawsuit Alleges Harvard Mishandled Harassment Complaints

Hundreds of Harvard students and faculty members held a demonstration supporting three graduate…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, National Media, Protests and Demonstrations

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