ACM SIGGRAPH CARES

All SIG events and communications abide by ACM’s policy against discrimination and harassment. If a violation of this policy occurs, ACM urges reporting the incident to the event chair or the ACM President, CEO, or COO. We recognize that reporting to an upper level ACM administrator can be intimidating, especially in the face of an already unpleasant experience. We have therefore established SIGGRAPH CARES, a committee to aid reporting on discrimination and harassment policy violations. The role of SIGGRAPH CARES is to serve as a resource comprising well-known and respected people in the graphics community who are approachable and willing to listen to and help people who experience or observe discrimination and harassment at our events; the committee members can be a sounding board for these people and can provide advice on the steps necessary to have the matter further investigated by ACM. It is important to understand that for the matter to be reported, the person experiencing or observing the incident must still themselves send the complaint to ACM where it will be handled according to ACM’s policy. The CARES committee cannot serve as an intermediary in that official process and it cannot be involved in any aspect of the handling of the complaint by ACM.