JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

San Francisc's Hyatt Embarcadero, venue of the Asian American Journalists Association annual convention
San Francisco’s  Hyatt Embarcadero, venue of the Asian American Journalists Association annual convention

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – It looks like a clear case of sexual harassment, and it happened in a most unlikely venue — the annual national convention of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).

The convention is happening at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Embarcadero in San Francisco.

A female convention attendee went on the organization’s Facebook page to complain about a male attendee who allegedly sexually harassed her at the convention hotel. According to the post, the male attendee told her that he had a big c*ck and followed her all the way to her hotel room door, despite her protestation.

Reacting to the post, AAJA national president Paul Cheung responded by saying that AAJA’s leadership is “working with both parties to gain a better understanding of the incident.”

In reality, the leadership is trying to gain a better understand of sexual harassment.

The AAJA board is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Sunday, and has invited an expert from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to conduct an in-service training for the board members so that they can better deal with the alleged incident.

“This has never happened before,” a board member said, “so we ask our membership to be patient and understanding while we determine what steps we need to take.”

 

 

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