What kind of person…I must ask!… What kind of woman, placed in a management position in a non-profit organization, hears of a male associate in the organization committing a crime against a young woman, a member of the public, screaming at her as she runs away seeking help, threatening her with further abuse if she should return to the public place where the organization is meeting…and minimizes it, allows the man to continue with the organization as if normal, calls his behavior “inappropriate,” and tells a witness to the crime that his testimony, told with genuine fear and loathing, is the aggressive act?
This really happened, just last weekend. I am wondering if I can continue to be a member of this non-profit; or has this organization, in order to avoid addressing a serious situation, become at least complicit in this crime, if not a bona fide accomplice?
I do not like the way that the world around me is changing. When threats like this are ignored, because…of reasons that are beyond my understanding. Do I quit the organization, or do I struggle to change it back to the wonderful organization I once joined with pride?
