For the 2023 elections, the below amendment to the current NAMI Bylaws has been submitted by  NAMI Hawaii.

NOTE: Additions to the Bylaws are designated in red text. Text that is to be deleted or replaced is designated by a strike-through.


Proposed Bylaws Amendment: Including Caste Origin as a Protected Class in Non-Discrimination Clauses.  


RATIONALE: “Caste is a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion … and caste discrimination is based on birth and descent and occurs in the form of social segregation, physical and psychological abuse, and violence" – from Seattle City Ordinance Preamble, adopted March 2023.
Employers (and organizations) should review their anti-discrimination and harassment policies and training to determine if they need to update them to include caste. In addition, employers should be mindful of how discrimination based on caste may impact the workplace.
 
ARTICLE I, Section 2(1)(c)
 
(c) Non-discrimination: NAMI shall not discriminate against any person or group of persons on the basis of race, ethnicity, culture, language, national origin, caste origin, geographic origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, education, religion, faith, socio-economic status or lived experience.
 
ARTICLE I, Section 2(3)(viii)

(c) Non-Discrimination – The Bylaws of each Organization shall provide that neither it nor any member Affiliate shall discriminate against any person or group of persons on the basis of race, ethnicity, culture, language, national origin, caste origin, geographic origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, education, religion, faith, socio-economic status or lived experience.
 

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