Safe Sanctuary Policy

It is our policy that employees, attendees, and others involved in any way with Common Ground Interfaith Spiritual Center, Inc. are entitled to a safe environment. A safe environment is an environment that is free of harassing conduct and inappropriate behavior of all kinds. A safe environment is an environment that is trustworthy and free from solicitation. We are committed to providing an environment in which the confidence and wellbeing of every individual is fostered.

How to Report a Violation

Do not assume that Common Ground is aware of the problem. It is your responsibility to bring your complaints and concerns to our attention so that we can help resolve them. Immediately report suspected violations of this policy to Reverend Danell Wheeler.

Investigation and Response

If you report a complaint of harassment, inappropriate behavior or solicitation your concerns will be investigated. Where there has been a violation of policy, appropriate action will be taken to try to avoid future violations. All parties will be informed about the status of reviewing their complaints. To respect the privacy and confidentiality of all people involved, we might not share specific details of the action taken.

Spiritual Community Responsibility

Everyone in the spiritual community is responsible for ensuring that Common Ground provides an environment free of harassment, inappropriate behavior and solicitation and that complaints are handled promptly and effectively.

Application

This applies to all employees, attendees and to anyone else involved in any way with Common Ground. This includes customers, vendors, suppliers and contractors. It also applies to all locations and situations where Common Ground's ministry is conducted and to all Common Ground-sponsored social events.

Privacy Practices Notice 2011

In the course of our relationship with you we may collect information about you that you have voluntarily provided. We treat this information as confidential and recognize the importance of protecting it. We value your confidence in us. Except where you are expressly informed otherwise, Common Ground Interfaith Spiritual Center, Inc. does not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information unless required by law.  Participation in any Common Ground mailing list is strictly voluntary and can be cancelled at any time.

We collect and maintain information about you to provide you with email and postal mail.

We collect certain information about you, such as name, address, telephone numbers and email addresses, from the following sources:

Information we receive from you on various forms, such as sign-up sheets, information cards and prayer requests

Information we receive from you on various forms of contributions, such as checks and credit cards

Information we receive from you on various forms of correspondence

How we protect your information

At Common Ground people are our most valued assets. Protecting your privacy is important to us.  We restrict access to personal information about you to those individuals, such as our employees and agents, who provide you our services. We require those individuals to whom we permit access to your information to protect it and keep it confidential. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable regulatory standards to guard your nonpublic personal information. We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you except as described in this notice.

Information we disclose

We may disclose the nonpublic personal information we collect about you, as described above, to companies that perform mailing services on our behalf, as permitted by law.

Modifications to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy in the future. Before we do that, we will provide you with a revised privacy notice.