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...member of the board of directors of a Harvard-affiliated honor society has charged the group with racial discrimination in a complaint filed last month with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), agency officials said this week...
...complaint, Fox Tree is "accusing Frank Gifune, who is chairman of the Austin School in Reading, along with the Phi Delta Kappa graduate school of Harvard University" with discrimination in their decision to reelect current President Roseann Stephens, said MCAD official Francisco Villalobos. It is unusual for a president to serve two terms, several members said...
Under a program called the Early Resolution Process, a fact-finding conference is scheduled by MCAD within a week after the filing. MCAD documents say the agency often uses this technique in cases "where the act complained of may be unfair rather than illegal...
Once probable cause has been established, a case goes through a layer of legal review, after which MCAD seeks conciliation to "secure your rights and to eliminate any unlawful discrimination." And if things still do not work out, the agency holds a public hearing on the case, at which both parties are represented by lawyers...
This decision can be appealed to the full commission. If the complainant is still not satisfied, he or she can file a civil suit. And the respondent--the group or person against whom the complaint has been filed--can appeal to the courts if it finds MCAD's decision unfair. But legal experts say that the courts rarely overturn a decision...