Name: Sam Mehl

Social Justice Group: Street and Workplace Harassment

Date of Fieldwork: February 2, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Kevin Samuelson and Laurie Forbes

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?

On Wednesday, February 2nd, our group met with Allie’s father, Kevin Samuelson. As the CEO of Infor, he is aware of any sexual assault that happens in his company. He is very committed to making Infor a safe and productive environment.

Mr. Samuelson mentioned that sexual assault is all about power, an older and more senior member of the company abusing a younger, more inexperienced one. He also mentioned that this dynamic is only increased when it comes to an older man abusing a younger woman. Although we cannot mention the details of the stories he shared, there have been several cases that he told us about. It seems to happen with one harasser multiple times and then it is (hopefully) found.

Hearing Mr. Samuelson’s perspective was interesting and informative. It is so upsetting to hear about how common these situations are and how difficult it is to stop them fully.

This interview was very helpful and gave us a lot of information on sexual harassment in the workplace.