UwU Con does not tolerate harassment or discrimination. If you feel that you are being harassed, or see someone else being harassed, please locate a member of our crew, security personnel, or local police department officer right away. If you see something, say something!
Inappropriate costumes or actions may result in a request from our staff to change aspects of your costume. Failure to do so may result in revocation of your credentials and removal from the event.
Shoes are required to be worn while in the convention space. You may remove your shoes for photos if desired, but they must be replaced directly after the photo is taken.
Roller skates/blades or other wheeled items such as skateboards and hoverboards may not be worn/used in the convention space.
Depictions of hate symbols are not allowed and you will be asked to remove them.
UwU Con has a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for harassment and discrimination of any kind, including but not limited to:
- Inappropriate physical contact
- Physical assault and/or battery
- Sexually offensive actions or comments
- Stalking
- Intimidation
- Non-consensual photography or recording
- Constant disruption of panels, photo opportunities, and other events
- Racial & ethnic backgrounds
- Age
- Sex & gender identity
- Religion
- Sexual preferences & orientation
- Physical appearance
Anti-Harassment Policy
UwU Con seeks to provide a welcoming, fun, and safe convention and community. We do not tolerate harassment in any form. Discriminatory language and imagery (including sexual) is not appropriate for any venue, including any game sessions and any community resources such as the UwU Con social media pages. UwU Con’s staff have both the power and the duty to investigate all reported incidents of harassment and to remove confirmed harassers from UwU Con’s events both physical and virtual.
Harassment is understood as any behavior that threatens another person or group or produces an unsafe or un-inclusive environment. It includes offensive verbal comments or non-verbal expressions related to gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religious beliefs, sexual or discriminatory images in public spaces (including online), deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. The behavior above is not limited to explicit statements, but also meant to include comments made that could be deemed as in violation of the policy.
UwU Con’s Management is the ultimate adjudicator in any disputes arising from behavior at the event and on social media.
Conflict Resolution
Initial Incident – If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please first consider informing the offender that the speech or behavior is problematic and that you would like them to stop. Oftentimes, the offending behavior is unintentional, and the accidental offender and offended will resolve the incident by ceasing the behavior and/or apologizing. If you believe that bringing up the incident with the offender will have negative consequences for you or will only lead to further offenses, then please inform a staff member about the incident.
Escalation – If the offender insists that he/she did not offend, or if the offender continues the harassment after being asked to stop, then you will need a third party to step in. Find a UwU Con staff member and let them know about the incident. If you are on the UwU Con’s Facebook page, please email us at support@uwucon.com.
Investigation – The UwU Con staff are obligated to investigate thoroughly any reported incidents of harassment, seeking private accounts of the incident from all concerned parties.
Sanctions
UwU Con attendees asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If an attendee engages in harassing behavior, staff may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender, expelling the offender from the UwU Con event, or banning the offender from the UwU Con community.
Specific sanctions may include, but are not limited to:
- Warning the harasser to cease their behavior and that any further reports will result in other sanctions
- Requiring that the harasser avoid any interaction with, and physical proximity to, their victim for the remainder of the event
- Requiring that the harasser immediately leave the UwU Con event and not return
- Not allowing a person who violated the policy to attend future UwU Con events
- Ending immediately any event responsibilities and privileges the harasser holds and requiring that the harasser not attend future UwU Con events (either indefinitely or for a certain time period)
- Publishing an account of the harassment to other conventions.
We expect participants to follow these rules in all UwU Con’s events, and social events, and online communication channels. The UwU Con staff will help participants contact hotel/venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the event.
We value your participation in the UwU Con community, and your efforts to keep UwU Con a safe and friendly space for all participants!
Ethics & Conduct
Any of the following will be grounds for expulsion from the UwU Con event without refund:
- Violating any federal, state or local laws, facility rules or convention policies
- Failure to comply with the instructions of the UwU Con Event security personnel
- Using anything in a threatening or destructive manner against person or property
- Endangering the safety of oneself or others
- Threatening, stealing, cheating or harassing others
If at any time during our event you feel unsafe or feel you were subjected to harassing conduct, please locate a staff member and your concerns will be addressed immediately.