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My Official Complaint With Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities (CHRO)
Synopsis
On December 20, 2025, I filed a complaint with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CT CHRO) against Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) and Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) were included in the complaint as they are CSCU institutions.
I filed the complaint after multiple attempts to resolve my Title IX Complaint at ECSU between July 2025 and December 2025. CT CHRO requires that complaints alleging discriminatory acts are filed within 300 days of said act, pursuant to C.G.S. (Connecticut General Statutes) §46a-82(f)(1). Since the first discriminatory act took place in summer 2025, I could have waited longer to file with CT CHRO. However, I believe that filing on December 20, 2025 was the right decision.
I wanted to show CSCU that I was serious with my allegations. I thought that my emails to CSCU Legal Counsel where I copied Cheryl Sharp, Deputy Executive Director of CT CHRO, made it clear that I was serious. Between December 15, 2025 and December 17, 2025, I sent three settlement proposals to CSCU – all of them were ignored. Note: Cheryl Sharp was copied on every single one of these emails. Even still, CSCU doubled down on the “starve him out” playbook tactic – this link gives some insight into how starvation being used as a weapon dates back to the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage.
December 20, 2025: CT CHRO Complaint Filed
Below is the complaint I filed with CT CHRO via email on December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM. Pages 13-24 show the Statement of Facts, or set of allegations, I made against officials at CSCU, ECSU, and CCSU. Personally, I am flabbergasted that Attorney Karen Buffkin, CSCU’s General Counsel, and Attorney Christopher Engler, CSCU’s Labor Counsel, allowed themselves to be Respondents in my complaint. Their Respondent status is due to their deliberate indifference, or disregard for victims’ welfare, as evident by their retaliatory actions. As I allege in the complaint, they, among other officials at the aforementioned institutions, directly violated 34 C.F.R. §106.71 by ignoring my Supportive Measure request for housing while my Title IX Complaint is being investigated.
December 20, 2025: Emails I Sent to CSCU Legal Counsel & CT CHRO
As I mentioned before, I emailed CT CHRO and CSCU Legal Counsel with my complaint at 1:34 AM. I sent this email as the second of a set of two emails. My first email actually included 16 attached emails I sent to CSCU/ECSU/CCSU administrators, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and Connecticut news stations.
The emails appear below. In my first email, I reminded Attys. Buffkin and Engler that C.G.S. §46a-83b will cause CT CHRO to attempt to have us settle amongst ourselves first before engaging in a Case Assessment Review (CAR). By now, I think you can see the absurdist nature of CSCU. What would make them not want to settle before my case reaches the Public Hearing stage?
Below is the second email I sent to CSCU and CT CHRO with my complaint filing. The unemployment paperwork I refer to appears here.
December 22, 2025: My Final Act of Grace Toward CSCU
On December 22, 2025, I sent the following settlement proposal to CSCU Legal Counsel, and again, I copied Cheryl Sharp on this email communication. I even offered CSCU an “exit ramp” where I would remove all posts that indicted them on social media, which could be viewed as a “make whole” remedy (see 19. What is a “make whole relief offer?”). CT CHRO requires that Respondents make Complainants whole, not the other way around. The fact that CSCU remained silent after I sent this offer that was too good to pass up is pure self-sabotage.
January 2026: Where We Currently Stand
As of January 12, 2026, all of my communications to CSCU Legal Counsel have been ignored and I am still homeless. I am having trouble finding work at fast food restaurants, likely due to my overqualification for those jobs. I am still awaiting acknowledgement by CT CHRO that my complaint was received.
Even with the adversity I face, I remain hopeful in accordance with my #2026Fortitude, a hashtag I have coined to represent the journey of showing strength throughout adversity in our life journeys.
My Call to Action to CSCU & CT CHRO: Make Whole Relief – The Bare Minimum
My true hope is that I am reinstated to Eastern Connecticut State University (via Settlement Appointment under a SUOAF-ASCME Collective Bargaining Agreement, or CBA for short) as the Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) for Burnap, Crandall, and Niejadlik Halls. While I was the Graduate Intern/Hall Director for Burnap Hall during my short tenure with Eastern, reinstating me to the RLC role will meet CT CHRO’s “make whole” requirement, particularly due to my loss of not just money, but my reduced quality of life. I literally am struggling to eat since I have no money and no employer will hire me, likely due to overqualification (e.g., McDonald’s) or whistleblower status (e.g., Husson University, who I suspect rejected me for their Area Coordinator position for this reason). Additionally, my suicide attempt has long-term, irreparably harmful effects, such as kidney injury, that make my reinstatement a bare minimum requirement to effectuate justice restoration not just for me, but for the students at ECSU.
Granted, this is just one piece of the make whole relief proverbial puzzle. The remaining puzzle pieces are found in my very final offer to CSCU, as seen above.