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The Office of Advocacy and Support
If you are seeking OAS services, including direct advocacy services or requesting training and violence prevention technical assistance, please email [email protected].
Our Mission
Advocates provide
- Trauma-informed and healing-centered confidential support to individuals impacted by sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking
- A wide range of individualized, practical services, including safety planning; relocation and securing safe housing
- Support in managing the physical, medical, psychological, financial, and relational impacts of violence
The information, resources, and support survivors need to make informed decisions, assert their rights, and protect their interests when navigating medical, legal, university, and other administrative systems.
*This is not a comprehensive list of all of the services that advocates provide at OAS. To learn more, check out our flyer below.
Advocacy is
- Trauma-informed: meaning we are experts on the impact of trauma on student functioning.
- Survivor-centered: our goal is to reduce the burden on survivors as they navigate their recovery. We recognize that the survivor is the expert in their experience.
Empowerment-based: We do not believe in telling anyone what to do; rather, we provide information to help survivors make fully-informed decisions.
To learn more about the many services advocates can provide, check our brochure below.
Advocacy isn't
- A substitute for counseling: Advocacy might feel therapeutic, but it is not therapy.
- Medical Advice: While we encourage survivors to access medical care, we do not provide medical advice.
- Legal advice: We cannot provide legal advice however we work closely with local organizations that provide free legal services for survivors.