Supporting Students Every Step of their Healing Journey
Confidential Survivor Advocacy is rooted in the belief that healing is not one-dimensional and does not happen in isolation. It is emotional, physical, relational, and communal, encompassing practices that help students process feelings, reconnect with their bodies, build supportive relationships, and engage with the wider campus community.
This Day of Giving campaign centers on expanding access to healing-centered programs and strengthening the resources that make those experiences possible. Survivor Advocacy Services is currently sustained by one advocate and two healing programs, which limits how expansively and proactively we can respond to student needs. Gifts will expand the Counseling Psychology graduate assistant program for survivor advocacy, enabling the integration of evidence-based, holistic practices such as psychoeducation and mindfulness-based interventions. This expansion allows for both passive programming and intentional education and awareness initiatives throughout the academic year, ensuring students receive trauma-informed support that is grounded in research and responsive to diverse healing needs.
Additional gifts would significantly expand advocacy reach, allowing for more timely response to disclosures, increased one-on-one support, stronger collaboration with campus partners, and more consistent presence in classrooms, residence spaces, and graduate-level programs. With increased capacity, advocacy can extend beyond crisis response to include more systems navigation support, sustained follow-up care, and response education for faculty to ensure that they are equipped to respond to disclosures with clarity, compassion, and trauma-informed care.
"[Healing Community Night] was definitely helpful to process my own past history and think about what changes I would like to make in the future to the way I address events in my life."
- Undergraduate student
