Sexual Violence Response

Columbia Health Sexual Violence Response's Senior Executive Director La'Shawn Rivera will join a panel of advocates and activists to address access to justice for survivors of sexual violence at a UN Women side event. Register here: https://teacherscollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrdOisqzgvG9GXbmZYERHSg8YlBJwaruPI #/registration

Come join us at the Barnard Resource Fair!

"Why Everyone Online is Having Such a Ball Trashing Amber Heard"

Why Everyone Online is Having Such a Ball Trashing Amber Heard - The Meteor The jubilant defense of Depp goes beyond the derangement of parasocial adoration.

Debunking Common Misconceptions about Sexual Assault with @ niceforwhatmvmt

#SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth We are debunking a few common #SVSH myths in this post. Swipe to learn!

Join SVR as we display the collective art installation that we have created as a community over the course of the entire month of April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). As part of this year’s theme of ‘Hope, Heal, Inspire,’ we invite you to take the time at any point during your day to stop by the installation to bear witness, honor, and reflect on the themes represented around survivorship, solidarity, compassion, defiance, and resilience as it connects to experiences and the overall issue of sexual violence.

As part of the installation, we will be joined by NYC-based spoken word legend, LA BRUJA, who will perform her original work and read community members’ notes and messages to survivors.

https://health.columbia.edu/events/hoping-healing-inspiring-collective-art-installation

About About Caridad De La Luz is a multi-faceted performer known as“La Bruja,” who was selected as a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2019-2021 and was a finalist for the highly competitive 2021 David Prize. She starred in the hit musicals DANCING IN MY COCKROACH KILLERS and I LIKE IT LIKE THAT. She is c...

SVR is collecting letters to survivors as part of the art installation on April 28th. Some letters will be shared as part of an audio recording that we will loop during the event and some will be read out loud during the performance portion of the event with La Bruja. We are inviting members of our community, students, staff, and faculty to write anonymous letters of support to survivors, whether itis a letter to yourself, to others, or both. Please use this space to share your letter with us. https://columbiahealth.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5h9Hq9BzegeYuQm

*TW: r**e,sexual assault* Join us in wearing Denim on April 27th! Learn about the background of Denim Day and why we wear Denim in April. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/world/ruling-on-tight-jeans-and-r**e-sets-off-anger-in-italy.html

Why Denim? — Denim Day Denim Day is a response to erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual harassment, abuse, assault and r**e. We ask community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion statement and wear jeans with a purpose.

Columbia Sexual Violence Response invites you to: Write a Letter to a Survivor, as part of the "Hoping, Healing, Inspiring - A Collective Art Installation"

SVR is collecting letters to survivors as part of the art installation on April 28th. Some letters will be shared as part of an audio recording that we will loop during the event and some will be read out loud during the performance portion of the event with La Bruja.We are inviting members of our community, students, staff, and faculty to write anonymous letters of support to survivors, whether itis a letter to yourself, to others, or both. Please use this space to share your letter with us. https://columbiahealth.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5h9Hq9BzegeYuQm