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About the Office of Victim Assistance
We are able to support and consult with people as they make their way through systems, and we refer to and collaborate with campus and community resources who also work with these issues. We talk with people who want to help friends or significant others who are experiencing these situations. We can talk about academic or work questions, medical questions, reporting To send a general question to our office: assist@colorado.edu About our name: Not everyone who comes to our office needs to be or think of themselves as a "victim." That word is helpful for some people at some times and unhelpful for other people in other instances, and it certainly can carry a stigma. Some people would prefer to consider themselves "survivors." One definition of "victim" is: "An individual who has suffered loss, injury, pain or death as a result of abuse or violence committed by another individual." One definition of "abuse" is: "The intentional physical, emotional or sexual invasion of another’s boundaries; mistreatment or misuse of another person." Our mission is to mitigate the long term negative impact of traumatic events. We view these events in the context of long standing patterns of violence and unequal access to resources based on gender, race, class,sexual orientation, gender expression and ability. |
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Us Office Location: Willard 217 - 219 140 UCB,Boulder,CO, 80309-0140 (303)492-8855 assist@colorado.edu |
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