Intimate partner abuse/domestic violence happens in all communities, and CU Boulder is not exempt.
Domestic violence, also known as intimate partner abuse, is best understood as a pattern of abusive behaviors—including physical, sexual and psychological abuse as well as economic coercion—used by one intimate partner against another to gain, maintain or regain power and control in the relationship.
Abusers use a range of tactics to frighten, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame and/or injure a current or former intimate partner. Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of sex, age, race, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
If you are concerned about a relationship you are in or have been in, or if you are concerned about a friend’s relationship, please contact CU Boulder's Office of Victim Assistance (OVA). It is a free and confidential advocacy and trauma-informed counseling center on campus for students, staff and faculty.
Please email assist@colorado.edu or call 303-492-8855, which provides after-hours phone counselors, or stop by OVA in person on the fourth floor of the Center for Community, room S440. They are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Resources
- Visit the Office of Victim Assistance "Intimate Partner Abuse" page.
- Follow local safe houses on Facebook for events going on in your community: Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence in Boulder and Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley near Longmont.
- Like OVA on Facebook (and find more events throughout October here).
