University of Colorado Victim Assistance Portal

Office of Victim Assistance Accepted as a Pilot Site for the Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors Project

Ruchi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:35:55 +0000

The Office of Victim Assistance, in partnership with the GLBTQ Resource Center and MESA (Moving to End Sexual Assault), is one of four recipients selected in the country to receive training by FORGE staff. FORGE is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate, and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFA’s (significant others, friends, family and allies). The goal of receiving technical assistance is; to develop sexual assault provider/transgender community coalitions on campus and within the Boulder/Denver community, and to identify and address barriers keeping transgender sexual assault survivors from accessing services. Our work in OVA is to continue exploring ways of being allies and advocates, and to strive towards providing accessible and meaningful services to transgender survivors of sexual assault.

FORGE website: http://forge-forward.org

Please contact OVA at 303-492-8855 or assist@colorado.edu for more information and/or feedback.

Bulletin Board

Ruchi — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:56:27 +0000

RA board Office of Victim Assistance

Are you looking for ideas for bulletin boards? A bulletin board template on services offered by Office of Victim Assistance is located on the link above. Please print and use!

NCAVP releases National Report on anti-LGBTQ Hate Violence

Jessica — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:44:58 +0000

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released the national report on anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) violence.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 12, 2011
Media Contact: Roberta Sklar 917.704.6358

REPORT ON HATE VIOLENCE AGAINST LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER AND HIV-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES RELEASED TODAY:
Report shows second highest murder rate ever recorded. Transgender people and people of color are most targeted communities for severe hate violence.
To download the full Report please visit NCAVP online

For the rest of this press release please click here

Basketball Phenom Shares His Views

Davian — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:00:20 +0000

Corey Higgins shares his perspectives on gender violence prevention. Watch the video to see the full interview.

Stalking Awareness

Jessica — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:37:05 +0000

Watch a few short and different videos on You Tube about Stalking.

The first video is an interview with Jessica Ladd-Webert, LPC, on the difference between stalking and harassment and how to use CU’s Office of Victim Assistance to help you. This video was created by Community Health, a division of Wardenburg.

This second video is a some what humorous, yet realistic video on stalking and facebook.

Last this third video is a news cast from CBS interviewing an expert on stalking who is talking about what to do if you are experience stalking.

For more information on stalking visit:

http://cuvictimassistance.com/issues/stalking/

National Stalking Center http://www.ncvc.org/src/Main.aspx

What does the Office of Victim Assistance Do?

Ruchi — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:40:21 +0000

Watch a short video of Jessica Ladd-Webert, LPC, talk about what the Office of Victim Assistance does. The video was created by Community Health, a division of Wardenburg.

For The Office of Victim Assistance contact information click here.

For more information on The Office of Victim Assistance click here.

How to help a friend in a difficult situation-sexual assault

admin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:18:04 +0000

Watch a short video of Jessica Ladd-Webert, LPC, talk about how to respond to someone who has had an unwanted sexual encounter. The video was created by Community Health, a division of Wardenburg.

Visit CU Community Health on Facebook.

For more information on sexual assault click here

How to help a friend in a difficult situation-death

admin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:16:38 +0000

Watch a short video of Jessica Ladd-Webert, LPC, talk about how to respond to someone who has lost a loved one.

Visit CU’s Community Health page on Facebook.

For more information on grief and/or loss click here.

Hate Crimes in the US

Jessica — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:10:30 +0000

On November 22, 2010, CNN reported that there were 6,604 criminal incidents characterized as hate crimes reported in the United States in 2009, according to an FBI report release Monday.

The incidents involved 7,789 offenses resulting at least in part from bias toward a person’s race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin or disability, the report said. To read more of CNN’s report please visit: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/22/fbi.hate.crimes/index.html?iref=allsearch

Gossip or Harassment . . .

Jessica — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:01:33 +0000

Boulder’s News Team did a report titled, “Gossip Site Gets Dirty,” which is about the website site “The Dirty. Com.” The Office of Victim Assistance’s Client Services Coordinator, Jessica Ladd-Webert, was quoted in how technology and websites like these are another way to harass and stalk people. To read more and watch the video click here: http://www.newsteamboulder.org/news/gossip-sites-get-dirty

To learn more about Boulder’s New Team go to there website: http://www.newsteamboulder.org