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    SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESPONSE

    SVR provides trauma-informed, confidential support, and prevention programs focused on ending gender and power-based violence. SVR creates social change through collective community action, building a compassionate and accountable community, with a commitment to increasing resources and support for survivors and co-survivors of violence.

    Advocacy

    Empowering survivors and co-survivors of violence by providing options and supporting their choices.

    Prevention

    Stopping violence before it starts by fostering healthy attitudes, actions, and norms through education and by encouraging community responsibility. Request a student workshop or training. 

    Outreach

    Providing the campus community with information and resources. Request a staff workshop.

    Edited by Kevin Chiu
    IN THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR:

    Sexual Violence Response hosted 432 training, education, and prevention activities for 17,090 students and 643 faculty and staff.

    Student testimonials about SVR's 2024-2025 Self-Care events:

    I was so distracted from my workload and stress. It really helped me take my mind off work and academics. Keep organising such soothing events. Loved it!

    This actually fixed my bad day.

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    Volunteer With Us

    Peer educators and peer advocates are students of all gender identities committed to preventing sexual and intimate partner violence and educating their peers about healthy relationships and sexuality. The work of these students supports our mission of  advocacy, prevention, and outreach.

    Learn more about our peer education and peer advocate programs and about interning with us.

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    HISTORY OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESPONSE

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    Sexual Violence Response & the Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center (SVR) at Columbia University works to provide direct services and support to survivors and co-survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and other forms of gender-based violence, as well as prevention programming to members of the campus community.

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