Support for campus- based advocacy programs across Oregon.
Supporting those advocates and advocacy programs that support survivors is critical to the mission of Oregon SATF’s Campus Program.
Since 2017, the Oregon SATF has collaborated with Oregon DOJ’s Crime Victim and Survivor Services division to provide comprehensive training, program support, and technical assistance to campus and community-based advocacy programs. Scroll this page to learn more!
How we can help
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Since 2017, Oregon SATF has partnered with Oregon DOJ’s Crime Victim and Survivor Services division to provide grant-specific technical assistance to implement or enhance eight (8) campus-based advocacy programs across the state with VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) grant funds.
Current grantees focus on building inclusive services for survivors, and include:
Eastern Oregon University + Shelter From the Storm Advocacy Center
Portland State University,
Portland Community College,
Oregon Health Sciences University,
Willamette University + Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)
Western Oregon University
Umpqua Community College + Peace At Home Advocacy Center
Southwestern Oregon Community College + The SAFE Project Advocacy Center
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Providing confidential technical assistance is one of the main supports offered for campus practitioners through Oregon SATF’s Campus Program.
Any advocate working with college student survivors is eligible for free, confidential technical assistance, Monday-Friday during operating hours.
Here are some examples of common technical assistance questions we receive:
support for confidential advocacy program management and development, including forms, privacy considerations, hiring processes, and collaborating with campus partners (amongst others).
support identifying resources related to providing survivor services, such as information for legal assistance, navigating sexual harassment investigations on campus, protective orders, or information about medical forensic exams and medical care.
support to create inclusive advocacy program practices, outreach efforts, and services for students experiencing access barriers to services, including students of color, in the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community, with disabilities, and more.
requests to serve as a brainstorming, thought-partner (or “sounding board”), particularly for advocates working as one-person programs
support with questions about Title IX, Clery, and Oregon law
best and emerging practices for supporting students
and more!
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Oregon SATF provides the only campus-specific, online advocate certification training program. This training meets all requirements for training under Oregon’s Advocate Privilege law.
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One of the most critical functions of the Campus Program (and Oregon SATF!) is to facilitate spaces where campus practitioners, including campus-based advocates, can be in community and receive support from their peers.
The Campus Advocate Cohort meets virtually every month for resource sharing, peer support, and is open to all campus-based and co-located advocates serving college students in Oregon.
Click here to email our team and request an application to the group!
The mission: The mission of the Campus Advocate Cohort is to establish best practices, training, and capacity building initiatives for advocacy programs and professionals at institutions of higher education (colleges and universities) in the state of Oregon.
What we do: Our cohort will work to identify the needs of students seeking advocacy services at colleges and universities, and the professional and peer advocates that support them.
Members of the Campus Advocate Cohort will inform our strategic plan to support professional advocates in Oregon, have the opportunity to network and learn from other advocates on college and university campuses, and inform the development of resources that enhance capacity for all professional and peer advocates at Oregon’s 2 & 4 year and graduate-level higher education programs.
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In collaboration with Oregon SATF’s Sexual Assault Training Institute, our campus program has been offering high-quality, fair cost training for campus advocates since 2014.
To view upcoming trainings, click here.
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Oregon SATF’s Campus Program creates resources related to campus-based advocacy, prevention, and response (including Title IX) to support practitioners across the state.
Click here to view a collection of resources for campus practitioners on our website.
Have a resource idea or request? Email our Campus Coordinator at carli@oregonsatf.org.
Working in campus-based or co-located advocacy programs that serve college students is difficult and fulfilling work, and our team is here to help. To learn more about our program, please reach out to us at taskforce@oregonsatf.org.
Transforming Space and Place
Transforming Space and Place
Legislative Spotlight: HB 3476, Oregon’s Advocate Privilege Law
House Bill 3476 was a coordinated effort by the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault community, including the Oregon Department of Justice, the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, the Oregon Law Center,the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force, and the Oregon Alliance to End Violence Against Women, to address confidentiality and privilege for survivors. With HB3476, Oregon was the first in the U.S. to establish privileged communications for student survivors seeking support from advocates on Oregon campuses. As described by former executive director, Michele Roland-Schwartz, “HB3476, along with efforts to bridge Title IX compliance with trauma-informed best practices, set into motion the robust campus program we see today.