UNIVERSITY AND LOCAL GROUPS

The following organizations are working to end sexual and domestic violence in Central Virginia:

At UVA:

  • Sexual Assault Facts & Education: A student-led peer education group that offers workshops for UVA students on sexual assault, dating violence, assertiveness training and (forthcoming) ally intervention skills for men.
  • One in Four: An all-male peer education group that offers programs for men on helping sexual assault survivors.
  • Peer Health Educators: The Peer Health Educators are dedicated to providing health education and community support with sensitivity to race, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion, and individual capabilities.
  • National Organization for Women: UVA NOW organizes the annual Take Back the Night March and Rally in April, and works as an activist group to end oppression of women in all its forms.
  • UVA Women's Center: In addition to housing the Sexual Assault Education Office, the UVA Women's Center brings scholars and artists to the University, some of whom address issues of violence; offers a resource library, individual and group counseling, and mentoring programs.

In the Charlottesville/Albemarle County Area:

  • Charlottesville/Albemarle Council on Sexual and Domestic Violence: a coalition of local agencies working to improve services and the criminal justice system for survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
  • Sexual Assault Resource Agency: Provides 24-hour hotline crisis services for survivors of sexual assault and their significant others, companion services to the hospital and police, individual and group counseling, advocacy, education for adults, teens, and children, and self-defense courses.
  • Shelter for Help in Emergency: Provides 24-hour hotline crisis services for survivors of domestic/dating violence and their significant others. Non-resident counseling (individual and group) and shelter services for abused women and their children. Emergency shelter arranged for abused men at a separate location.

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