The UM Counseling Center’s Sexual Assault Resource Team (SART) is seeking dedicated, warm, and empathic faculty, staff, and graduate student volunteers to serve as advocates during the 2016 calendar year. SART, which has supported sexual assault survivors and concerned others since 1992, is often the first line of response for UM students who have been sexually assaulted, molested, or battered.

SART advocates provide hotline callers with much-needed emotional support, information, referrals, and assistance in accessing resources when appropriate. They receive comprehensive training in taking calls from students in a variety of sexual assault-related situations, orientation to UM’s varied resources for those who have been sexually victimized, and ongoing support from licensed mental health professionals at the Counseling Center.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Audrey Cleary or  Carolyn Eberhardt at the Counseling Center at 305-284-5511.

The UM Counseling Center’s Sexual Assault Resource Team (SART) is seeking dedicated, warm, and empathic faculty, staff, and graduate student volunteers to serve as advocates during the 2015 calendar year. SART is often the first line of response for UM students who have been sexually assaulted, molested, or battered, and has supported sexual assault survivors and concerned others since 1992.

As an advocate, you will provide hotline callers with much-needed emotional support and referrals as well as information on how to access resources. Advocates will be trained to take calls from students in a variety of sexual assault-related situations, learn about various resources available to those who have been sexually victimized, and receive support from licensed mental health professionals at the Counseling Center. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Carolyn Eberhardt or Audrey Cleary at the Counseling Center at 305-284-5511, or email them at [email protected] or [email protected].

By Robert C. Jones Jr.
UM News

Participants in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event make their way back to the UC Rock, where the march began.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (April 11, 2014) – Christopher Hartnett’s pain was only temporary. The tight-fitting stilettos he donned could be removed whenever he was ready, but the psychological damage suffered by victims of sexual assault endures.

“My physical pain is just a slither of what rape victims go through,” said Hartnett, associate director of housing and residence life at the University of Miami, after he completed a symbolic mile walk organized to fight sexual assault and change attitudes and practices that demean women. “Many people think of rape as just a woman’s problem, but men can be a part of the solution and need to be engaged.” Read the full story

The UM Counseling Center’s Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is seeking dedicated, warm, and empathic faculty, staff, and graduate student volunteers to serve as advocates during the 2014 calendar year.

SART is often the first line of response for UM students who have been sexually assaulted, molested, or battered, and has supported sexual assault survivors and concerned others since 1992.

Advocates provide hotline callers with much-needed emotional support, information, and referrals, in addition to help accessing resources when appropriate. They receive comprehensive training in taking calls from students in a variety of sexual assault-related situations, orientation to UM’s varied resources for those who have been sexually victimized, and ongoing support from licensed mental health professionals at the Counseling Center.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, contact Carolyn Eberhardt or Audrey Cleary at the Counseling Center at 305-284-5511.