Confidential Advocacy

Effective July 1st, 2025 the Sexual & Relationship Violence Response Program (now Confidential Advocacy) has moved to University Center Building 310.

You can schedule a meeting with a confidential advocate at https://psuca.youcanbook.me/

New Location:

527 SW Hall St, Portland, OR 97201

UCB 310

Confidential Advocacy: What You Need to Know

The Women's Resource Center's Sexual and Relationship Violence Response (SRVR) Program provides trauma-informed support and resources to address sexual violence at PSU. We advocate for best practices in campus response efforts.

If you are a student experiencing dating or intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, or other forms of sexual violence, you have the right to access confidential advocacy and support under Oregon law.

Advocates are Confidential

SRVR advocates are both privileged and confidential. This means your disclosures of sexual violence will not be reported to other university officials and will not trigger a PSU investigation into an incident without your consent.

Most Employees, Faculty, and Staff Are Required to Share Information

While you may feel comfortable with your professors, your campus employment supervisor, or your Resident Assistant, employees of the University are required to report any disclosure of sexual or relationship violence to the administration, except for the following: confidential advocates, medical staff, and counselors at Student Health and Counseling, and lawyers at Student Legal Services.

PSU Confidential advocates provide:

Safety Planning: Develop a personalized safety plan based on your circumstances
Basic Needs: Assistance with finding food, hygiene, and medical care related to your experience(s) of violence
Housing: Help with emergency housing options, lease-break documentation, lock changes, and paying for moving expenses to access safe housing.
Legal Assistance: Referral to legal resources and help applying for protective orders and court support
Academic Accommodations: Help with academic support measures like assignment extensions, assistance withdrawing from courses (including retroactive withdrawals), and class changes.
Support in campus petition processes including Housing/Residence Life
Application Assistance: The Crime Victim Compensation Fund and Address Confidentiality Program require application assistance, our confidential advocates are certified to assist you with these programs.
Emergency Funds: Our advocates can assist in requesting funds for immediate safety and well-being needs
Campus Processes: Support during any campus processes including filing formal grievances, Title IX investigations, and Student Conduct hearings
Reporting Options: You have the right to report (or not) your experiences, including anonymous reporting.

Call our direct line at 503-894-7982, or email us at srvr@pdx.edu.

Notice of Non-Discrimination:

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from discrimination based on race, color or national origin at institutions that receive Federal financial assistance. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions. As an educational institution that receives Federal financial assistance, Portland State University is covered by Title VI, Title VII and Title IX and is committed to the principles outlined in those Titles. The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education is responsible for enforcing Title VI and Title IX, while the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing Title VII.

If you believe you have been discriminated against by a confidential advocate or other staff member of the Women's Resource Center, you have the right to file a complaint.

Internally to Portland State:

Portland State University's Title IX Coordinator is Julie Caron, 503.725.4410, titleixcoordinator@pdx.edu. PSU's Title IX Deputy Coordinator is Yesenia Gutierrez: 503.725.4413, yesenia.gutierrez.gdi@pdx.edu. The Title IX Coordinator can assist you with addressing any concerns or in filing an internal complaint through the Office of Equity and Compliance.

Externally to the office of Civil Rights:

If you have questions about filing a complaint with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) you may contact the Western Region’s office at 206-607-1600 or ocr.seattle@ed.gov.

Culturally Responsive Organizations & Programs

Disability Rights Oregon will serve victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Hate & Bias, Stalking, Child Abuse, and all other types of criminal victimization for people with disabilities, of all ages, in all 36 Oregon Counties.

Bridges Oregon will serve victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Hate and Bias, Child Abuse, and General Victimization who are Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing. This project also will serve clients in all 36 Oregon Counties.

Muslimah’s United is an Oregon-based non-profit of women working to strengthen their communities through advocacy, inclusion, and education. Their project will serve Muslim women with a focus on Muslim Women of Color who are victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Hate Crimes, Stalking, and General Victimization in the Portland Metro Region.

Africa Youth Community Organization serves victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assaults, and Hate Crimes that are culturally specific to the North African Refugee community in the Portland Metro region as well as in Ontario Oregon.

El Programa Hispano Católico, whose program will expand access to advocacy and mental health care for Latinx and Indigenous victims of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault in the Portland Metro Region.

Northwest Family Services (NWFS) program will help support Casa Esperanza, NWFS's Latinx Domestic Violence Shelter, also serving the Portland Metro Region.

Lutheran Community Services Northwest's project will serve Immigrants and Refugees who are victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Hate and Bias, Child Abuse, and General Victimization in the Portland Metro Region.

Oregon Abuse Advocates and Survivors in Service (OAASIS) will serve Black Adult survivors of Child Sexual Assault within the Portland Metro and Mid-Willamette Valley regions.

Bradley Angle, Oregon’s long-standing LGBTIQA2s+ Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Service Provider will be able to expand their program under their proposed project.

Raphael House of Portland's project will expand existing services for Latinx survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Child Abuse in Portland Metro Region.

The Center for Hope and Safety will utilize their strong community relationships with organizations serving our undocumented populations to expand services for Latinx undocumented, immigrants, migrant farmworkers, asylum seekers, and refugees who are victims of Sexual Assault and Stalking in the Mid-Willamette Valley Region.

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Russian Orthodox Support Services (EMO/ROSS) will also be expanding their program that provides Culturally Specific Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault Services to Russian speaking immigrants and refugees in the Portland Metro Region.