Resources

You may contact the Title IX team by emailing titleix@jdzruiran.com or by reaching out individually to these team members:

Brittany Brickman
Title IX Coordinator
titleix@jdzruiran.com
she/her/hers
1-508-793-7194

Faculty:
Holly Dolan, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
HDolan@jdzruiran.com
1-508-421-3772

Staff:
David Everitt, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
DEveritt@jdzruiran.com
1-508-793-7295

Confidential and free individual therapy is available to students, including education regarding normal reactions to sexual assault and relationship abuse and how to cope with distress.

Center for Counseling and Personal Growth
114 Woodland Street
1-508-793-7678

Confidential physical health services are available, including physical exams and testing for sexually transmitted infections.

Health Services
501 Park Avenue
1-508-793-7467

University Police will investigate the allegation/incident and can assist in filing criminal and/or internal charges if desired.

Basement of Bullock Hall
1-508-793-7575

Residential Life and Housing can assist with room change requests or discuss other housing options. In addition, administrators, professional live-in staff, and student resident advisers are trained to assist victims of sexual offense.

University Center, Asher Suite, Third Floor
1-508-793-7453

The Division of Student Success provides support, assistance, and guidance to students. Complaints that involve possible violations of the Student Code of Conduct, including complaints related to sexual offense, may be handled by the Division of Student Success, a designee for the Associate Provost for Student Success/Dean of Students, the Sexual Offense Hearing Board, or the University Judicial Board.

Shaich Family Alumni and Student Engagement Center, Second Floor
1-508-793-7423
success@jdzruiran.com

International students, staff, and faculty involved in an investigation/adjudication of a sexual offense can speak with the International Students and Scholars Office about how a case may affect their visa or travel status.

142 Woodland Street (Corner House), Second Floor
1-508-793-7362

Professor James Córdova jvc.confidential@jdzruiran.com
Professor Andrew Stewart als.confidential@jdzruiran.com

Students of African American/Black, Latine/Latinx, Asian/Desi-American, Pacific Islander, Native/Indigenous, and Multiracial descent; students in the LGBTQIA+ community; and first-generation college students involved in Title IX cases can receive support services and guidance from the Office for Identity, Student Engagement, and Access (ISEA).

Dana Commons
1-508-421-3722

• Worcester Police
• Umass Medical Emergency Rooms:
  • The Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center on the University Campus
    • 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655
    • Phone: 1-508-421-1750
  • The Emergency Department on the Memorial Campus
    • 119 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605
    • Phone: 1-508-334-6481
  • UMASS Patient Information Contact
    • Memorial and University Campus: 1-508-334-6475
• St. Vincent Hospital
  • 123 Summer Street Worcester, MA 01608
  • ER Phone: 1-508-363-5000
  • SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Nurses are Available 24/7
• Pathways for Change (Rape Crisis Center)
  • 24-hour, toll-free hotline; 1-800-870-5905
• Daybreak Domestic Violence Services (YWCA)

• Military Rape Crisis Center – A survivor-run organization providing free services to Active Duty, Reserves, and National Guard members and veterans of the United States Armed Forces that been sexual harassed, sexual assaulted and/or raped
• Department of Defense Safe Helpline – A hotline for members of the Department of Defense community affected by sexual assault.
  • Safe Hotline: 877-995-5247
    • Safe Helpline is completely anonymous, confidential 24/7, specialized service- providing help and information anytime, anywhere.”
• Service Women’s Action Network -A community network advocating for the individual and collective needs of service women past, present, and future

• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence – A community organization serving Pan-Asian survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence
• Help for Undocumented Immigrants Love is Respect
  • Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 en español
  • TTY: 1-800-787-3224  en español
• Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers – Works with and for the Brazilian, Cabo Verdean, Portuguese and other Portuguese-speaking communities to increase access and remove barriers to health, education and social services
  • Hotline: 877-785-2020
• Sexual Violence in Immigrant Communities – A list of resources that cover a variety of sexual violence issues that immigrant women face.

• Anti-Violence Project – Provides support and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence
• Fenway Health’s Violence Recovery Program – Offers free counseling, support groups, advocacy, and referral services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and anti-LGBTQ hate violence
• LGBT National Help Center – Provides free & confidential peer-support and local resources
  • LGBT Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-PRIDE (7743) (25 and under)
  • LGBT national Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 (all ages)
• The Network La Red – a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in the LGBTQ+ communities
  • Hotlines:
    • Voice: 617-742-4911 English/Español
    • TTY: 617-227-4911 English/Español
    • Toll-Free: 800-832-1901 English/Español
• The Trevor Project -Provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25
  • Hotline: 1-866-488-7386
• Trans Lifeline – A national trans-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives

• API Chaya “empowers survivors of gender-based violence human trafficking to gain safety, connection and wellness. We build power by educating and mobilizing South Asian, Asian, Pacific Islander, and all immigrant communities to end exploitation, creating a world where all people can heal and thrive.”
• Arte Sana -A Latina-led nonprofit committed to ending sexual violence and other forms of gender-based aggressions
• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence “is a nonprofit, community organization serving Pan-Asian survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence.”
• Multilingual Helpline: 617-338-2355
• Black Women’s Blueprint – A transnational Black feminist organization
• Incite! – A network of radical feminists of color
• National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence “Is a national organization established by Asian and Pacific Islander anti-sexual assault advocates to give voice to the experience of Asian and Pacific Islander women and girls who are victims of sexual assault.”
• National Organization of sisters of color ending Sexual Assault (SCESA) “is an advocacy organization of Women of Color dedicated to working with our communities to create a just society in which all Women of Color are able to live healthy lives free from violence.”
• Saheli Boston  South Asian women’s violence prevention resources

• National Disability Rights Network – A nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated protection and Advocacy (P&A) systems and the Client Assistance programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities
• The National Domestic Violence – Deaf Services
  • IM or Email : natoonaldeafhotline@adwas.org
  • Hotline TTY: 1-800-787-3224
  • Video Phone: 1-855-812-1001
  • Live Chat: available 24/7 English/Español
• Sexual Abuse of People with Disabilities RAINN– Resources and support for people with disabilities who have experienced sexual assault or abuse
• The Arc- For People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – The largest national community-based organization advocating for and serving people with intellectual and development disabilities and their families

Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation – A Toolkit and Resource Guide for the Muslim community about sexual exploitation

Faith Trust Institute  – A multifaith, multicultural training and education organization working to end sexual and domestic violence

JSAFE – An online venue created to cater specifically to the Jewish community

SNAP – A peer network of survivors of institutional sexual abuse and their supporters

Taking Back Ourselves- Resources for Religious Abuse survivors – Provides Weekends of Recovery & night of Healing across the country for women survivors of sexual abuse and assault