EmPOWER Center

Please know that there are confidential resources available to support you through the summer. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the EmPOWER Center or any of the resources shared here. We wish you a summer break full of rest and renewal.

Through a collaboration with the Lavender Healing Collective, the EmPOWER Center offers free, virtual, confidential, trauma-informed counseling services to 7C student survivors of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking. Counseling is available to students of all gender identities without a long wait. To schedule, simply call 424.542.8880 or complete the form at lavenderhealingcollective.com/contact-us and identify yourself as a "Claremont Colleges student."

Self-love is a journey with lots of ups and downs, something that takes time, and is never truly over. However, learning to be kind to yourself and practice self-love is incredible and necessary for your mental health.

When I’m feeling unkind to myself, I always tell myself, if I wouldn’t say it to my best friend, why would I say it to myself. So, if you have someone in your life you care about, just imagine it’s them you’re speaking to when you aren’t feeling kind to yourself.

But also, remember it’s okay to have days where you feel bad, just know you are incredibly worthy and deserve all the good things that come into your life.

~ From Natalie Akins, an EmPOWER Intern

Save the date! Knowing when/how to safely intervene in a potentially uncomfortable or dangerous situation is hard. Join us this Fall semester for a bystander intervention program made by and for the 7C community. Sign up links can be found in EmPOWER Center's Instagram Bio or scan the QR code below.

Please note that this EmPOWER Center group has been converted to a drop-in group. No registration required. Drop-in for one or more sessions on Fridays from 1-2:30pm at the EmPOWER Center. Open to 7C survivors of sexual assault of all gender identities.

The EmPOWER Center is thrilled to share the launch of a new program! Through a collaboration with the Lavender Healing Collective, we are offering free, virtual, confidential, trauma-informed counseling services to 7C student survivors of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking. Counseling is available to students of all gender identities without a long wait. To schedule, simply call 424.542.8880 or complete the form at lavenderhealingcollective.com/contact-us and identify yourself as a "Claremont Colleges student."

If you have a question about Title IX at the 7C’s, mark your calendar for one of the drop-in sessions above 🗓️🤍

Don’t wait until the 20th to register for this semester’s DV support group! Make sure to share this post on your story or with a friend 💜

Drop-in for one or more of our upcoming workshops on healthy relationships at the CARE Center, CMC on four alternate Wednesdays, starting Feb. 22 from 3:30-4:30pm. There will be Boba for all and gift cards to Iron & Kin Coffee to the first five attendees at each workshop!