Project SAFE at Occidental College

We want to acknowledge that these are uncertain and surreal times, and that social distancing, the need to return home, and a change in routine without a concrete end date can all exacerbate acute violence or the mental health impact of past trauma. Please know that you are not alone, we are here for you, and we want to help. Project SAFE staff and student programming assistants are working remotely and can set up resources and support through email, over the phone, or by video call. You can reach the advocate, Marianne Frapwell, at [email protected] or [email protected], Tirzah Blanche, the program coordinator, at [email protected], and student programming assistants at [email protected]. For all-hours confidential support and immediate local advocacy connection, contact the 24/7 Oxy helpline at (323) 341-4141. The helpline will connect you to the Peace Over Violence-run LA R**e and Battering Hotline. You can also reach them directly at (213) 626-3393.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in Empowerment Week! We worked on raising awareness for and supporting survivors of intimate partner violence through mosaic pot making, tie dyeing, our incredible guest speaker Hoodprofet, and succulent potting. Thanks to facilities and dining staff for agreeing to support Empowerment Week with purple tshirts and the ICC for sharing your space with us!

Take Back the Night, a survivor speak-out, is on Wednesday at 8 in the greek bowl!

One week until the Take Back the Week keynote!

One of our amazing events for Take Back the Week is a workshop with our keynote speaker, Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.

If you want to attend the workshop, please fill out this google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Bu2ZqIrjONUs3-rXxvlnGns0htiruI19Y942hetLIy8/viewform

The workshop is capped at 25 students, so fill out the form ASAP before spots fill up! It will be held on Tuesday April 23rd at 3 PM in the Bengal Room.

Here is the description of the workshop!

Care Webs: Experiments in Collective Care
In these apocalyptic times, many of us are talking about how we can care for each other outside of hospitals, social services and the medical industrial complex- through making what many call care collectives or care webs. But caring for each other sustainably is more complex than it seems. This workshop is a space to talk about the often feminized and under-respected work of care. We’ll map what allows us to ask for and give care well, and how ableism, racism, capitalism and sexism complicate who feels worthy of care and who is expected to care. We’ll look at some examples of how people create care webs for disability, chronic illness or mental health needs and access some tools we can use to create a sustainable and just care economy. We will dream what abundant care can look like in our lives and communities.

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Check out our awesome events coming up for Take Back the Week!

Are you looking for a design opportunity and a chance to win a DELIA'S GIFT CARD? Submit a design to our 2019 Take Back the Night T-Shirt contest! Designs are due by March 24th and requirements are below!

-Designs must have a maximum of two colors
-Digital entries only
-The design must be your own original work
-Your design is for the front of the shirt and may encompass an area up to 10″ x 10″ (inches)
-Design must include text reading “Take Back The Night” and -“Occidental College 2019.” Any additional text is accepted.
-With your design entry, include what color t-shirt is preferred.
-Use the following file name convention when uploading your design: Firstname_LastName_Tshirtdesign.(file extension)
-Participants can enter as many designs as desired

Good luck!!

Check out this article on how Trauma-Informed yoga can be used as a way to heal for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

"ETI strives to be a safe space for survivors to reclaim agency over and reconnect with their bodies after experiencing trauma. From a survivor's perspective, the simplicity of the ETI methodology gives students the ability to slowly build trust within their bodies and reclaim it as their own."

How Trauma-Informed Yoga Can Be Healing For Survivors Of Domestic & Sexual Violence When you picture a typical yoga class, you probably envision a room full of flexible folks being taught and having their form corrected by a very hands-on instructor while some ambient music plays in the background... but at an Exhale to Inhale yoga…

Check out this article on Empowerment Week from the Occidental!

Project SAFE talks dating and domestic violence during Empowerment Week - The Occidental Project SAFE, Occidental’s sexual and relationship violence education and advocacy office, hosted Empowerment Week Oct. 15–19. Throughout the week, programming such as lectures, chalk and tye-dying on the quad and a healing night for survivors intended to bring all forms of sexual violence to th...

Today is the last day to get an Empowerment Week 2018 shirt to tie-dye purple! Stop by the quad from 11:30-1:30.

Empowerment Week starts today! Join us on the quad at 11:30 to chalk and make tie-dye shirts. At 7 PM tonight in Johnson 103 we will be having a training on supporting individuals who are experiencing domestic/ intimate partner violence from Rainbow Shelters.