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Know Your Options

Help is available. If you have experienced sexual violence, you are encouraged to seek immediate assistance from police and healthcare providers for your physical safety, emotional support and medical care, whether or not you choose to .

Campus Support

Campus Confidential Advocate

The Confidential Advocate is a counselor and sexual assault advocate here exclusively to talk to and advocate for survivors, and those impacted by sexual violence including: sexual harassment, dating and intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sexual exploitation. The confidential advocate serves the entire campus community; students, faculty, staff and affiliates.

The Confidential Advocate is a privileged and confidential resource. Information will only be shared with CSUEB with permission from survivors.

Michelle Luqueno-Diaz

Confidential Advocate
Location: SHCS 1152
Phone: (510) 885-3700
Email: advocate@csueastbay.edu

Student Health and Counseling Services Center

Cal State East Bay's on-campus Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) center is staffed with trained counselors and medical staff who can provide immediate (as well as ongoing) confidential support and can discuss your options with you. Meet the counseling and medical staff »

Student Health & Counseling Services

Location: SHCS 1209
Monday – Friday
8:30am – 5:30pm 
Phone: (510) 885-3735
shcs@csueastbay.edu

Community Centers and Hotlines

BAWAR - Bay Area Women Against Rape

24-Hour Hotline: (510) 800-4247

Office: (510) 430-1298  |  bawar@bawar.org

From its beginnings in 1971, has addressed the problem of sexual assault with two basic goals:

1. To establish a place where rape and incest survivors could receive the quality counseling and advocacy they need
2. To provide community education regarding sexual assault issues.  

BAWAR offers experienced counseling and advocacy 24-hours per day, in English and Spanish. 

SFWAR - San Francisco Women Against Rape

24-Hour Hotline: (415) 647-7273

Office: (415) 861-2024  |  info@sfwar.org

provides resources, support, advocacy and education to strengthen the work of all individuals, and communities in San Francisco that are responding to, healing from, and struggling to end sexual violence.  

National Centers and Hotlines

National Domestic Violence Hotline

24-hour Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

The provides lifesaving tools and immediate support to enable victims to find safety and live lives free of abuse. Callers to the Hotline can expect highly trained experienced advocates to offer compassionate support, crisis intervention information and referral services in over 170 languages. Visitors to this site can find information about domestic violence, safety planning, and local resources.

RAINN - National Sexual Assault Hotline

Phone: 1-800-656-4673  |  24-hour help

offers support and information to victims of sexual assault. All calls are anonymous and confidential. You can also get 24/7 live help online. 

National Center for Victims of Crime

1-800-FYI-CALL  |  1-800-394-2255  |  TTY 1-800-211-7996

The is a nonprofit organization advocating for all victims of crime - adults and children. They educate child victims about their rights and the recent provisions that have been established to protect them.

SNAP - Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Phone: (925) 708-6175

is an independent, confidential network of survivors of religious sexual abuse and their supporters who work to protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, and prevent abuse.

Legal Support

Office of Justice Programs

Phone: 1-800-363-0441 | Email: ITVERP@usdoj.gov

The offers the following resources: victim assistance information, research findings, and educational materials specific to domestic and family violence.

California Attorney General’s Victim Service Unit

Phone: 1-887-433-9069 | Email: victimservices@doj.ca.gov

The offers crime victims and their families support and information at every stage of the criminal process. Victims have rights, and the Attorney General is committed to ensuring that those rights are protected. 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Victim & Survivor Rights & Service

Phone: 1-877-256-6877 | Email: victimservices@cdcr.ca.gov

The provides valuable information if you were the victim, survivor, or witness to a crime and the offender was sentenced to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) either in an adult or juvenile facility.

Victim Compensation Program

Phone: 1-800-777-9229 | Email: info@victims.ca.gov

The  can help pay bills and expenses that result from certain violent crimes. Victims of crime who have been injured or have been threatened with injury may be eligible for help.

Informational Resources

Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Intimate Partner Violence

Phone: 1-800-232-4636

The webpage provides strategies on how to promote healthy behaviors in relationships, as well as data, reports, and a list of additional resources. 

Defending Childhood

Phone: 202-514-2007

The Initiative, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, was launched in 2010 and has been working with leading researchers to take an .  

National Institute of Justice: Intimate Partner Violence

Phone: 202-307-2942

The is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science.

Intimate partner violence describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former intimate partner or spouse.  

California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

Phone: 1-800-524-4765

is a statewide membership coalition of domestic violence agencies and victim service providers that foster unity within the domestic violence movement in California. 

Office of Violence against Women

Phone: 202-307-6026

The mission of the (OVW), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, is to provide federal leadership in developing the national capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.