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About Safer
Safer Purpose Statement
Safer is Cal Poly's sexual assault and relationship violence risk reduction program and first stop resource for faculty, staff, students, survivors, and loved ones. The Safer program works to create a healthy and respectful campus – regardless of gender identities, sexual orientation, and culture – through education, crisis referrals and advocacy. Safer supports the mission of Student Life and Leadership by creating socially responsible leaders who seek to break the silence surrounding sexual assault and relationship violence through education and facilitating connections within the Cal Poly community.
What does Cal Poly Safer Offer?
Crisis Services
- Professional staff, state-certified rape crisis counselors, and active volunteers with the SARP Center
- Monday – Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. crisis counseling by appointment (email: safer@calpoly.edu)
- First-stop resource center for all Cal Poly students, faculty, and staff offering referrals and resources for survivors and their loved ones
- Confidential and anonymous reporting of a sexual assault
- Accompaniments to on-campus entities including Office for Student Rights and Responsibilities and University Police Department.
- Advocacy services for on campus survivors
Education Services
- Educational presentations to all the Cal Poly community
- Events and workshops focusing on sexual assault prevention
Our Goals
- Educate the Cal Poly community about all aspects of sexual assault awareness and risk-reduction, as well as relationship violence
- Provide sexual assault informational resources, support, and advocacy for anyone whose life has been affected by sexual assault
- Provide campus-wide events including Run to Remember and Take Back the Night
