The Confidential Advocates are located in the Flora Stone Mather Center and are available to provide confidential short-term crisis intervention, support, resources, and advocacy to all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, as well as staff and faculty, who have experienced any form of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sexual or gender-based harassment. All services and sessions are free and confidential.
To schedule an appointment with the advocates, you can contact us by email at cwruadvocate@case.edu. In person, zoom, and telephone appointments are available.
Where Can You Find the Advocates?
As of January 2022, the advocates are located in the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248, Mondays-Fridays 9 AM – 5 PM.
If you need assistance outside of the advocates' office hours, please call the CWRU Confidential 24/7 SAFEline 216.368.7777.
What is an Advocate's Role?
- Access and referrals to 24/7 crisis management and advocacy (CRCC, Journey Center, National Hotline, RAINN)
- Short-term crisis intervention and management
- Safety planning
- Assist in accessing available resources and personal support networks
- Act as a liaison between various systems and resources
- Clarify the University's process for sexual misconduct
What is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual Harassment is conduct on the basis of sex that is sexual, and that results in quid pro quo or a hostile environment.
Under CWRU policy, sexual harassment includes:
- Sexual harassment
- Stalking
- Sexual assault
- Non-consensual contact or activity
- Non-consensual intercourse
- Forced contact or activity
- Forced intercourse
- Dating violence
- Domestic violence
- Sexual exploitation
How is Harassment Reported to Title IX?
Office of Equity - Hearings, Investigations, Sanctions
216.368.3066
Website: case.edu/equity
- University Staff, Faculty, and Police are Responsible Employees (Mandated Reporters), and must report misconduct witnessed or reported to them.
- On campus confidential resources include: Advocates, Counseling Services, Health Services, and Inter-Religious Center
- Visit our community resources page for off campus resources and support
- Students who are not acting in their role as Student Employees are NOT mandated reporters, but have anonymous reporting options, including speaking with a Confidential Advocate.
Options for Obtaining Support and Accessing the Complaint and Investigation Process
CWRU strongly encourages persons who experience sexual harassment, including sexual violence, to report their experience so they can receive assistance and support, and to access the Office of Equity complaint and investigation process.
- Anyone who has experienced sexual harassment may choose to report the misconduct with the Office of Equity, as well as with local law enforcement.
- In cases where students do not want to participate in an investigation, but the situation indicates possible danger to the larger campus community, the Office of Equity may still conduct an investigation.
- There is no time limit for students to share information with the Office of Equity anytime following an incident of sexual harassment. However it is important to note that the time from the incident to the investigation may limit the available evidence, as might the fact that the person reportedly responsible for the misconduct is no longer a member of the CWRU community.
- If the university receives an anonymous report of sexual harassment, the university will conduct an inquiry as much as possible, but the limited information may impact the university's ability to determine what occurred and take effective action. A person who wants the person reportedly responsible for the sexual harassment to be sanctioned by CWRU must report the situation to the Office of Equity.