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Resources Available at CWRU

The Office for Equity is available to support anyone who is experiencing or has experienced sexual harassment or sexual violence, and anyone who is accused of or rumored to be responsible for engaging in that conduct. Obtaining support is a primary reason for contacting the Office for Equity to share information about your experience or someone else's. The Office for Equity wants to ensure that CWRU community members feel supported. To do that Equity:

  • Will always ask if you feel safe
  • Offers immediate support, without an investigation
  • Provides support with no strings attached. This means that Equity will support you whether or not you share the details of your experience, whether or not you make a complaint against the other person, and whether or not you decide to participate in an investigation. 
  • Equally supports persons who experience sexual harassment and those who are accused of violating the Sexual Harassment Policy 

To make sure that Equity learns who might need support, almost all CWRU employees, including student employees, are Responsible Employees who must share the names of people who might need support with the Office for Equity. This lets Equity reach out to those people and offer support. No one is required to respond to Equity's outreach about support.

The opposite of a Responsible Employee is a Confidential Resource. Below, Equity identifies several confidential and Responsible Employee resources to support members of the CWRU community impacted by sexual harassment or sexual violence. These resources are available to people who experience or have previously experienced sexual harassment or sexual violence, those who are accused of doing such things, and witnesses and others, such as roommates and close friends who are supporting someone who is impacted by sexual harassment or sexual violence.  

Confidential Support

Confidential resources do not share with the the Office for Equity when they learn that someone is impacted by sexual harassment or sexual violence, unless required by law, such as when there is an imminent threat to self or others. Confidential resources provide advice, support, and guidance about how to manage the situation and do not share any information with the Office for Equity. A conversation with a confidential resource won't result in outreach from the Office for Equity and is not considered a report to the university or a request that CWRU take any action.

Confidential resources on and off campus and available to members of the CWRU community are: 

Sexual Assault Nurse Examine (SANE) Programs:

Resources with a * are available to persons accused of sexual harassment or sexual violence.

Responsible Employee Support

The following resources are Responsible Employees who will share information with the Office for Equity -- so that the Office for Equity is able to reach out and offer support -- when they learn that someone may need help arising from a situation involving sexual harassment or sexual violence. These resources will help you in any way they can, including by letting the Office for Equity know that it should outreach to a particular person.  

  • Office of Equity*
    Case Western Reserve University
    Nursing Research Building, Room 1180
    2120 Cornell Rd.
    Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7217 
    Phone: 216.368.3066

Resources with a * are available to persons accused of sexual harassment or sexual violence.