Advocacy Services for Survivors

If you are feeling suicidal, please call the Suicide hotline at (800) 273-8255. Help is available for you whenever you need it, any time day or night.

If interested in advocacy &/or counseling, there are multiple ways a student survivor can request SARC services:

  • Come to our office, located in the Curry Health Center (east entrance), Room 112. Our office is open Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm.
    • Our walk-in hours, if you would like to talk to someone immediately without an appointment, are 12pm to 3pm. 

  • Call our office line, (406) 243-4429, to schedule an appointment &/or request remote/telehealth (Zoom) services. Send an email to sarc@mso.umt.edu for more information. 
  • Call the Missoula YWCA's 24 hour support line, (406) 542-1944, which is always an option for anytime you need to talk to someone immediately. The support line is staffed by trained, local advocates, who can provide emotional support and information.

Advocacy

SARC Advocates provide free, confidential support to students who have experienced identity-based harm. This includes: dating/domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, discrimination, or bias.

SARC Advocates also provide support to Secondary Survivors. This means students who are friends, partners, or family members of those who experience identity-based harm.

SARC operates from a survivor-centered, trauma-informed approach, which means we promote safety, empowerment, and healing. We believe each survivor is the expert of their own experience. We will provide choice at all times and follow the lead of the survivors we are supporting.

 

What do we mean by advocacy?

Advocacy includes things like safety planning, academic support, accompaniment (going with a student to a meeting or appointment), resource navigation, and referral services.

Please reach out if you have any questions about what a SARC advocate can do to support you!

 

What can I expect from an advocate? 

  • Someone to listen to you, without judgment
  • Someone who believes you
  • Someone who knows options, resources and supports available to you
  • Someone who will empower you to make the best decisions for yourself
  • Someone who can provide information for secondary survivors (friends, family, faculty & staff)