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CU Resources
Below is a list of resources and diversity groups available at CU Boulder and from external organizations. We will try to keep this as up-to-date as possible! Feel free to contact us to add your own resource recommendations at jilajedi@jila.colorado.edu.
Mental Health
- CAPS (Counseling and Psychiatric Services): For general counselling, targeted workshops, grief, and support. Covered through Gold Health Insurance Plan.
OVA (Office of Victims Assistance) covers a wide range of traumatic experiences and events.
Mental health guides for various situations in your personal and professional life.
Mental health workshops
Victims’ Assistance and Interpersonal Assistance
Informal Incident Reporting and Mediation
Options for when your desired outcome is increased support for yourself, a mediated conversation with someone, or contributing to an incident log.
Ombudspeople: People who can receive confidential complaints and can help you choose how you want to move forward. There are two Ombudspeople at JILA—Beth Kroger and Andrew Hamilton— and many at the CU level. They can help you log incidents or mediate a conversation. Please note that JILA Ombuds are mandatory reporters for harassment and discrimination, but University Ombuds are totally confidential.
OVA (Office of Victims Assistance) can help manage situations of harassment, discrimination, and abuse, as well as traumatic events such as deaths, serious injuries, and the aftermath of other disruptive events.
Formal Incident Reporting
Legal services and options for when you think an incident merits consequences for the aggressor. Please note that mandatory reporters MUST report incidents to OIEC.
Ombudspeople: People who can receive confidential complaints and can help you choose how you want to move forward. There are two Ombudspeople at JILA, and many at the CU level. They can also help you understand your legal options.
OVA (Office of Victims Assistance) can help manage situations of harassment, discrimination, and abuse, as well as traumatic events such as deaths, serious injuries, and the aftermath of other disruptive events. They can also help you understand your legal options.
Student Legal Services can help you learn about legal options and navigate your chosen course of action. The legal help they provide can help protect you in the event of issues with healthcare/malpractice, housing, abuse, and other situations.
OIEC (Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance): A confidential resource to report instances of harassment and discrimination.
Trauma Assistance
OVA (Office of Victims Assistance) can help manage situations of harassment, discrimination, and abuse, as well as traumatic events such as deaths, serious injuries, and the aftermath of other disruptive events.
CAPS (Counselling and Psychiatric Services): Mental health resource through Wardenburg. They can offer one-on-one and group therapy options for short or long-term care.
OIEC (Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance) offers confidential reporting, as well as CU based resources and community based resources
Other Useful Resources
Disability services can help you set up accommodations for testing, note-taking, flexible deadlines and attendance, communication and interpretation services, alternate format text supplies, and service animal permissions.
Parental Leave Policy for Graduate Students outlines policies for graduate students’ family planning options.
CU LEAD Alliance creates “academic neighborhoods” for undergraduate success.
CAPS has some workshops for students looking to learn about time management, stress management, and student skill building, as well as various therapy groups.
Endurance PhD is a program designed to help graduate students at different stages in their careers maximize their productivity and gain confidence.
University of Colorado Graduate Teacher Program provides workshops, training, and conferences to grow teaching skills.
- Career Services connects students and alumni in a large network and provides job training and help in finding job opportunities.
Community Support
Allyship Groups and Training Workshops
CISC (Center for Inclusion and Social Change) workshops covering LGBTQ+ inclusion safe zone training, intersectionality training, and interrupting sexism and racism trainings.
- CU-Prime: Student run group for undergrads that offers mentoring, talks and classes.
Chemistry Anti-Racism Reading Group (david.nicholson@colorado.edu) meets fortnightly to discuss a text or work through course material.
Hollaback Trainings for intervention in harassment and violence resources.
CISC (Center for Inclusion and Social Change) workshops covering LGBTQ+ inclusion safe zone training, intersectionality training, and interrupting sexism and racism trainings.
- CU-Prime: Student run group for undergrads that offers mentoring, talks and classes.
Chemistry Anti-Racism Reading Group (david.nicholson@colorado.edu) meets fortnightly to discuss a text or work through course material.
Hollaback Trainings for intervention in harassment and violence resources.
Community Engagement
Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC) works with K-12 schools in Longmont with CU Boulder mentors to provide after-school science club style engagement. This is a JILA-PFC initiative, so it is especially useful to our group.
LASP Education and Outreach serves many different communities to connect scientists and engineers with the public.
CU Science Discovery serves K-12 students and teachers and connects public audiences with STEM research.
CU Engage collaborates with communities, schools, and organizations to address complex public challenges.
CU Wizards provides science shows to the public on a monthly basis.
STEM
A comprehensive list of CU Student STEM Organizations
External Resources
Diversity Groups
Courageous Conversations (and their book Courageous Conversations about Race)
Mothers In Science: a non-profit organization
STEM
Mental Health and Addiction
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline · 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK)
Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration): Find a mental health service near you
Columbus Recovery Center – Depression Guide
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Find support groups and learn more about how to cope or help with mental illness
Domestic Violence, Abuse and Sexual Assault
The National Domestic Violence Hotline · 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
National Child Abuse Hotline/Childhelp · 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
National Sexual Assault Hotline · 1-800-656-4673 (1-800-656-HOPE)
Homelessness and Other
National Runaway Safeline · 1-800-786-2929 (1-800-RUNAWAY)
National Human Trafficking Resource Center/Polaris Project · Call: 1-888-373-7888 | Text: HELP to BeFree (233733)
Legal
Resources by Group
LGBTQ+
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. · (866) 488-7386
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline · (888) 843-4564
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Youth Talkline (youth serving youth through age 25) · (800) 246-7743
Pride Institute provides a hotline and referral network for members of the LGBTQ community struggling with chemical dependencies or mental health crises. · (800) 547-7433 (Available 24/7)
True Colors United is working to end homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, creating a world in which all young people can be their true selves. True Colors United runs a database of service providers. · (212) 461-4401
PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. With over 400 chapters and 200,000 members and supporters crossing multiple generations of families in major urban centers, small cities, and rural areas across America, PFLAG is committed to creating a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed.
Teens
Love Is Respect · Hotline: 1-866-331-9474
Children
Accessibility and Disability Services
The Initiative (previously known as the Domestic Violence Initiative) advocates for persons with disabilities who are victims of abuse. · (303) 839-5510 / 1-877-839-5510
Women of Color
Latina/Latino
Casa de Esperanza / Esperanza United · Linea de crisis 24-horas/24-hour crisis line: (651) 772-1611
Immigrant
Indigenous
Asian/Pacific Islander
African American
Men
Elderly / Later Life
Educational Resources
Books
I am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle
Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio
How to Be Black by Baratunde Thurston
Articles
How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldua
The South Doesn’t Own Slavery by Tiya Miles
- Ground Rules for Anti-Racism Discussions by MNYS Anti-Racism Committee
- The parenting penalties faced by scientist mothers by Kendall Powell
Podcasts
Human Angle Podcast: Showcasing BIPOC and Women scientists
- Lady Science Podcast: Discussing all things female within science
- UN Women and Girls in Science Podcast Series: from the UN
MindScape Podcast: 156 | Catherine D’Ignazio on Data, Objectivity, and Bias: from physicist Sean Carroll
How to Citizen with Baratunde Thurston
Videos
- The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
Why Women want Men to Know about Sexism by Theresa Vescio