SHARE

We are here to help

The Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) office is a survivor-centered,  trauma-informed confidential resource on campus for the Princeton University community.  SHARE provides crisis response, support, short-term counseling, advocacy, education, and referral services to those who are dealing with and/or supporting survivors of interpersonal violence and abuse including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking.

Princeton University Health Services (UHS) is dedicated to respecting the rights and welfare of the Transgender and Gender Diverse community by acknowledging that gender does not exist on a binary.

Princeton University Health Services (UHS) is dedicated to respecting the rights and welfare of the Transgender and Gender Diverse community by acknowledging that gender does not exist on a binary. UHS strives to validate, and normalizes gender diversity and opposes all public and private discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived gender identity and expression.  Further, UHS calls upon healthcare professionals to take a leadership role in working against discrimination towards Transgender and Gender Diverse individuals. In line with the best practices developed by the world’s leading medical and psychological associations, UHS supports transgender and gender nonbinary students’ access to gender affirming care, including but not limited to the initiation and continuation of gender affirming hormones and insurance coverage of surgeries and procedures for gender affirmation.

 

  • Medical appointments can be scheduled with Valerie Lewis, M.D., MPH, by calling the McCosh Health Center front desk at 609-258-3141 during normal business hours.
  • Call 609-258-3141 to make an appointment for an initial 20-minute consultation with Counseling and Psychological Services to access gender-affirming mental health support. You can also schedule your initial consultation appointment online (link is external). Gavin Jones, UHS Trans Health Team member, has IC appointments available as soon as early next week.
  • Contact Gavin Jones to learn more about the work of the Princeton UHS Trans* Health Team

 

 

Letter to our community

Dear Princeton,

Welcome to the SHARE website.  If you are new to Princeton or our office, please know that SHARE is a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, confidential resource on campus for anyone experiencing interpersonal violence, including you.  

Interpersonal violence on college campuses is a national epidemic and a public health crisis. Our Princeton community is no exception, and we believe the work starts here. SHARE is dedicated to making all of our communities safer by utilizing the socio-ecological model of violence prevention, to ensure we combat violence from all angles (individual, group, institutional, community, and society). We recognize that interpersonal violence is fostered by oppression in all of its forms, and we direct our prevention and intervention efforts with that in mind. We are mindful that many forms of trauma, including racial violence, climate change, and other results of systemic oppression compound and make more complex the experiences and trauma of the survivors and community we serve.  

We anchor to building a holistic culture of respect on campus, as well as skill-building on bystander intervention, consent, setting and respecting boundaries, and healthy relationships. As a complement to our prevention programming, we provide consultative services in support of students looking to (re)establish behavioral expectations for their teams, organizations, and clubs in order to promote safe, respectful, and inclusive environments.

Despite our efforts to prevent interpersonal violence and abuse, it does occur on our campus.  We work to reduce the pain and suffering that results from these acts by supporting survivors. This support can take the form of individual advocacy (assistance navigating the University and community-based systems) and counseling to facilitate emotional healing. At SHARE, our primary goal is to help empower survivors to make informed decisions about which options, if any, they wish to pursue while affirming and supporting their intersectional needs and wellbeing. In addition to our services for survivors, a specialized SHARE provider, located outside of McCosh Health Center, facilitates a clinical and educational intervention program for those who have caused harm, to assist them in understanding the impact of their harm and gain the skills necessary to prevent it in the future.

While we don’t create campus policy or have the role of enforcing policy, our advocacy efforts highlight student and survivor voices to those who have these responsibilities. Whenever possible, we look for opportunities to expand options and explore structural or institutional interventions that can increase the likelihood for more respectful interactions and support the empowerment, listening to, and belief in survivors. Oftentimes, this takes the form of working collaboratively with campus partners and external stakeholders to improve policy, procedures and other systemic responses that impact survivors.

We hope one day to work ourselves out of a job and eliminate interpersonal violence in our communities.  In the meantime, we serve survivors, co-survivors, first responders, and those who wish to partner with us in our efforts. 

In solidarity,

Your SHARE Team (Shawnie, Louis, Jackie, Carrie, Annette, Matt, and Prashanti)