Ways to Support Our Work
Support Healing. Empower Survivors.
Victim and Survivor Advocacy offers free, confidential, and compassionate support to GVSU community members affected by sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, or human trafficking. Advocates help survivors set goals, create safety plans, and connect with vital campus and community resources—offering a safe space to heal and move forward on their own terms. Your support helps ensure every survivor has access to the advocacy, care, and empowerment they need to move forward.
Give to the Survivor Support Fund
Making a donation can change the life of a survivor. Your gift provides a safety net for survivors impacted by sexual or intimate partner violence, ensuring that they have access to critical resources, prevention and response efforts and empowerment to build a future free from violence. You can make a meaningful impact in supporting survivors by donating monthly or making a one-time donation to the Survivor Support Fund.
Our Amazon Wishlist
Help us support The Healing Closet
Our Amazon Wishlist contains many self-care items for the Victim and Survivor Advocacy Healing Closet. The Healing Closet is available for all victims and survivors who work with Victim and Survivor Advocacy at GVSU. If you would like to support the Victim and Survivor Advocacy program through gifts of tangible goods, you may choose to select items from our Amazon Wish List.
Join the Survivor Advisory Council
The Survivor Advisory Council is a survivor-led group of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to strengthening the university’s support for survivors of gender-based violence. The Council provides feedback and ideas to guide policy development, advocacy services, and systems change that create a more survivor-centered campus. The Council welcomes members who are passionate about ensuring that survivor voices shape GVSU’s prevention, response, and well-being efforts.
Involvement Opportunities
The Center for Health and Well-Being offers volunteer, internship and practicum opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of Victim and Survivor Advocacy and Health Promotion. Interns must maintain good academic standing with their home institution throughout the internship.
- On-Call Advocates – Provide confidential emotional support, crisis response, and resource connection to survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking, providing advocacy through our help-line, text-line or in-person advocacy. *Volunteer Advocates must be GVSU graduate students, faculty or staff members.
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Violence Prevention Educators – Lead violence prevention education programs and outreach focused on consent, healthy relationships, and bystander intervention within the GVSU community.
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Individualized projects tailored to your interests related to Health Promotion, Violence Prevention or Victim and Survivor Advocacy
Why Join Us
- Gain hands-on experience in trauma-informed advocacy, crisis intervention, and survivor-centered communication.
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Enhance leadership and professional competencies applicable to fields such as social work, counseling, education, public health, and student affairs.
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Make a meaningful impact in creating a safer, more supportive campus environment for all Lakers.
Violence Prevention Education
Our Violence Prevention Education program aims to end sexual and intimate partner violence before they occur to ensure a safe, supportive campus environment where all members of our community can thrive without fear of harm or intimidation.