About Us
VISION
We envision a Kent State University community where all people learn, work, and live free from violence.
MISSION
The Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services empowers, encourages, and validates those affected by power-based personal violence, educates the community about healthy relationships, places an emphasis on bystander action, and advocates for social change towards a university-wide intolerance to harm.
CORE VALUES
The Center for SRVSS holds the following core values in the work that we do.
鈼 Believing and empowering survivors
鈼 Survivor鈥檚 right to privacy and choice
鈼 Equal opportunity within university systems
鈼 A trauma-informed response to survivors
鈼 Cultural competence in the services we provide
鈼 Respect, kindness, and purpose in all we do
鈼 Collaborating with university and community partners
鈼 Positive change around attitudes and beliefs that perpetuate violence
鈼 Empowering bystanders to share responsibility in ending violence