Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures of GBV (gender-based violence) is a training collaboration between Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS) and Equal Opportunity and Compliance (EOC). Empower UNC equips students and employees with information, resources, and strategies to respond to disclosures of sexual violence, interpersonal violence, stalking, and sexual and gender-based harassment in an informed and compassionate way.
Resources
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Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures of GBV
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: TrainingsMental Health Needs: Discrimination, Interpersonal/intimate partner violenceOrganization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campus -
Empowering Black Women
A CAPS therapy group offering a safe and trusting environment to dialogue openly and honestly about the experiences of Black women and facilitate empowerment and encouragement.
Typically, this group recruits new members at the beginning of the semester. If that time has passed, you can still ask and express interest.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: Already paid through student fees, No charge for anyoneIdentities: Black experiences, WomenCategories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical CareMental Health Needs: Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: CAPS GroupCampus Affiliation: All students, Post-doctoral FellowWebsite: https://caps.unc.edu/group-therapy/empowering-black-women/
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Eshelman Care Referral
Provides students of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences with focused assistance to support them in their academics, health, well-being, professionalism, and in situations of discrimination/harassment
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few WeeksCosts: Already paid through student feesIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Skills and Wellness Program, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Get Involved, Overall well-being, Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Graduate and Professional Students -
Exercise is Medicine
Personalized fitness support based on the concept of exercise as a vital sign for health and well-being.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Certified coaches, Peer support facilitated by students, Skills and Wellness ProgramMental Health Needs: Overall well-beingOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: All students, Post-doctoral FellowWebsite: https://unc-eim.weebly.com/
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Feeling Seen Podcast
Two Black staff psychologists at CAPS come together on this podcast to discuss and demystify mental health, therapy, and help-seeking, giving listeners a more personal side of CAPS and its staff.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcome, Black experiencesCategories: MultimediaMental Health Needs: Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: CAPS, Student AffairsCampus Affiliation: CommunityWebsite: https://caps.unc.edu/services/outreach/feeling-seen-podcast
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First in the Family
The First in the Family group is a safe and nurturing environment that centers the needs of Carolina’s first-generation college students to discuss the challenges of being the first in the family to attend college with others who “get it.” The group will be a place to give and receive support and will touch on topics such as financial stressors, maintaining boundaries, networking, and family conflicts, in order to help students to be successful academically, professionally, and personally.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: Already paid through student feesIdentities: All identities welcome, First GenerationCategories: Community Building, Identity-based support, Peer support facilitated by employeesMental Health Needs: Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: CAPS GroupCampus Affiliation: All students -
Future Counselors Association
Student org in the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling graduate program that uses volunteer opportunities, fundraising, and a variety of social events to create a healthier campus.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Mental Health AdvocacyMental Health Needs: Get InvolvedOrganization: Student OrganizationCampus Affiliation: Graduate and Professional StudentsWebsite: https://heellife.unc.edu/organization/uncch-rehabilitation-counseling-association
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Global Majority Graduate/Professional Students Support Group
This group provides a space that centers the unique experiences and challenges of being a graduate student of color at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Typically, this group recruits new members at the beginning of the semester. If that time has passed, you can still ask and express interest.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: Already paid through student fees, No charge for anyoneIdentities: Black experiences, Latinx experiences are centered, Native AmericanCategories: Identity-based support, Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical CareMental Health Needs: Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: CAPS Group, Student AffairsCampus Affiliation: Graduate and Professional StudentsWebsite: https://caps.unc.edu/group-therapy/graduate-students-color-support-group/
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Global Zone Training
Global Zone Training is an interactive and engaging opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to better understand the experiences of international students and scholars. The training includes information about our international populations, a cross-cultural simulation game, illustrations of various potential cross-cultural differences, strategies and resources for supporting success. The training also includes several short videos in which international Tar Heels share their reflections and recommendations.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: TrainingsMental Health Needs: AcademicsOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campusWebsite: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/faculty-resources/global-zone-training/
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Green Zone Training
A two-hour training to learn more about supporting veteran and military-affiliated students.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcome, VeteransCategories: TrainingsMental Health Needs: Overall well-being, Supports most mental health issues, TraumaOrganization: Student AffairsCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campusWebsite: https://dos.unc.edu/carolina-veterans-resource-center/green-zone-training/
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