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In this issue:
Back to College: Resources for New and Returning Students
Corporate Spotlight: Amazon
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Staying Safe on Campus
The following tips may reduce your risk for many different types of crimes, including sexual violence. No tips can absolutely guarantee safety—sexual violence can happen to anyone, and it's not the only crime that can occur on a college campus. It's important to remember that if you are sexually assaulted on campus it is not your fault—help and support are available.
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Practicing Active Bystander Intervention
You can play an important role in addressing interpersonal violence on and off campus.
Stepping in can make all the difference, but it should never put your own safety at risk.
Here are ways you can be an effective, active bystander without posing risk to yourself.
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Free, Confidential, 24/7 Support
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN)
Call 800-656-HOPE │ Text HOPE to 64673
Online Chat │ WhatsApp Chat
Doorways' 24-Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline
703-237-0881
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Dating 101
Dating means different things to different people, especially across generations. The relationship may be sexual (though it doesn't have to be), it could be serious or casual, short-term or long-term.
No matter how you define it, it's important to make sure you're on the same page with your partner in setting the definitions and boundaries of your relationship.
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Quizzes
If you're just learning about relationships, it's understandable to have questions. Check out these and more quizzes:
- Am I a good partner?
- Is your relationship healthy?
- Do you think you're practicing good self-care?
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How to Set Relationship Boundaries
Setting and respecting boundaries is essential to any and every relationship. It's important that partners feel comfortable expressing their wants, goals, fears, and limits, and everyone's boundaries are honored.
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Intimate Relationships
Sex can be an important part of your relationship and an intimate way to express yourself, both physically and emotionally. The most important part is that you do so consensually, according to boundaries you've established for yourself that you and your partner respect.
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The Relationship Spectrum
All relationships exist on a spectrum from healthy to abusive, with unhealthy relationships somewhere in the middle. Explore Love is respect's interactive Relationship Spectrum by rating different scenarios as healthy, unhealthy, or abusive, and find out where your own relationship falls.
| If you recognize any of the warning signs, it may be an indication that your relationship is abusive. Create a safety plan or text, call, or chat now to connect with an advocate to confidentially discuss your situation and explore available options. | | |
Free, Confidential, 24/7 Support
Love is respect
Call 866-331-9474 │ Text LOVEIS to 22522
Online Chat
Doorways' 24-Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline
703-237-0881
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From outfitting our shelter and community services center, to supporting our programs to shelter and house survivors, to hosting and sponsoring our fundraising events, Amazon has been an incredible partner to Doorways since 2019! We are grateful for their investment in Doorways and in Arlington County. | | | Amazon works side-by-side with community partners to increase access to affordable housing, alleviate hunger, strengthen education, and help those impacted by natural disasters when they occur. Learn more about how Amazon supports our communities at www.aboutamazon.com/impact/community. | | |
