As we emerge from a never before seen global health crisis and continue to reckon with and work to dismantle systemic racism, we fully expect the impact on our community will be far-reaching and long-lasting. We want you to know Bishop Wellness Center is here to support you.
- Coping with Daily Needs
Willamette’s SOAR Center can help with food and essentials.
The Office of Student Resources offers an emergency fund application.
Bishop Wellness Center can help students navigate local systems of support. Call Bishop’s front desk at 503-370-6471 to request an appointment.
- Coping with Discrimination/Racial Trauma
Willamette University has processes in place for those experiencing discrimination to receive support and/or to file reports of dissemination through the Diversity at Willamette site.
The Student Center for Equity and Empowerment is a resource for students of various identities to connect, find information, and support one another, and is supported by the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion.
The Gender Resource and Advocacy Center offers support and advocacy services surrounding sexual and gender identity, and sexual and relationship violence.
The is dedicated to the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color and has developed specific resources around COVID-19.
The podcast (formerly Healing Justice podcast) focuses on healing and inspiration for social justice leaders.
The offers a variety of social justice and mental health-related resources.
Here are some on Surviving and Resisting Hate, from the Immigration, Critical Race, and Cultural Equity Lab.
Work on your personal development around anti-oppression by engaging with the 21-day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.
: Racial Equity Support Line
The podcast (formerly Healing Justice podcast) focuses on healing and inspiration for social justice leaders.
- Coping with Stress and Anxiety
Bishop Wellness Center continues to offer counseling and can be reached at 503-370-6471.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers .
offers a free guide to living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty (in multiple languages).
shares 9 podcasts for soothing your coronavirus anxiety.
The offers LGBTQ youth coping advice.
The offers a variety of student-specific resources.
Several apps offer relaxation, breathing, or meditation guidance with a free component or a free trial, such as , , or .
- Coping with Grief
For those who want individual counseling support around grief, Bishop Wellness Center is a resource. Call 503-370-6471.
The provides some thoughts on grief in the time of COVID-19.
provides community, support, and connections to those who are grieving, including Actively Moving Forward virtual support groups for young adults.
- LGBTQIA+ Resources
The Gender Resource and Advocacy Center offers support and advocacy services surrounding sexual and gender identity, and sexual and relationship violence.
Several resources from Planned Parenthood:
- Additional Campus and Community Supports
Willamette Student Support Organizations
Sexual Assault Response Allies (S.A.R.A.) - Trained Student Volunteers
-- Protecting emotional health and preventing suicide.
-- 1-800-273-8255
- Additional COVID Resources
CDC FAQs for COVID
CDC COVID Prevention Strategies
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The Wellness Society offers a (multiple languages).
The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice has created a .
is designed to support self-care and overall mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.