Community Care Team

We understand that for some, filling out this form might help you process your experience and identify needs. We also understand that for others, filling out a form might not best meet your needs.  

• If you don’t know what you want or who you want to talk...

If you have questions or would like to talk to the community care team about a concern or experiences of identity-based harm in the HDS community, please reach out to us in whatever of the following ways you prefer: 

• Connect directly with any community...

The community care team offers a way of weaving restorative justice and healing throughout our HDS community. Restorative justice is a world view rooted in indigeneity that calls us to prioritize our humanity and our relationships with each other. It is a...

With their consent, yes. We’re available to help support you in supporting your friend, and here to help support them if they desire. 

No. We are here to help support restorative processes and to provide accompaniment in the healing process. If, as part of your process, you desire support in initiating a University process or formal complaint related to your experience, we can help...

1. Contact the community care team.
2. The community care team member you contacted connects with you to engage in initial conversation about your experience.
3. During this conversation, the community care team member will offer a space of support for you to be...

We are not a strictly confidential resource, but we are a private resource. We are committed to providing a strong container for your story and your process. We rely on the touchstone “Stories Stay, Lessons Go” in how we approach privacy and...

Absolutely. Restorative justice holds that no one is disposable, and that we all need strong support in order to be able to enter into a process of accountability, repair, and healing. The community care team is poised and trained to support you whether...

There may be instances of identity-based harm that people feel able to address directly with the other people involved, with the support of a faculty member or supervisor if appropriate. When that is not possible, or people need more support, the...

First and foremost, we offer heart-centered listening and accompaniment to anyone who has been part of an instance of identity-based harm. We work with you to determine what you need and what your next steps forward towards repair might be. These can...