SCampus Student Guidebook

Student Services

Center for Women and Men

Director: Danielle Lancon
(213) 740-4900
(213) 321-3982 (24-hour 
emergency line)
Student Union 202
Email: cwm@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/cwm

USC Center for Women and Men is committed to serving the needs of students with a special focus on gender-related issues. The goals of the center are to:

• provide educational programming designed to increase awareness of gender-related issues
• inspire members of the campus 
community to become involved in gender-related issues
• increase communication between men and women in the USC campus community
• support student activity groups 
committed to gender-related issues
• create a safe and confidential space for survivors of gender-related crimes such as sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual battery, intimate partner violence and stalking to receive supportive services

If you are (or have been) a victim of rape, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, harassment or other gender-based harm, you are encouraged to consider talking to a counselor at the 
Center for Women and Men.

The office assists all students, staff and faculty. Communication with the office is confidential (unless a release is signed), making it a safe environment to discuss matters without fear of reprisal.

Staff members at the Center for Women and Men are able to provide the 
following:

• referrals on and off campus to counseling services, legal services, medical care, rape treatment centers and shelters for survivors of intimate partner violence;
• assistance with police and judicial procedures;
• temporary campus restraining orders and support in obtaining Superior Court restraining orders;
• telephone number changes and call traces within the university telephone system, in cases of multiple harassing or crank calls; and
• guidance for international students including, when possible, assistance in languages other than English

Programs and resources offered by the Center for Women and Men include the following:

• educational outreach addressing the prevention of sexual assault through Men Creating Attitudes for Rape-free Environments (Men CARE), a male-to-male peer educational program. A group of undergraduate men undergo training and then facilitate presentations across campus about how all men can help prevent sexual assaults. They offer a series of workshops, covering topics such as understanding consent and intervening as a bystander who witnesses questionable 
behavior.
• programs developed specifically to the needs of your leadership group, including sororities, fraternities, clubs and organizations;
• an annual women’s leadership retreat;
• an annual women’s diversity 
luncheon;
• internship and volunteer opportunities for both women and men;
• USC’s annual Take Back The Night week of events culminating with a candlelight vigil protesting sexual violence, co-sponsored by the Women’s Student Assembly and Take Back the Night committee;
• the Clothesline Project, a permanent collection of shirts memorializing survivors’ experience of gender-based violence, co-sponsored by the Women’s Student Assembly and Take Back the Night committee; and
• literature for survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones

The services of the Center for Women and Men are available to members of the USC community on both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses. On the Health Sciences campus additional assistance is available through the Office for Women located in Keith Administration Building 100-F, (323) 442-2554. The CWM is normally open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, and appointments and drop-in visits are welcome. At night and during weekends, a recorded message directs callers in need of help to a staff member on call.