SAIV-RT Members
Eastern Connecticut State University’s Sexual Assault & Interpersonal Violence Response Team (SAIV-RT) is a campus and community-based team dedicated to creating and maintaining a campus environment free of all forms of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking. The Team is committed to providing trauma-informed response, advocacy, prevention, intervention, and support to restore safety of students who experience interpersonal violence.
The SAIV Response and Resource Team
Co-led by the the Title IX Coordinator, Sara Madera (Response Team) and the Director of the Arthur L. Johnson Unity Wing, Starsheemar Byrum (Resource Team).
SAIV-RT provides an efficient and supportive response to victims. Through SAIV-RT, the campus community has many safe and supportive resources including confidential options to report sexual assault and to receive assistance, medical help, counseling, advocacy, and academic intervention following a sexual assault. All members of the SAIV-RT will use discretion and honor confidentiality to the best of their ability.
*These members are empowered by law to maintain confidentiality.
These resources collaborate with the SAIV-RT of Eastern Connecticut State University, but are not part of campus. They still maintain confidentiality. Information is kept strictly confidential and will not be released, under any circumstances, without the written consent of the student or employee.
The SAIV Resource Team
The Sexual Assault Resource Team provides assessments and safety planning along with the assistance and support of the Response Team. The Resource Team also helps to provide outreach programming and educational materials to the larger Eastern campus community. All members of the SAIV-RT will use discretion and honor confidentiality to the best of their ability. * These members are empowered by law to maintain confidentiality.