May 18, 2023
  • 12:08 pm Fall Convocation 2022: “The State of this University is Strong”
  • 9:37 pm Ogrin Brings the Thunder in Toros 12-3 rout; team plays for playoff championship tomorrow
  • 7:00 am Outstanding Professor Award Recipient’s Mic Drop Moment at Last Month’s Virtual Ceremony
  • 9:10 am Bookworms of the World Unite!
  • 7:46 pm Breaking News: All Students Living in Campus Housing Required to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
  • 9:00 am CSUDH Esports Creates International Competition
  • 9:35 am Spring Commencement Ceremonies Get Brighter
  • 3:46 pm Breaking News: Spring Commencement Ceremonies Recieve Stadium Upgrade
  • 8:00 am Testing the Teachers (and All the Educators)
  • 9:30 am CSUDH Educators and School Employees, Vaccinated Next
  • 10:30 am For White People Only: Anti-Racism Workshop Addresses Racial Bias and Unity
  • 2:43 pm Greatness Personified: Remembering Kobe Bryant
  • 10:02 am Straight Down the Chimney and Into Your (Digital) Hands: Special Holiday Edition of The Bulletin!
  • 2:44 pm Did You Wake up Looking this Beautiful?
  • 11:43 am A Long History for University’s Newest Major
  • 5:15 pm Issue 5 of Bulletin Live! Collector’s Item! Worth its Weight in Digital Paper!
  • 4:06 pm Special Election Issue
  • 4:03 pm Three best Latinx Halloween & Horror Short Films available now on HBO Max
  • 9:49 am Issue 3 of CSUDH Bulletin Live if You Want It
  • 3:24 pm Hispanic Heritage Month Update
  • 2:00 pm South Bay Economic Forecast Goes Virtual
  • 3:52 pm BREAKING NEWS: Classes for Spring to be Online, CSU Chancellor Announces
  • 9:39 am “Strikes” and Solidarity
  • 8:30 am March Into History: Just 5 in 1970, CSUDH Growth Shaped by Historic Event
  • 8:30 am Will the Bulletin Make Today Tomorrow?
  • 9:04 am Different Neighborhoods Warrant Rubber Bullets or Traffic Control For Protesters
  • 5:07 pm STAFF EDITORIAL: Even Socially Distant, We All Have to Work Together
  • 5:47 pm Transcript of CSUDH President Parham’s Coronavirus Announcement
  • 10:46 am Cal State Long Beach Suspends Face-to-Face Classes; CSUDH Discussing Contingency Plans
  • 5:26 pm Things Black People Should be Able to Get Away with This Month
  • 10:25 am Latinx Students Need a Place to Call Home
  • 2:35 pm Will Time Run Out Before Funds for PEGS? [UPDATED]
  • 8:41 am Year of the Rat? What’s That?
  • 6:20 am Artist Who Gave Life to Death and Inspired Countless Others Gets His Due at Dominguez Hills
  • 5:16 pm Why I’m Rooting for Dr. Cornel West
  • 5:00 pm Under Fire from the Feds, Vaping’s Future is Cloudy
  • 3:28 pm We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat; Tsunami 3.0 Hits Campus, Enrollment Swells
  • 1:22 pm THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE BULLETIN IS HERE
  • 4:48 pm University Weathering a Wave of New Students
  • 9:21 pm The Bulletin’s Public Records Request Offers Springboard to Launch Gender Equity Discussion at CSUDH
  • 4:27 pm Black is the New Black: Raising the Capital on the “B” Word
  • 10:53 am Guns Up for Arrest: Student advocacy group pushes for CSU No Gun Zones–Including the Police
  • 4:09 pm Staff Editorial: Words on the First
  • 8:42 pm Carson Mayor Blasts Media, Landmark Libel Case in Keynote Address
  • 9:27 am Free Speech Week Calendar of Events Update
  • 6:02 am Food for Thought: 40% of Students are Food Insecure
  • 3:12 pm Academic Senate Rejects CSU GE Task Force & Report
  • 3:06 pm Work To Be Done
  • 5:56 pm ASI Elections: What You Need to Know
  • 8:02 pm CSUDH President Parham Announces Cancer Diagnosis
  • 9:47 am CSUDH Art Professor’s 20-Year Journey Results in First Local Showing of Film
  • 9:13 pm Free Speech or Free Hate area?
  • 9:08 pm CSUDH’s Best & Brightest Shine at Student Research Day
  • 9:05 pm Academic Senate Approves Gender Equity Task Force
  • 12:37 pm When Dr. Davis speaks, Toros Pay Close Attention
  • 3:38 pm Investing in the Future: Dr. Thomas A. Parham Reflects on the Past Eight Months and Contemplates​ the University’s Future
  • 3:24 pm Green Olive to Open By End of Feb; Starbucks Not Until Fall
  • 3:20 pm Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Budget Hailed for Extensive Funding Increases
  • 3:08 pm Out of the Classroom: Labor and Community Organizing Course Aims to Teach Students How to Organize for Social Justice
  • 2:54 pm The Other Route in Professional Sports
  • 9:02 am Hail to the New Chief, CSUDH President Thomas Parham
  • 3:36 pm Career Center Holds Major/Minor Fair
  • 5:34 pm After Unexpected Delay, Undocumented Becomes More Intimate Theatrical Production
  • 1:30 pm What to Expect When You’re Expecting New Buildings
  • 1:17 pm Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
  • 1:14 pm Bonner Crowned: The Fearless Leader
  • 1:10 pm A Legacy Defined: Cilecia Foster
  • 1:03 pm The Toros Sweep Stanislaus State, Start CCAA Championships 
  • 12:56 pm Year In Review: 2022-23 Toros Athletics 

Confidential comfort offered here at CSUDH with C.A.P.E., Photo By Darlene Maes


By Darlene Maes, Staff Reporter

With the amount of students and faculty members attending our campus every day of the week, some may still feel alone. When dealing with a personal issue the urge to speak to someone may seem like a last resort. At CSUDH, there is a safe space devoted to supporting individuals both faculty, staff and students who have experienced abuse in different forms. The Center for Advocacy, Prevention and Empowerment (CAPE) serves as a stand-alone department on campus to address issues of interpersonal abuse. 

Although our campus offers Title IX, Student Health services and other resources that can benefit those in need, CAPE serves its own defined purpose. It provides confidential support and education to anyone impacted by sexual assault/abuse, intimate partner abuse, stalking, and/or sexual harassment meant to help individuals overcome the impact of abuse to remain successful in professional, academic and personal goals.

The importance of this center development was due to Executive Order 1095 that requires “CSU system schools implement Title IX, the Violence Against Women Act of 2015 (also known as the Campus SaVE Act), and other legislation related to gender or sex-based discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking,” according to the CSUDH policies website.

Mayra Romo serves as the CAPE coordinator and advocate for anyone who needs assistance dealing with abuse. As a coordinator, she assists clients by being a support system in listening, understanding and helping individuals coping with abuse. She assists with situations such as filing a police report, explaining how the court system works for abuse victims, and is a stand-in support system for those in need from all identity backgrounds.

An important focus of CAPE is the language used in order to help those who seek support to properly identify their experience.

“There have been studies on campuses and the barriers for students seeking services,” Romo said. “A result was that they felt the services provided did not apply to their experience. So I am trying to make sure that we overcome that. We will always be transitioning to serve our faculty, staff and students better.”

Although CAPE serves within its own department, it has been given the same credibility of other resources on campus. Romo assures students they are in a safe space and her services are confidential

In an effort to evolve CAPE, Romo applied and was rewarded a grant from the U.S Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women last October in order to assist with emergency resources such as transportation and housing.

The main impact CAPE aspires to gain in our campus community is to have a reach and continue to educate individuals on preventative measures and how to address their experiences and feel supported during a difficult time. The importance of having this resource for our campus is that trends are continuously changing and college culture is influenced by so many factors. As a community, it is important we are aware of how CAPE benefits our campus for those who may not have a shoulder to cry on or a person to listen without judgement towards trauma. 

CAPE’s next event will be in collaboration with the Women’s Resource Center for the little black dress campaign, an informative event that rejects victim-blaming and supports survivors of sexual abuse. The date is to be determined amid COVID-19 concerns. 

With the COVID-19 advisement set in place by President Parham for on-campus meeting and events being cancelled or rescheduled, CAPE remains accessible. For individuals seeking immediate assistance over-the-phone appointments are being accepted and can be made by visiting their website, www.csudh.edu/cape/get-help/confidential-support/.

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