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 Steve Fund is dedicated to the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color and has developed specific resources around COVID-19.
The Irresistible podcast (formerly Healing Justice podcast) focuses on healing and inspiration for social justice leaders.
The Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective offers a variety of social justice and mental health-related resources.
Here are some tool kits 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.
Lines for Life: Racial Equity Support Line
The Irresistible 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 Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty.
Psychology Tools offers a free guide to living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty (in multiple languages).
This article shares 9 podcasts for soothing your coronavirus anxiety.
The Trevor Project offers LGBTQ youth coping advice.
The JED Foundation 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 Calm, Headspace, or Breathe2Relax.
- Coping with Grief
For those who want individual counseling support around grief, Bishop Wellness Center is a resource. Call 503-370-6471.
The American Psychological Association provides some thoughts on grief in the time of COVID-19.
Heal Grief 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
The Jed Foundation -- Protecting emotional health and preventing suicide.
National Suicide Prevention Line -- 1-800-273-8255
- Additional COVID Resources
CDC FAQs for COVID
CDC COVID Prevention Strategies
Oregon Health Authority COVID Updates
Dealing with Uncertainty in the COVID Pandemic article.
An article validating the additional impact on young adults with chronic health conditions.
A student-created resource from Mind Matters.
The Wellness Society offers a Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook (multiple languages).
The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice has created a guide for college students in need of practical support during COVID-19.
COVID Coach is designed to support self-care and overall mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.