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The Title IX and Equity Office provides oversight of the university’s efforts to respond to allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The information below lists your rights and options, and includes information about supportive measures available through our office and the university.

Make A Report

You may also request a meeting with the Title IX and Equity Office to better understand how we can help. If you schedule a meeting, we will discuss:

  • Available supportive measures, which are available to you free of charge, and without pursuing an investigation or resolution;
  • The SFBU Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation;
  • Resolution processes; and
  • How to initiate an investigation.

The meeting is designed to give you information to help you decide what to do. You will not be required to share any information about your experience(s). We will not alert the alleged offender should you choose to meet with us for an informational meeting. After our meeting, you may request supportive measures only, an investigation, or more time to think.

We are available to speak to you in person or via email, telephone, or video-conferencing; pick the format that makes you feel most comfortable. Please know that you may bring a friend, peer, relative, advocate, union representative, or advisor for emotional support to any meeting with the Title IX and Equity Office.

If you need our support or have had an experience that you want to share with us, we hope you will reach out. You can visit us in person (Student Success Hub (SSH) Building, Room 10), give us a call or text (510-803-7328 Ext. 227), or email us (t9-equity@sfbu.edu).

There are several reporting options. Reporting is your choice.

Reporting Tips: If you are interested in an investigation, please save as much information as possible; text messages, social media postings, emails, or voice mail messages may prove relevant. It is also helpful to write down the names or descriptions of potential witnesses.

 

Report to the Title IX and Equity Office:

You are encouraged to meet with us at any time to discuss your options. Discussing your options with the Title IX and Equity Office does not initiate an investigation. However, it does allow us to preserve any evidence for use should you later choose to initiate a disciplinary investigation.

You may also pursue disciplinary charges against a university student, employee, or a third-party affiliate of the university. The university cannot discipline or sanction a student, employee, or third-party for misconduct without conducting an investigation pursuant to the procedures described in the SFBU Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation. The university’s investigation process is completely separate from the police and court system and may be pursued without a report to law enforcement.

 

Report to Law Enforcement:

You can report to the Fremont Police Department (Crime Against Persons Unit): (510) 790-6800

 

Report to Outside Legal Agencies:

Employees may file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education and/or the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Civil Rights.

If you choose to initiate other independent legal action, you may need to obtain legal counsel.

There are confidential resources available in the campus community.

SFBU appreciates that you may prefer to access support or receive your options confidentially, meaning, absent signs that there is an immediate safety threat, you can share information with a confidential resource, and they will not share your identity with our office, law enforcement, or anyone else.

Please visit our Health and Wellness page to learn more.

What to do if:

  1. Get to a safe place and call 911.
  2. Contact someone for help and support. Should you not know who to contact, or need assistance from SFBU, please contact the Title IX & Equity office for help and support.
  3. Go to a hospital for medical care. You will be given a physical exam and options for the prevention of pregnancy and STDs. (Even if several days have passed since the assault, it is still important to get medical care.)
  4. If you are able to, avoid showering, bathing, douching or changing your clothes to avoid potentially damaging evidence. Do not disturb anything at the scene of the assault or throw away any evidence.
  5. You may ask law enforcement for assistance in gathering evidence. Evidence should be placed in a paper bag, rather than a plastic bag.
  6. Medical Professionals are required to notify the police whenever they treat a rape victim but the decision to make a formal police report is still yours.
  7. If you decide NOT to go to the police immediately, consider writing down all the details of the assault (ex: who, what, when, where) and keep them in case you wish to report the assault later.

If you have a life-threatening situation, call 911 immediately.

If you feel like you need to speak with a crisis license therapist immediately, SFBU Health and Wellness has a licensed therapist available to talk with you during business hours. Please either visit them in person or give them a call at 510-803-7328 Ext. 207.

If you are experiencing an after-hours emergency, please contact one of the following resources for crisis counseling:

- For after-hours virtual health and well-being advice (through TimelyCare), please access timelycare.com/SFBU

- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1 (800) 273-8255

If you have a life-threatening situation, call 911 immediately.

- Valley Health Center Downtown (777 E. Santa Clara St.)
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (751 S. Bascom Ave.)
- Regional Medical Center (225 N. Jackson Ave.)
- O’Connor Hospital (2105 Forest Ave.)
- Willow Glen Urgent Care (625 Lincoln Ave.)

If you are in need of a forensic exam, please visit the Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center Emergency Department or call the SART Coordinator at 408-885-6466. Medical Professionals are required to notify the police whenever they treat a rape victim but the decision to make a formal police report is still yours.

Supportive measures may include counseling, extensions of deadlines or other course or work-related adjustments, modifications of class or work schedules, campus escorts, mutual restrictions on contact, changes in work or housing locations, leaves of absence, increased security and monitoring of certain areas of the campus, and other similar measures.

Please schedule a meeting with our office so that we can figure out how to best support you. You can walk in (Student Success Hub, Room 10), give us a call or text (510) 803-7328 Ext. 227, or email us (t9-equity@sfbu.edu) to make a report.