SAPAC's General Peer Led Support Group is an open drop-in, confidential healing space that meets twice a week for University of Michigan students who identify as survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, or stalking. The group aims to empower survivors and facilitate resilience, reconnection, stress relief, and anxiety reduction for our participants. We’ll be doing this through semi-structured activities, self-care practices, creative arts, and creating a safe space for sharing and processing if participants choose to do so.
PLSG aims to provide a supportive, understanding community that welcomes student survivors of all ages, genders, and identities. The group is open to all survivors of sexual violence, whether those experiences happened earlier in life, or in college.
Fill out a confidential interest form and receive our weekly emails here!
Email: [email protected]
Winter 2025 PLSG Meetings:
WHERE:
SAPAC Office, Michigan Union 4100 (in-person)
*Fill out above interest form to receive meeting link information
WHEN*:
Sunday: 3:30-5 PM in person
Tuesday: 6-7 PM in person
*First meeting of Winter 2025 will be Sunday, January 26
Meet the Facilitators:
Chloe Brookes is a second-year student from Birmingham, Michigan majoring in Psychology and pursuing a minor in Gender and Health. Outside of classes and co-facilitating PLSG, she volunteers with the Bystander Intervention and Community Engagement program, SAPAC’s secondary prevention education volunteer program. She also works as a research assistant in two social psychology labs on campus: one focusing on proactive interventions to combat microaggressions against women in STEM, and the other exploring cognitive rejection of empiricism. She loves running, traveling, concerts, and making iced mochas as a barista at M36!
Jordan Reiss is a third-year student from New Jersey studying psychology. Outside of classes and co-facilitating PLSG, she is the co-chair of PR and Marketing for Prison Birth Project and a member of Mu Epsilon Delta. She is extremely passionate about continuing to advocate for survivors of sexual violence as well as upholding values of social justice within her work and beyond. This is Jordan’s second year with SAPAC and first semester facilitating PLSG, and she is looking forward to building a community that reinforces healthy relationships, bolsters confidence, and supports survivor-centered care!