We are the Safe Office

Wake Forest University encourages students who need advocacy and/or support for concerns related to interpersonal violence to Start with Safe.

The Safe Office provides confidential 24/7 crisis response, advocacy, accompaniment, and ongoing support services to undergraduate and graduate Reynolda Campus students for concerns related to interpersonal violence.  We also provide confidential consultations for concerned students, parents, faculty, and staff to help empower people to feel confident in their next steps towards lives free of interpersonal violence. 

The Safe Office is committed to providing equitable quality care to Reynolda Campus students of all identities. We believe all survivors and acknowledge the disproportionate impacts of sexual and relationship violence on marginalized communities, including but not limited to: survivors of color, LGBTQIA+ identifying survivors, trans and nonbinary survivors, all survivors who identify as women, survivors who do not have documented citizenship, survivors who have physical and mental disabilities, and survivors who have history with the criminal justice system.

The Safe Office works closely with the Office of Wellbeing and the Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coalition to support education and prevention work for the Wake Forest community. 

Need immediate assistance? 

Call us 24/7 for confidential support at  336.758.5285

Have a non-urgent question?

Click here to find the Safe Office on the interactive campus map

What is Interpersonal Violence?

Interpersonal violence (IPV) is a wide-ranging term for abusive or aggressive acts that occur between two individuals. While often associated with romantic relationships, IPV also encompasses acts of a sexual or stalking nature between individuals who may not have been romantically involved. These acts can occur on a broad spectrum of severity and frequency, covering various forms of harm including, but not limited to, intimate partner violence, dating violence, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual assault (including rape), stalking, catcalling, doxing, catfishing, groping, sodomy, sexual exploitation, sextortion, nonconsensual recording of sexual activity, image-based sexual abuse (more commonly known as ‘revenge porn’), and gender-based harassment.