College Sexual Violence Survivors and COVID-19

**Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence/Assault** In September 2017, Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, began the process of rescinding Title IX civil rights protections for students. For background, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that...

LGBTQIA+ Youth and COVID-19

**Trigger Warning: Transphobia/Homophobia and Violence** June is Pride Month! Happy Pride to all. I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a white woman who benefits all from white, cisgender, and heterosexual privilege, and I am writing this as an...

Racism and Mental Health

**Trigger Warning: Racial Violence / Police Violence ** I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a white person who benefits from white privilege, and I am writing this as an ally to the Black community. I stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter...

Abusive Homes and COVID-19

**Trigger Warning: Violence/Abuse** During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns of college students reentering abusive home environments arise. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spanned over the past three months, entire families are quarantining together. As I discussed in my...

College Mental Health and COVID-19

When the University of Richmond announced that learning would switch to entirely remote education due to COVID-19, my heart sunk as I scrolled through the email. I knew it was coming amidst the plethora of bad news, but leaving Richmond for the rest of the year felt...