Resources and Information
VPR continues to be available to the MIT community remotely.
- VPR advocacy services: email vpradvocate@mit.edu to make an appointment.
- VPR hotline: call 617-253-2300 to connect with VPR staff immediately.
- VPR prevention and education: email vpreducation@mit.edu.
If you are unable to speak safely in your current situation, scheduled VPR advocacy appointments can be text- or chat-based. See national resources below for ways to connect with someone immediately via chat or text.
National Resources (Including Text and Chat Hotlines)
National Domestic Violence Hotline (free, confidential, 24/7)
Online chat: https://www.thehotline.org/
Text: text LOVEIS to 22522 (Love Is Respect in partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline)
Phone: 1-800-799-7233
National Sexual Assault Hotline (free, confidential, 24/7)
Online hotline: https://hotline.rainn.org/online
Phone: 1-800-656-4673
Consent:
Rape and sexual assault:
Intimate partner violence:
Stalking:
Healthy and unhealthy relationships:
Sexual harassment:
- Definition and facts [PDF]
On-Campus Resources and Links
Call our hotline at 617-253-2300 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST) to reach a VPR advocate. We can help you think about your options and decide what to do next.
MIT’s centralized office for students, faculty, and staff with concerns related to discrimination, discriminatory harassment, and bias
Call 617-253-1311 (24 hours) if you have been physically injured or are experiencing an urgent mental health problem. A clinician may direct you to go straight to a hospital or come into MIT Medical’s Urgent Care Service (open from 8 a.m.–8 p.m. daily)
Off-Campus Sexual Assault/Rape-Related Services
Call the 24-hour hotline at 800-841-8371.
24-hour hotline: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
Off-Campus Intimate Partner Violence-Related Services
Call 617-661-7203 for emergency shelter and transitional and supported housing.
Our comprehensive range of services, available in both Spanish and English, provide survivors with tools to recover from the trauma of abuse and begin to build sustainable self-sufficiency.
Off-Campus LGBTQ-Specific Services
The Network/La Red is a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, SM, polyamorous, and queer communities. 24-hour hotline: 617-742-4911 (voice) 800-832-1901 (toll-free)
