SARC Resources

Friends and Family Group

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It is time to sign-up for the Alder Program’s Friends and Family Group summer session.

The Friends and Family group is a FREE 10-week psychoeducational group for partners, friends and family members of adults and teens who have experienced sexual assault at age 15 or older.

In this group participants will learn:

  • Information about sexual trauma, including: after effects of sexual trauma on the brain and body, how trauma memory is processed, how trauma survivors cope with sexual trauma and the losses that result from experiencing sexual trauma
  • How to provide helpful support to a person who has experienced sexual trauma, including: learning to use language that helps not hurts, how to validate effectively, how to help create a safe environment to promote healing
  • How to cope with your own feelings, including: learning how to cope with natural feelings that arise while being a support to a person healing from sexual trauma, self-care strategies

When: Thursday evenings beginning mid-June (exact start date TBD)

Where: The Sexual Assault Resource Center Alder Program: 4900 SW Griffith Dr., Suite 103 Beaverton, OR 97005

For more information or to sign up for the group, please contact Betsy Trumbull, LCSW at 971-708-5771 or via email: betsyt@sarcoregon.org

Slams for SAAM

Slams for SAAM

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In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), the Sexual Assault Resource Center invites you to an evening of slam and spoken word poetry by local artists. Join us in bringing voice to sexual assault awareness.

Saturday, April 30th, 6 PM – 8 PM

Solace & Fine Espresso 4655 SW Griffith Dr #160, Beaverton, OR 97005

This is a FREE event! Please RSVP on EventBrite by clicking the ‘GET TICKETS’ button

This event welcomes all persons of every gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, spiritual belief, age, body size or ability. Solace is an ADA accessible space that has gender-neutral bathrooms. Thank you for joining us and helping spread awareness!

Refreshments will be provided and drinks are available for purchase.

SARC Mental Health Program: Teen Support Group

SARC Mental Health Program: Teen Support Group

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SARC is announcing a group for older teens who have experienced sexual assault.

Our Teen Support Group is an ongoing, open ended, psycho-educational support group for older teens 16 through 19 yrs. old who have experienced sexual assault during their teen years by someone outside their family.

For more information or to make a referral contact Kathy Archibald, LCSW

Call 503-703-7353 or email kathya@sarcoregon.org

Support Line Announcement

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While SARC engages in agency-wide strategic planning our 24-hour line for all support, information, and referral calls will be temporarily transferred to our sister agency Portland Women’s Crisis Line (PWCL) for the next three months.

SARC will continue to maintain all in-person responses during this time.  Anyone is welcome to call us during business hours at 503-626-9100 for direct support.  Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you to PWCL for their help and support during this time.

Hope Unveiled

Hope Unveiled

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As part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC), invites you to an open house at our RYSE Resource Center.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28TH 6:00-8:00 PM

IMAGO DEI COMMUNITY 1302 SE ANKENY ST. PORTLAND, OR 97214

The night will be filled with art and poetry from our amazing youth and young adults, unveiling their strengths, creativity, and talent. We are looking forward to opening our space to the community and giving a glimpse of what hope looks like at SARC. Refreshments will be provided.

Trauma-Informed Peer Clinical Consultation Group

Intimacy Group

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The SARC Alder Program will be offering a FREE 10-week psychoeducational group aimed at addressing sexuality and intimacy needs for adult survivors of sexual trauma starting March 3, 2016. The group will meet Thursday evenings at the SARC Alder Program office.

The group references work done by both Wendy Maltz (The Sexual Healing Journey, 1991) and Staci Haines (Healing Sex, 2007) that addresses intimate, sexual and sensual healing for survivors.

Goals of the group include:

  • Exploring one’s own definitions of healthy sexuality and intimacy in a sex-positive environment
  • Discussing barriers to sexuality and intimacy in a safe, non-judgmental setting
  • Offering tools to increase a participant’s ability to become more in tune with their sexuality while setting and maintaining boundaries

The group addresses sexuality and intimacy directly, therefore, a typical participant has previously participated in an initial support group and/or individual counseling to address sexual trauma and will have developed an array of positive coping skills.

For more information or to sign up for the group please contact Betsy Trumbull, LCSW at 971-708-5771 or via email at betsyt@sarcoregon.org.

SARC offices are closed 1/18/16

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SARC offices will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 18, 2016. Our support line services will be fully operating.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

The Alder Program

The Alder Program

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SARC’s mental health program is expanding to a new space located just down the hall from our main office. With the move, we have also decided to give the program a name with meaning.

We are excited to introduce to you: The Alder Program. The name is based on alders, trees that are native to the Pacific Northwest. Alders are beautiful and resilient trees that are steeped in rich symbolism across many cultures. We chose this tree to represent our program because alders are important to forest restoration and health. After a forest fire, landslide, or clear-cut, alders quickly sprout and then secure and heal the soil as their roots spread and produce nitrogen, creating a nurturing environment for other trees to take root and thrive. Like alders, our program hopes to provide a safe and nurturing place for survivors to recover from the devastating impacts of sexual assault trauma.

We Are Open!

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All SARC offices are open today, Wednesday, January 6th. The roads still have some ice, so be careful if you are out and about today.

SARC Offices Closed Tuesday, January 5th Due to Icy Roads

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All SARC offices will remain closed on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 due to icy road conditions.

Our 24-hour Support Line will be available, and staff who are scheduled to be in the office today will be checking voicemails and e-mails.