MSU Safe Place
MSU Safe Place, located in G60 Wilson Hall, offers resources for students suffering in the context of an abusive relationship.
Director Holly Rosen said the organization aims to end relationship violence for students through counseling and advocacy.
“An advocate works with somebody,” she said. “They help them get a personal protection order if they want one, or try to get a job, or childcare or whatever it is that they need that would help them get out of an abusive relationship.”
MSU Safe Place also provides a free, emergency shelter for those in need.
Lansing Area AIDS Network
Located in Suite 115 at 913 West Holmes Road in Lansing, the Lansing Area AIDS Network aims to assist individuals living with HIV or AIDS.
Executive Director Jacob Distel said the organization offers an abundance of services, including emergency financial support and transportation.
“We also provide prevention services to individuals at greatest risk of becoming infected with HIV or at risk of transmitting HIV to others,” he said.
Distel said LAAN recently started a tobacco program to help individuals living with HIV who smoke cigarettes. He said the program aims to get those individuals to at least reduce their smoking, if not quit altogether.
MSU Counseling Center Sexual Assault Program
The MSU Counseling Center Sexual Assault Programprovides services to students who have suffered sexual violence.
Social work graduate student Tamra Frei, who is interning at the organization, said some of the services provided include counseling, both group and individual, a 24-hour hotline and various forms of advocacy, including medical.
“If they want to file a police report, it’s important their exam be conducted in a particular way that’s forensically sound. So, we meet with them at Sparrow Hospital, where they get something that’s called a ‘SANE exam’ (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner), but we support them and advocate for them through that process,” she said.
The MSU Counseling Center Sexual Assault Program’s office can be found in 14 Student Services Building.
Planned Parenthood
Located in Suite 6 at 300 N. Clippert St. in Lansing, Planned Parenthood offers a multitude of reproductive health resources.
Some of the services offered include STD testing and treatment, various forms of birth control and both women’s and men’s health care.
According to their mission statement on their website, Planned Parenthood believes each individual has the fundamental right to take charge of their fertility. The goal of the organization is to advocate for this right and ensure it remains guaranteed.
