Volunteer rape crisis and domestic violence advocates provide crisis counseling, emotional support and advocacy to survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence who seek treatment in the emergency departments of affiliate hospitals, which include Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, Brookdale Hospital and Lenox Health Greenwich Village. All it takes is a comprehensive 40-hour training (provided by CVTC), two 12-hour shifts per month, and a willingness to do a whole lot of good.
Please get in touch with CVTC if you're interested in taking the 2020 training, which will be held on the evening of October 15, and all day Oct 17, 18, 24, and 25.
To become an advocate, you must be:
- over 18 years of age
- able to reach Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, Lenox Health Greenwich Village and/or Brookdale Hospital within 20 minutes in a cab that we pay for
- able to commit to being on-call for two 12-hour shifts per month and attending two continuing ed sessions per year
- able to commit to the program for at least one year if accepted
- able to attend all five training dates above
