Confidential Resource Advisors (CRAs) can provide support in person and virtually. Students and employees of the University of Southern Maine should contact the CRA for their campus:
Sam Figard
Email: samantha.figard@maine.edu
Phone: 207-780-4572
Office: 153 Upton-Hastings Hall, USM Gorham
Campus website (External Site)
About Your CRA
Sam (she/they) joins the Confidential Resource Advisor team in Maine all the way from Pennsylvania, where they completed a master’s degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Sam works to be identity-conscious in her efforts to provide support and prevention education for interpersonal violence by ensuring the outdated cisheteronormative narratives typically seen in this field are no longer influencing their practice. It is Sam’s personal goal to make interpersonal violence prevention education and support services a safer and more inclusive space to seek out for individuals with historically marginalized identities.
Sam is also the CRA for the University of Maine School of Law.
Campus and Community Support
Title IX – Students
For sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual misconduct at the University of Southern Maine
Sarah Holmes, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
207-780-5767 | usm.titleix@maine.edu
Title IX – Employees
For sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual misconduct at the University of Southern Maine
Liz Lavoie, Title IX Coordinator
207-581-5866 | titleix@maine.edu
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine
For sexual harassment, abuse, and assault in Cumberland and York Counties
24/7 Helpline: 1-800-871-7741
Through These Doors
For domestic abuse and related issues in Cumberland County
24/7 Helpline: 1-800-537-6066
Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Services
For rape, sexual assault, exploitation, and harassment and stalking in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties
24/7 Helpline: 1-800-871-7741
Safe Voices
For domestic violence and sex trafficking and exploitation in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties
24/7 Helpline: 1-800-559-2927
For additional support, visit the crisis and support helplines page.