The Women’s Center offers workshops and presentations by request on a variety of topics, sometimes in collaboration with other campus departments and organizations.

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The purpose of Safe Zone Training is to reduce homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, heterosexism, and heteronormativity on the Ramapo College campus through LGBTQ+ inclusive education with the goal of making our campus a safer environment for all members of our community, especially people of marginalized sexualities and genders. Safe Zone Training prepares Ramapo’s faculty, staff, and students to serve as resources on LGBTQ+ issues and representatives of the Safe Zone program.

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Throughout the year, the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Services organizes educational and social events to enrich the student college experience. Signature events include observations of Queer & Trans History Month, Trans Days of Remembrance and Self-Care, World AIDS Day, Women’s Herstory Month, and Pride Month. In the fall, we host Pride Fest and, in the spring, we present The Vagina Monologues and hold our Lavender Ceremony for graduating LGBTQ+ students. We also offer Zine Nights and a Feminist Book Club. Our event flyers are posted around campus and on Instagram. Events are also listed on Archway.

Event Listings on Archway

The Ramapo College Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), through educating and sharing resources, promotes awareness of the realities of dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other forms of interpersonal violence. OVP programs provide evidence-based literacy and training through innovative prevention strategies in an effort to create a community that fosters a culture of respect, affirmative consent and encourages bystander intervention.

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The Office of Title IX supports Ramapo College’s mission by ensuring a campus culture free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, and pregnancy. The Office of Title IX provides resources, support, and information to all community members impacted by sexual misconduct:

• Sexual Misconduct Policy
• Dating Violence Resources
• Support for Victims / Survivors
• Sexual Harassment Resources

The Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Services is dedicated to supporting the wellness of our transgender and gender nonconforming community members by providing on-campus resources and services as well as suggesting local assistance options.

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Every Wednesday during the semester from 2-3 pm, Elena Yee, LPC, holds Drop-In Hours in C-217 (across from the Women’s Center). Elena is the LGBTQIA+ liaison for the campus. A Psychological Counselor with Ramapo’s Counseling Services, she is passionate about increasing access to counseling for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other marginalized populations. Sessions are:

• free for Ramapo College students
• offered first-come, first-served (no appointment necessary)
• typically about 20-25 minutes in length
• informal, and not a substitute for counseling
• not appropriate for urgent concerns or mental health emergencies.

Please email Elena at eyee@ramapo.edu with any questions.

The Women’s Center offers peer listening for anyone seeking support with a crisis, concern, or personal issue. Whether you need someone to talk to or guidance navigating a difficult situation, our student staff are trained to provide a listening ear and validation. We aim to give you useful information, help you explore options, and connect you with campus and community resources as needed.

Please Note: While the Women’s Center is a private resource, it is not confidential. This means that information shared with student staff may be shared with appropriate campus professionals if necessary, but will not be shared publicly. If you are seeking confidential support, please reach out to Counseling Services.

• During business hours (Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm), visit the Counseling Services office in D-216 or call their main line at (201) 684-7522.
• After hours, weekends, and holidays, call the main line at (201) 684-7522 and follow the phone prompts for the emergency on-call counselor (you may be instructed to press “2”).

The Trevor Project

Counselors trained to provide free, confidential, and secure crisis care for LGBTQ+ young people struggling with issues such as coming out, identity, depression, and suicide.

Hours: 24/7

• Call (866) 488-7386
• Text 678-678

Trans Lifeline

Hours: Monday – Friday, 1 PM – 9 PM (Eastern)

Run by and for the trans community, Trans Lifeline connects trans people to the direct emotional and financial support necessary to survive and thrive.

• Call or Text (877) 565-8860

With our space (Room C-220), we seek to cultivate an inclusive safer space rooted in practices of vulnerability, authenticity, and love — a place where all students, and especially those who are multiply marginalized, feel comfortable being their whole selves.

During open hours, Ramapo students, staff, and faculty are welcome to stop by Room C-220 hang out, socialize, study, and/or enjoy a hot beverage in the lounge area, which features comfortable seating for relaxing.

The Women’s Center offers a growing library containing over 100 books, including autobiographies, memoirs, biographies, fiction, and nonfiction. Our collection explores topics related to feminism, women, gender, and sexuality including: 

• Black, Women of Color, and Third World Women’s feminisms
• Body image and beauty culture
• Feminist activists, theorists, and history
• LGBTQ+ lives, issues, and history
• Masculinities
• Sex, sexuality, and reproductive justice
• And more

You may use books from the collection while in the center or you may sign-up for a patron account and check them out for two weeks with the option to renew. Search our online catalog and/or visit us in Room C-220 to peruse our shelves.

The Women’s Center promotes responsible intimacy, safer sex, and menstrual equity. We offer free:

• Condoms
• Dental damns
• Personal lubricants
• Pregnancy tests
• Disposable period pads
• Tampons

You may take up to five free products each time you visit us in Room C-220.

If you’ve had unprotected sex or experienced a birth control failure, emergency contraception (EC) can help prevent pregnancy if taken or used promptly. There are three types of emergency contraception:

Levonorgestrel Pill

• Brand names: Plan B, My Way, Julie, and EContra
• Available over the counter
• Most effective when taken within 72 hours (3 days) after intercourse

Ulipristal Acetate Pill

• Brand name: ella
• Available by prescription only
• Most effective when taken within 120 hours (5 days) after intercourse

Copper IUD

• The most effective form of emergency contraception
• Must be inserted within 5 days of unprotected sex
• Available through Planned Parenthood or a local gynecological provider

Health Services at Ramapo College offers free Plan B (while supplies last), with or without an appointment, between the hours of 9 am – 3:30 pm Monday – Friday. ella is available by prescription only, through walk-in appointments or scheduled appointments, and can only be dispensed to the person for whom it is prescribed. Health Services is located near the campus South Gate entrance at the corner of Route 202 and Hornbeam Road. To make an appointment, call (201) 684-7536.

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Local Medication Abortion Providers
Medication abortions (abortion pill) are available at the following locations:

• Metropolitan Medical Associates (up to 10 weeks)
• Planned Parenthood – East Orange Health Center (up to 10 weeks)
• Planned Parenthood – Englewood Health Center (up to 12 weeks)
• Planned Parenthood – Hackensack Health Center (up to 12 weeks)
• Planned Parenthood – Paterson Center (up to 10 weeks)
• Women’s Choice Medical Center (up to 12 weeks)

Local Procedural Abortion Providers
Procedural abortions (in clinic) are available at the following locations:

• Metropolitan Medical Associates (early surgical abortion and second trimester abortion, up to 27 weeks)
• Pilgrim Medical Center (abortion procedure, 13-16 weeks and 17 weeks or greater)
• Women’s Choice Medical Center (early procedural abortion and later abortion care, up to 16 weeks)

Online Resources
Get abortion pills by mail in every state:

• Plan C Pills

Find a brick and mortar clinic:

• I Need an A
• Abortion Finder
• National Abortion Federation

Judgement-free all options counseling:

• All Options

Funding for your abortion:

• National Network of Abortion Funds

Lactation/Pumping Space Available

Breastfeeding students, faculty, and staff may request access to a private space on campus to express breast milk. You may reserve the room by contacting Johnie Burton at (201) 684-7230 or jburton@ramapo.edu. A small refrigerator reserved for the specific storage of breast milk is available. Any breast milk stored in the refrigerator must be labeled with your name and the date of expressing the breast milk. Any nonconforming products stored in the refrigerator may be disposed. Those storing milk in the refrigerator assume all responsibility for the safety of the milk and the risk of harm for any reason, including improper storage, refrigeration, and tampering.

Title IX

Title IX protects pregnant and parenting students. For more information, to request pregnancy-related accommodations, or to report pregnancy-related discrimination please click below. Alternatively, please contact Kat McGee at (201) 684-7220 or kmcgee@ramapo.edu.

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