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Journaling Support Group
This is an 8 week virtual support group for survivors of sexual violence to develop the practice of journaling as a coping strategy. All genders welcome.
Peer Support Group
Resilience is hosting a Peer Support Group for Survivors experiencing Chronic Pain, Chronic Illness, and other Invisible Disabilities. Please see below for more details.
Supporting Our Students
What We Know about School Reporting Officers (SROs) This week, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are voting on whether or not to keep School Reporting Officers (SROs). The SRO program places 200 officers in various CPS schools with the goal of increasing safety and student...
Virtual 40-Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Training
Resilience is hosting a virtual 40-hour sexual assault crisis intervention training. Please see below for details: Virtual 40-Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Training Click here to download the flyer Click here to register Participants will obtain foundational...
Roses and Thorns
Resilience is hosting a program called Roses and Thorns for 7th and 8th grade youth. Please see more details below: Roses and Thorns Click here to download the flyer. Click here to register. Are you going into 7th and 8th grade? Come join us for conversation and fun!...
Healing in Words
Resilience is hosting a program called Healing in Words for high school age youth through December 2020. Please see more details below: Healing in Words Click here to register for any of the dates below. Click here to download the series flyer. Tuesday, August 25,...
Thank You for Your Support in FY20
We want to thank you for your support in FY20! With your help, we served over 1,800 survivors, welcomed our inaugural Associate Board, hosted our first virtual Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign, and introduced remote services. Watch our video below to learn more...
Prevention Educator Emma Gonzalez in Block Club Chicago
Resilience Prevention Educator Emma Gonzalez was quoted in an article published in Block Club Chicago on Monday, July 13, 2020. Click here to read the full article.
Meet Resilience’s FY2021 Board and Associate Board Presidents
We're pleased to introduce our FY2021 Board President Tom Andreesen and our FY2021 Associate Board President Stephanie Perkowski! We asked Tom and Stephanie to share a few words about their connection to Resilience's mission and their thoughts about the new fiscal...
Mindful Knitting Group
Resilience is hosting a Mindful Knitting Group. Please see below for details: Mindful Knitting Group Click here to download the flyer. Quiet the mind and develop a mindfulness practice through contemplative crafting. Open to survivors of sexual assault, all genders...
Women of Color Virtual Support Group
Resilience is hosting a WOC Virtual Support Group. Please see below for details: WOC Virtual Support Group This group encourages healing through shared experience, as well as exploration of both individual systemic trauma at the intersections of race and gender....
Women Survivor Support Group
Resilience is hosting a Women Survivor Support Group. Please see below for details: Women Survivor Support Group Click here to download the flyer. This virtual group is for women who have survived sexual assault and encourages healing through shared experience. Group...
Virtual Support Group for Black Women
Resilience is hosting a Virtual Support Group for Black Women. Please see below for details: Virtual Support Group for Black Women Click here to download the flyer. This is a virtual support group for survivors of sexual violence that identify as Black women....
It’s weWomen Plus: A Study of Health, Safety and Empowerment of Immigrant Women
Dr. Bushra Sabri and researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing are conducting a research study called It's weWomen Plus (IWWP) to provide heath and safety tools for immigrant women who feel unsafe in their relationships. Immigrant women remain an...
We Stand with Black Lives Matter during LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Below is a message from Resilience Executive Director Erin Walton, published on June 17, 2020. During national LGBTQ Pride Month and every month, Resilience is proud to support LGBQT+ survivors of sexual violence. As we continue our work of empowering survivors and...
Feeling First Part 2: Listen Now
Resilience Trauma Therapists have created Feeling First, a two-part podcast about creativity and the healing process. You can watch the video below or click here to watch on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAiZQl-BAWM&t=39s
A Message from Executive Director Erin Walton
Below is a message from Resilience Executive Director Erin Walton, published on June 3, 2020: As a Black woman, wife and mother I can say that it is an extremely difficult time to be Black in America. Black people account for 72% of COVID-19 deaths in Cook County....
Statement of Solidarity with Minneapolis Protestors
Resilience envisions—and demands—a world where all people are supported as equal members of society. Our work to empower survivors and end sexual violence is the work to end white supremacy and anti-Blackness. Just like murder, sexual violence is a weapon used to...