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Remembering Founder Dr. Natalie Stephens As Resilience Turns 50
In 1974 Dr. Natalie Stephens founded Rape Victim Advocates (Resilience) with the support of ten medical and nursing students. Events and Special Projects Manager, Jennifer Zale, sat down with Dr. Stephens’ daughter, Martha Turner, to talk about Resilience’s early...
Interview with Naihal Almoghrabi
Meet Naihal Almoghrabi, a Resilience Volunteer Medical Advocate, whose unique and critical role requires approaching all survivors by believing them and advocating for their needs and rights. Dive into our exclusive interview below to gain insight from Naihal, who...
Get to Know Resilience’s Newest Team Members: Exclusive Interviews!
We take pride in celebrating the individuals who strengthen the bonds within our remarkable community, uniting us in our shared mission. In this month's feature, we highlight Azisti Y. Dembowski, Director of Finance, Dr. Claudia Garcia-Rojas, Director of Advancement,...
Interview with Andrea King
We are proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience’s community to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining...
Watch our FY23 Wrap Up Video
Thank you to our supporters for helping Resilience achieve so much in Fiscal Year 2023! With your help, we served over 1,400 survivors of sexual violence in Chicago. Click here to view our FY23 video and learn more about our reach this past fiscal year. Through all...
Interview with Alondra Guzman
We are proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience’s community to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining...
Interview with Anna Candoleza Muglia
We’re proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience’s community to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining...
Interview with Jon Center
We’re proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience’s community to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining...
Supreme Court News – July 2023
The beginning of this summer has been filled with celebrations honoring Juneteenth, LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and our nation's Declaration of Independence. Ironically as these summer celebrations followed one another, we also took steps backward as harmful news from the...
Common Thread Partnership with Black Sheep Collective
Black Sheep Collective is asking survivors from all walks of life to participate in the Common Thread project by parting ways with any clothing items or textiles they may carry that are connected to their experience with sexual violence. Please click below to learn...
Welcome Resilience’s New Executive Director, Donna Jacobson!
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Resilience's new Executive Director, Donna Jacobson. We believe that her passion for our mission, her experience, and her vision will enable Resilience to continue to achieve its mission – to assure that survivors of...
Interview with Katie Kirshenbaum
We’re proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining a spotlight...
Standing Silent Witness on Chicago This Week
Resilience was thrilled to host Standing Silent Witness 2023, our signature SAAM event, on April 28, 2023, at Daley Plaza. In a visual demonstration of the silencing of survivors, participants gather silently for one hour wearing t-shirts with stories and messages...
Interview with Jillian Furey
We’re proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining a spotlight...
Welcome to our new Board of Directors members!
Resilience is pleased to welcome our two newest Board of Directors members. Madeline Gryll is the Senior Director of Brand & Communications at Rewiring America, the leading clean energy advocacy group. Rewiring America is crafting the blueprint for Americans to...
Resilience in CBS Chicago News
Resilience was recently featured on CBS Chicago News in relation to the upcoming VOCA funding cuts. Please click here to read the article, featuring Trauma Therapist & Clinical Intern Supervisor Renee Miranda-Beristain.
Interview with Yazmin Garcia
We’re proud to celebrate the people who serve and connect our incredible community. Each month, we interview a different member of Resilience to hear more about the work they’re doing to empower survivors and end sexual violence. This month, we’re shining a spotlight...
RAYGUN’s Resilience Store is Now Open!
Do you want another way to support Resilience? Then check out our brand new store, where you can purchase t-shirts, totes, and buttons all in support of Resilience. Stock up now for Standing Silent Witness! Thanks to RAYGUN’s partnership, this store will be open...