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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...
Sarah Layden interviewed in Chicago Tribune 5/28/20
Resilience Director of Programs and Public Policy Sarah Layden was recently interviewed in an article published in the Chicago Tribune on May 28, 2020. Click here to read the full article.
Tell Springfield to expand evidence collection sites during COVID-19
Update as of 5/25/20: We did it! Thanks to your support, Illinois lawmakers have recognized that #SurvivorsNeedOptions and have voted to expand the number of evidence collection sites! Thank you for your advocacy! We need your help to expand sexual assault evidence...
Safety Is Survivor-Defined Virtual Training 2020
Resilience is hosting a virtual training called Safety Is Survivor-Defined: Exploring Safety Planning with Survivors of Domestic Violence during COVID-19. Please see below for more details: Safety Is Survivor-Defined: Exploring Safety Planning with Survivors of...
Sunday Story Time
Resilience is hosting a Sunday Story Time series on Facebook Live through the end of August 2020. Please see below for more details. Sunday Story Time Sundays May 17, 2020 through August 30, 2020 12:00–12:30pm CT We are bringing education and solidarity to your home!...
Resilience Summer Book Club 2020
Resilience is hosting a virtual summer book club from May 2020 through August 2020. Please see below for more details. Resilience Summer Book Club Click here to download our August discussion guide. Click here to register for the August discussion. Resilience is...
Celebrating Resilience: LaShanda Nalls and Japhie Sarantos
In honor of Resilience’s 45th anniversary and our theme “Celebrating Resilience,” we’re celebrating the people who make #OurResilience possible and telling the stories of some of our biggest supporters. This month we’re celebrating the staff who put their leadership...
Support Resilience on May 5, 2020 for #GivingTuesdayNow
In this time of uncertainty, there's a fundamental truth that gives us hope: that together we can do extraordinary things. Over the past few weeks and months, so many in our community have come together to help out, give back, and show they care. Whether through...
Mariá Balata Interviewed on The Jen Weigel Show 4/27/20
Resilience Director of Advocacy Services Mariá Balata was interviewed on The Jen Weigel Show on April 27, 2020. Click here and choose episode 4/27/20 (Good News and Star People) to listen to the full show.
