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Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2020
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Resilience, along with participating organizations, will be hosting virtual events and fundraising to raise awareness of sexual violence and support survivor-led movements to end rape culture. Please click the link above...
Erin Walton Interviewed on WGN 2/24/20
Resilience Executive Director Erin Walton was interviewed about Harvey Weinstein's conviction on WGN on February 24, 2020. Click here to watch the video interview and read the article.
Celebrating Resilience: Kindra Nelson
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 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners...
Centering Survivors: Creative Approaches to Treating Sexual Trauma 5/22/20
*Please note this training has been postponed until further notice. If you have questions, please contact Candice Tindell, Training & Outreach Coordinator, at ctindell@ourresilience.org.* Resilience is hosting a training titled Centering Survivors: Creative...
Empower Your Vote: 2020 Candidates for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Respond to Questionnaire about Gender-Based Violence
Resilience partnered with six other community agencies to ask the 2020 candidates for the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County about their plans for addressing gender-based violence. Please view their responses below: Sexual and domestic violence are an epidemic...
Cook County State’s Attorney Candidate Forum on Gender-Based Violence
You're invited to hear candidates for Cook County's top prosecutor answer questions about their plans to address domestic violence, sex crimes, and human trafficking at the only candidate forum focusing on gender-based violence. Please see details below: Cook County...
Empower Your Vote: Gender-Based Violence Questionnaire to 2020 Cook County State’s Attorney Candidates
Resilience partners with six other community agencies to ask the 2020 candidates for the Office of the Cook County State’s Attorney about their plans for addressing gender-based violence. Sexual and domestic violence are an epidemic throughout Cook County, affecting...
Apply to Be a Resilience Volunteer Medical Advocate
Resilience is seeking Volunteer Medical Advocates! Click here to view the full description for our volunteer positions. For more information about our volunteer program and how to get involved, click here.
Join College Students across Chicago to Discuss Sexual Violence 2/28/20
Curious about what other students in Chicago are doing about sexual violence on their campus? Join college students across the city on February 28, 2020 to discuss this topic! This is the second meeting of college students at Resilience this year. Please see below for...
Teach-In and Letter Writing in Support of Chrystul Kizer 2/11/20
While Resilience works to assure that response by officers, investigators, prosecutors are trauma-informed and survivor-centered, we are also deeply committed to ensuring our work includes survivors who are criminalized and prosecuted for the actions they took in...
Erin Walton on WVON 1690AM 1/29/20
Resilience Executive Director Erin Walton was interviewed on WVON 1690 on January 29, 2020. Listen to the full segment here:
Resilience in Chicago Parent magazine 1/15/20
Resilience was recently featured in Chicago Parent on January 15, 2020 in an article about talking to youth about catcalling. Click here to read the full article: https://www.chicagoparent.com/learn/general-parenting/how-to-explain-catcalling-to-kids/.
Free Attorney Consultation at Resilience 2/13/20
Resilience has partnered with Legal Aid Chicago, Chicago’s largest provider of free, comprehensive civil legal aid, in an effort to assure survivors have access to civil attorneys who can provide support on legal matters that have arisen from sexual assault. Click...
Resilience Goes to Women’s March 2020
Resilience will be participating in the Chicago Women's March 2020. Please see details about our sign making event and marching plans below: Resilience Goes to Women's March 2020 Saturday, January 18, 2020 Resilience Central Office (180 N Michigan Ave. Suite 610) and...
Free Attorney Consultation at Resilience 1/28/20
Resilience has partnered with Legal Aid Chicago, Chicago’s largest provider of free, comprehensive civil legal aid, in an effort to assure survivors have access to civil attorneys who can provide support on legal matters that have arisen from sexual assault. Click...
Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Training 3/25/20
**IMPORTANT UPDATE AS OF MARCH 16, 2020: THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN POSTPONED.** As of March 16, this training has been postponed. We will keep our community and training registrants updated as information and guidance related to the spread of COVID-19 continues to...
FUNdraising Workout Class at Crosstown Fitness
The Resilience Associate Board is hosting a fundraising workout class at Crosstown Fitness on January 18, 2020. Please see details below: FUNdraising Workout Class at Crosstown Fitness! Saturday, January 18, 2020 12:30PM to 1:30PM Crosstown Fitness 3600 N Halsted St....
Letter Writing Event in Support of Patrick Johnson and Tewkunzi Green 1/14/20
The state of Illinois is currently imprisoning survivors of sexual violence, for actions they took for their own protection. We invite you to join us as we support Cabrini Green Legal Aid and Love & Protect in campaigning for the clemency of two imprisoned...
