Oct 28, 2020 | Announcements
Meet Victoria Herrera, one of Resilience’s Art Therapists in the Trauma Therapy Department. Continue to read our interview with Victoria. When did you start working at Resilience? When did you first start working with survivors? I started working at Resilience a...
Oct 8, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience joins the Network, Advocating Against Domestic Violence, in calling on the City of Chicago to redistribute $35 million from the CPD budget for gender based violence services. Join in making the call to action by signing here. For more information on the...
Aug 17, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Jul 27, 2020 | Announcements, Trainings
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...
Jul 27, 2020 | Announcements, Events
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!...
Jul 27, 2020 | Announcements, Events
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,...
Jul 20, 2020 | Announcements, Video
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...
Jul 6, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Jun 25, 2020 | Announcements, Trauma Therapy
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...
Jun 25, 2020 | Announcements, Trauma Therapy
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....
Jun 25, 2020 | Announcements, Trauma Therapy
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....
Jun 23, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Jun 22, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Jun 3, 2020 | Announcements
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....
Jun 2, 2020 | Announcements
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...
May 22, 2020 | Announcements
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...
May 18, 2020 | Announcements, Trainings
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...
May 14, 2020 | Announcements
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!...
May 12, 2020 | Announcements
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...
May 4, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Apr 29, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Apr 27, 2020 | Announcements
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, 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.
Apr 27, 2020 | Announcements
Swedish Hospital has expanded COVID-19 testing for patients who meet the CDC and IDPH criteria. To determine if you need a COVID-19 test, call Swedish Hospital’s free COVID-19 Help Line at 773-907-7700 or begin screening online. Your results will be evaluated by a...
Apr 27, 2020 | Announcements
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States and around the world, threatening the lives, health, and livelihoods of millions, we need Congress to act urgently to provide immediate protections for essential workers, families, women and non-binary folks...
Apr 16, 2020 | Announcements
Now is not the time to close emergency room doors. Please join us as we support Provident nurses in petitioning Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle to reopen Provident’s ER. Resilience is incredibly disheartened to learn about the closure of Provident Hospital’s...
Apr 14, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago are now operating a Public Benefits Outreach and Enrollment Hotline at 312-347-8342. You can call this number to get help applying for benefits from the Department of Human Services, including SNAP food assistance, Medicaid health...
Apr 14, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created an info sheet about revised health insurance coverage for Illinois residents who become uninsured during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please click here to read and download the handout.
Apr 13, 2020 | Announcements
Researchers in Chicago and Los Angeles are conducting a study through California State University–Northridge about survivors of unwanted sexual experiences whose work or employment was affected (directly or indirectly) by their experience. Please keep reading to learn...
Apr 8, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience is one of 209 organizations and educational institutions that signed onto the National Women’s Law Center’s letter calling on the Department of Education (ED) and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to suspend Title IX rule making until...
Apr 8, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created a handout to help you understand whether you can be evicted during the COVID-19 public health crisis in Cook County. Please view the handout below and call Legal Aid Chicago for more information at 312-341-1070.
Apr 2, 2020 | Announcements
Governor Pritzker has expanded the availability of unemployment benefits. Click here to read an article that explains the changes. Keep reading to download fact sheets created by our partners at Legal Aid Chicago on state and federal changes to unemployment benefits....
Apr 2, 2020 | Announcements
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act has been signed into federal law, and our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created some helpful info sheets about the new paid sick leave and paid leave benefits under the expanded Family and Medical Leave Act. Read more...
Apr 2, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience, along with 27 other groups, has signed onto a letter of support for funding research on the prevention of child sexual abuse. The letter has been shared with the leaders of the Appropriations Committees in both the House and the Senate. Click here to read...
Apr 1, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience recognizes that sexual violence does not pause during a pandemic. In these unprecedented times, we are doing everything we can to assure that survivors have the support needed to heal. We will continue to be creative and innovative in our efforts to ensure...
Mar 19, 2020 | Announcements
All court dates for Emergency Orders of Protection that are set to return or expire on March 17, 2020 through and including April 15, 2020 are extended, rescheduled and continued. Survivors can visit their website to see their next court date by clicking here.
Mar 18, 2020 | Announcements, Trauma Therapy
Living through the current COVID-19 pandemic can be uniquely challenging for survivors and their loved ones. You may not have access to the same spaces and opportunities for self-care that are normally available, and you may experience more negative emotions such as...
Mar 13, 2020 | Announcements
As an organization dedicated to the healing of survivors and their loved ones, we are prioritizing the health and safety of everyone in our community as we make decisions about how to best proceed with our programs and events. We are continuing to monitor the spread...
Mar 12, 2020 | Announcements, Events
We want to share a brief update regarding our Evening of Impact: Everyone Empowered happening on April 30. We continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19, the new strain of coronavirus, and to receive official updates and information from the Centers for Disease...
Feb 26, 2020 | Announcements, Events, Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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...
Feb 24, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Feb 17, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Feb 11, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Feb 5, 2020 | Announcements
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.
Feb 5, 2020 | Announcements, Events
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...
Jan 24, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Jan 15, 2020 | Announcements
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...
Jan 7, 2020 | Announcements, Events
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...
Jan 6, 2020 | Announcements
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 shining a spotlight on Ashton McLean-Hall....
Dec 6, 2019 | Announcements
Curious about what other students in Chicago are doing about sexual violence on their campus? Join college students across the city on January 21, 2020 to discuss this topic! Please see below for more details: Student Meeting Tuesday, January 21, 2020 5:30–7:30PM...
Nov 27, 2019 | Announcements
Approximately 90 percent of rapes perpetrated by an acquaintance of the victim involve alcohol. About 43 percent of sexual assault events involve alcohol use by the victim and 69 percent involve alcohol use by the...
Nov 22, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Join the Resilience Associate Board this holiday season to enjoy an evening of art and support a good cause! Please see below for details: Holiday Paint and Sip Fundraiser The Resilience Associate Board is hosting a winter-themed sip and paint event at Pinot’s Palette...
Nov 21, 2019 | Announcements
Resiliencia se ha asociado con Legal Aid Chicago, el mayor proveedor de asistencia legal civil gratuita y completa de Chicago, en un esfuerzo por asegurar que los sobrevivientes tengan acceso a abogados civiles que puedan brindar apoyo en asuntos legales surgidos de...
Nov 21, 2019 | Announcements
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...
Oct 30, 2019 | Announcements, Video
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 donors who partner with us to...
Oct 29, 2019 | Announcements
Resiliencia se ha asociado con Legal Aid Chicago, el mayor proveedor de asistencia legal civil gratuita y completa de Chicago, en un esfuerzo por asegurar que los sobrevivientes tengan acceso a abogados civiles que puedan brindar apoyo en asuntos legales surgidos de...
Oct 29, 2019 | Announcements
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...
Oct 24, 2019 | Announcements
Mark your calendars! This year #GivingTuesday is on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. You can support Resilience by clicking the Donate button at the top of our website. GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated...
Oct 21, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience is partnering with Legal Aid Chicago to provide free comprehensive legal assistance for sexual assault and sexual violence survivors, as a part of the Comprehensive Legal Assistance for Survivors Project (CLASP). Please see details below or check our...
Oct 17, 2019 | Announcements
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. FREE...
Oct 9, 2019 | Announcements
RESILIENCE STATEMENT OF AFFIRMATION FOR TRANS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS DURING SUPREME COURT CONSIDERATION OF LGBTQ CIVIL RIGHTS CASES UNDER TITLE VII As the Supreme Court grapples with the meaning of ‘sex’ under Title VII (7); Resilience wants to reaffirm our support of...
Sep 9, 2019 | Announcements
With our new partnership with Percent Pledge, you can now support Resilience by making a single, monthly gift to our Women’s Empowerment Cause Portfolio. Click here to make a gift today.
Sep 9, 2019 | Announcements
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, starting with our volunteers. Resilience was founded in 1974 by a...
Sep 5, 2019 | Announcements
OurMusicMyBody is a campaign by Between Friends and Resilience promoting safe and consent-informed music experiences for all and trying to end sexual violence in music spaces. This grassroots movement relies on volunteers to both create a physical presence at music...
Aug 23, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Please join us as we celebrate the new home of our office location in Austin! Austin Open House Monday, September 16, 2019 4:00PM to 7:00PM 4909 W Division St. Suite 407 Chicago, IL 60651
Aug 6, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Registration is open for the 11th Annual Foursomes 4 Philanthropy, a charity golf event with proceeds benefiting Resilience! Please see below for details and registration info: 11th Annual Foursomes 4 Philanthropy Sunday, October 6, 2019 White Deer Run Golf Club 250 W...
Jul 12, 2019 | Announcements
As you may have heard, the rape kit backlog has become a 2020 presidential campaign issue (see below for RAINN’s statement). We’re encouraging advocates to spread the word about the rape kit backlog — and urge Congress to pass S.820, the Debbie Smith Act,...
Jul 3, 2019 | Announcements, Trainings
**IMPORTANT UPDATE AS OF MARCH 16, 2020: SPRING 2020 TRAINING HAS BEEN POSTPONED.** As of March 16, spring volunteer training has been postponed. We will keep our community and training registrants updated as information and guidance related to the spread of COVID-19...
Jul 2, 2019 | Announcements
We’re so pleased to welcome our FY2020 Board President Tom Andreesen! We interviewed Tom about his connection to the Resilience mission, his vision, and his new role as Board President. Keep reading to learn more about Tom: Tom Andreesen, FY2020 Board President Why...
Jun 27, 2019 | Announcements
We’re so pleased to welcome our inaugural Resilience Associate Board and our 2020 Associate Board President Alicia Babich! We interviewed Alicia about her connection to the Resilience mission, her vision, and her new role as Associate Board President. Keep...
Jun 17, 2019 | Announcements, Articles, News, Press
In an article posted on Ascension’s website on April 11, 2019, Resilience’s new hospital partnership with AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago was announced. You can read the full announcement...
May 17, 2019 | Announcements, Articles, News, Press
In an article published in UPROXX on May 15, 2019, Prevention Educator Maggie Arthur was interviewed about her work for OurMusicMyBody, a collaborative campaign between Resilience and Between Friends to promote consensual music experiences.
May 16, 2019 | Announcements
TAKE ACTION! SB 1411 (Third Consideration in the House): CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES and tell them they must look at both tracking and timely resolution of our current backlog as this bill is considered. Click here to find your representative. Synopsis: Illinois State...
May 16, 2019 | Announcements
TAKE ACTION! No sexual assault survivor should be arrested when seeking medical aid. Call your state senator and tell them to support House Bill 92! Click here to find their info. Allows a Court Summons to be Issued instead of an Arrest for Survivors Seeking Emergency...
May 15, 2019 | Announcements
THE DECISION TO ENACT A BAN ON ABORTION IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA IS HARMFUL TO SURVIVORS EVERYWHERE Resilience will always advocate for all people to have full agency over their bodies. Recently there has been an attack on the agency of people with uteruses to control...
Apr 12, 2019 | Announcements
Resiliencia se ha asociado con la Fundación de Asistencia Legal (LAF), el mayor proveedor de asistencia legal civil gratuita y completa de Chicago, en un esfuerzo por asegurar que los sobrevivientes tengan acceso a abogados civiles que puedan brindar apoyo en asuntos...
Apr 12, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience has partnered with Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF), 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...
Apr 10, 2019 | Announcements, News
We are excited to share that we’ve partnered with a new hospital: AMITA Resurrection Health Medical Center Chicago. Our advocates have already begun responding to calls. Twenty-four hours a day, our Volunteer Medical Advocates are on call to provide crisis...
Mar 25, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience is supporting HB 92, House Amendment 001, which allows a person with an outstanding warrant for a non-violent crime to report sexual assault against them or seek medical treatment for that assault without concern of being arrested for the alleged...
Mar 22, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience is excited to share that we have partnered with Illinois Advocate Masonic Medical Center to provide services to survivors of sexual violence. Our advocates have already begun providing crisis intervention, emotional support, legal and medical advocacy, and...
Mar 15, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience has partnered with Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF), 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...
Mar 12, 2019 | Announcements, News
In January we asked the Chicago 2019 Mayoral candidates about their plans to address gender-based violence in Chicago. An updated version focusing on questionnaire answers from Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle is now available. The guide was compiled by the Chicago...
Mar 12, 2019 | Announcements, News, Press
At a press conference on Thursday, March 8, Director of Advocacy Services Mariá Balata, together with other representatives of local organizations that make up the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, joined the Office of the City Clerk in announcing...
Mar 12, 2019 | Announcements
Support HB 3550! “It’s never too early to begin educating about consent. Education on consent fosters compassion, empathy, accountability, and respect for others’ boundaries. It provides a framework for helping young people understand that the choices they make,...
Mar 11, 2019 | Announcements
ACTION ALERT: Call Your Members of Congress and Ask Them to Support H.R.1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019! March 8, 2019 Please forward widely! House Judiciary Crime subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and Representative Brian...
Mar 7, 2019 | Announcements
We invite our supporters to listen to this hearing, which took place this morning, and we urge all members of Congress to join us in strong bipartisan support for this bill.
Feb 22, 2019 | Announcements, Articles, News
In an op-ed published by the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, Executive Director Erin Walton, together with the other Executive Directors for the founding agencies of the Chicago Prevention Alliance (CPA), wrote about sexual violence against youth and the...
Feb 19, 2019 | Announcements, Press, Video
In a video interview published on Faith on the Journey, Prevention Educator Emma Gonzalez discusses the prevalence of sexual violence, rape myths affecting youth, and how adults can model consent for youth and prevent sexual...
Feb 19, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience has partnered with Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF), 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...
Feb 13, 2019 | Announcements, Articles
OurMusicMyBody recently held a training for new volunteers. One of the campaign’s newest volunteers, a student at Walter Payton High School and a member of the Stop Sexual Assault in Schools Advisory Board, wrote a blog post about the training, reflecting on the...
Feb 13, 2019 | Announcements
We are thrilled to announce that our 16th annual Evening of Impact will take place on May 30, 2019 at Morgan Manufacturing in downtown Chicago. The theme of this year’s event is Prevention is Power, to demonstrate our commitment to prevention education. Watch...
Feb 11, 2019 | Announcements
Last year we asked you to submit a witness slip to stop a bill requiring a presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interest of all children in dissolution of marriage and parentage cases. The bill has resurfaced again as HB 185. We remain concerned that...
Feb 6, 2019 | Announcements, Jobs with Resilience
Resilience is looking for interns for 2020 in the following areas: Advocacy Counseling Education & Training Development If you’re interested in learning more and applying for an internship, please read our internship...
Jan 29, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience, CAASE, Life Span and the National Shriver Center wanted to know mayoral candidates plans to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in Chicago. Find the responses of Amara Enyia, Jerry Joyce, Lori Lightfoot, Susana Mendoza, and Toni Preckwinkle...
Jan 28, 2019 | Announcements
Please note that all Resilience offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 30th due to weather. If you need to speak with someone immediately, please call the Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline at 1-888-293-2080. Thank you for your understanding.
Jan 22, 2019 | Announcements
Resilience has partnered with Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF), 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...
Jan 18, 2019 | Announcements, News, Video
In a video on Fox, Resilience was filmed joining protesters outside of R. Kelly’s Chicago studio last Saturday. Watch the Video Here
Jan 17, 2019 | Announcements, Articles, Press, Video
In an interview on Fox 32, Director of Trauma Therapy LaShanda Nalls spoke about her support group and about Black women and girls’ experiences of sexual violence.
Jan 10, 2019 | Announcements, Articles, News
Co-Founders of A Long Walk Home Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet co-authored their first op-ed in The New York Times today. The article, titled “After the ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ documentary, #MeToo Has Finally Returned to Black Girls,” reflects...
Dec 31, 2018 | Announcements, Video
Kelley Kitley, owner of Serendipitous Psychotherapy, LLC in downtown Chicago and our 2018 Evening of Impact Featured Speaker, recently shared her personal story of sexual assault on NBC 5 on December 28, 2018. Kitley is a former Resilience client and a licensed...
Dec 14, 2018 | Announcements
On December 10, 2018, Director of Programs and Public Policy Sarah Layden submitted comments to express Resilience’s strong opposition to the changes regarding the public charge rules for inadmissibility. Resilience has grave concerns regarding the immense harm...
