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....

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....

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...

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...

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...