Resilience News & Events
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:
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Moving the Narrative: Dance/Movement Therapy Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence 3/23/20-5/11/20
Resilience is offering a dance/movement therapy support group for survivors of sexual violence. Please see details below:
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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:
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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.
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40-Hour Confidential Advisor Training July 2020
Resilience is hosting a 40-Hour Confidential Advisor Training for Colleges and Universities. Please see below for training details and more information:
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40-Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Training June 2020
Resilience is hosting a 40-Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Training in June 2020. Please see below for training details and more information:
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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 more details:
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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 order to survive. Join us on February 11 as we host a teach-in and letter writing event to #FreeChrystulKizer. Please see event details and more information below:
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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 here to download the flyer.
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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:
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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 here to download the flyer.
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Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act Training 3/25/20 and 6/12/20
Resilience is hosting two trainings for Higher Education Institutions as required under the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Please see details and registration below:
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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:
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Queer Survivors Support Group 1/22/20-4/1/20
Resilience is hosting a support group for queer survivors of sexual violence. Please see details below:
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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 survivors: Patrick Johnson and Tewkunzi Green. It is incredibly important to highlight the widespread community support for their release. We ask that you join us in writing letters of support. Please see below for details about upcoming letter writing events at Westside Justice Center, CGLA, and Resilience as well as more information about how you can send letters of support:
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