Resilience News
Public Benefits Outreach and Enrollment Hotline at Legal Aid Chicago
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 coverage, and cash assistance for families with children (TANF) and the aged, blind or disabled (AABD Cash). The hotline will be able to help both City of Chicago and non-City of Chicago residents. Click here to read and download flyers about the hotline in English and Spanish.
Info Sheet: Revised IL Health Insurance Coverage during COVID-19
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.
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Call for Participants: Study about Workplace Support for Survivors
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 more about who is eligible to participate and how to participate if you are interested:
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Resilience Joins Organizations in Calling on Department of Education and White House to Suspend Title IX Rule Making during COVID-19
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 after the national emergency has ended and schools have resumed regular operations. Click here to read the full letter.
Handout: Can I Be Evicted during the COVID-19 Crisis in Cook County?
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.
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Fact Sheet: Expanded Illinois Unemployment Benefits
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.
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Info Sheets: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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 in the info sheets and remember to contact your employer or Legal Aid Chicago for more guidance, as there are exceptions in the law.
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Resilience Signs Onto Letter to Support Funding for Research on Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
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 the full letter. Please share widely with your colleagues and any Hill contacts you have!
Surviving Sexual Violence During COVID-19
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 that we’re able to provide client services remotely. Though our environment is ever changing, our commitment to survivors remains unwavering.
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COVID-19 Updates about Emergency Orders of Protection
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.
Self-Care During COVID-19
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 increased anxiety and feelings of sadness or loneliness.
Please know that your healing and emotional wellness are important. We encourage you to be gentle with yourself and continue to practice self-care. Below are some ideas and resources from our Trauma Therapy Team:
Resilience Updates Related to COVID-19
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 of COVID-19, and we are checking for new information and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, City of Chicago, and State of Illinois on a daily basis. Please read our latest updates below:
Important Update about Evening of Impact: Everyone Empowered
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 Control (CDC), the City of Chicago, and the State of Illinois. We will take all necessary precautions for an event of our size as advised by the Chicago Department of Public Health.
As of now, our Evening of Impact event will continue as planned on April 30. If any plans should change, we will share the update with our entire community via email, our website, and our social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Please be sure to follow these accounts and our website for updates.
Important Guidance for Attendees:
If you have cold or flu-like symptoms such as a fever, cough, or shortness of breath, or have been in close contact with someone known to have COVID-19 or have recently traveled to or from an area with an ongoing spread of COVID-19, we ask that you help prevent further spreading by choosing not to attend Evening of Impact.
Thank you for being a part of the Resilience community, dedicated to empowering survivors and ending sexual violence. We are grateful for your support and cooperation.
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 to learn more.
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 (SANEs) who partner with us to help us achieve our vision of a world free of sexual violence for everyone.
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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.*
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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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