We're thrilled to introduce our Board and Associate Board for Fiscal Year 2021! Please join us in thanking them for their service. Click the link below to learn more about our FY2021 Board President Tom Andreesen and our Associate Board President Stephanie Perkowski.

FY2021 Board of Directors

Tom Andreesen, President
Lauren Pesa, Vice President
Jon Center, Treasurer
Julie Cameron, Secretary
Beth Kallmyer, MSW, Secretary
Anne Biere
Dr. Crystal Clark, MD, MSc
Christal Henderson
Jackie Koesters
Bill Kral
Kate Meyer
Sarah Wallace
Gibbs Vandercook
McKaye Whiteside

FY2021 Associate Board

Stephanie Perkowski, President
Sarah King, Vice President
Hannah Muerhoff, Treasurer
Jennifer Zale, Secretary
Sarah Hernandez, Membership Chair
Ashlee Krawczyk, Membership Co-Chair
Sam Wootan, Fundraising Chair
Andrea King, Fundraising Co-Chair
Alicia Babich
Mary Beaudin
Michelle Cahill
Heather Clark
Lucy Delves
Laura Green
Mindu Jhattu
Alanna Kaiser
Amy Koenig
Michelle D. Morrow, Ed.D.
Lauren Okura
Kerri Pang
Sierra Peterson
Amanda Robert
Kelly Sellers
Jamie Waters
Olivia Weyers

Click the image above to watch our video!

Message from the Executive Director

I want to thank you for your support throughout Fiscal Year 2020! It has been an especially challenging year, but with your help, we adapted our services to reach survivors remotely, hosted our first virtual Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign, and expanded evidence collection options for survivors in Illinois during this public health crisis. Your incredible support makes it possible for us to continue meeting the needs of survivors and their loved ones in Chicago.

I look forward to continuing the work with you during Fiscal Year 2021. Together we can end sexual violence!

Erin Walton
Executive Director

Be one of our first donors in Fiscal Year 2021! As we adapt our services for these difficult times, we rely on friends like you to help sustain them. Please support our work by making an online gift today.

Stay Connected: Upcoming Events

College Student Support Group

July 21, 2020–October 6, 2020

This virtual group is for women in college who have survived sexual assault and encourages healing through shared experience.

Virtual Support Group for Black Women

July 21, 2020–September 8, 2020

This is a virtual support group for survivors of sexual violence that identify as Black women. Participants will connect with other survivors to build community, discuss identity and explore the healing process.

Mindful Knitting Group

July 21, 2020–September 8, 2020

This is a virtual support group for survivors of sexual violence that identify as Black women. Participants will connect with other survivors to build community, discuss identity and explore the healing process.

Women of Color Virtual Support Group

July 28, 2020–August 25, 2020

This group encourages healing through shared experience, as well as exploration of both individual systemic trauma at the intersections of race and gender.

Resilience Summer Book Club

July 30, 2020

Join us as we come together to discuss topics like sexuality, family, relationships, incarceration, and more through our four chosen titles. Our July read is A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum.

Sunday Story Time

Sundays from May 17, 2020–August 30, 2020

Children ages 4–8 and their families are welcome to join us for a Facebook Live reading of a different picture book every Sunday.

Feeling First Part Two

Resilience Trauma Therapists have created a two-part podcast about creativity and the healing process called Feeling FIrst. You can listen to the second episode now!

Get connected with Resilience's remote services

Click here to connect with an advocate remotely
Please fill out this form to be contacted by a trauma therapist to schedule or confirm a one-time remote session
Click here to view our COVID-19 resources on our website

Resources

Safety planning resources for survivors from Futures Without Violence
Resources about public charge and COVID-19 from Protecting Immigrant Families
What to do if you have COVID-19 symptoms (English, Spanish, Polish) 
Tips on Managing Anxiety about COVID-19 (English, Spanish, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Arabic)

 

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