Resilience
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Community
- Crisis Support
- Justice & Legal
- Women
Location
444 N. Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60601 United StatesWebsite:
https://www.ourresilience.org/Organization Information
Mission Statement
Resilience is an independent, not for profit organization dedicated to the healing and empowerment of sexual assault survivors through non-judgmental crisis intervention counseling, individual and group counseling, and medical and legal advocacy in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Resilience provide public education and institutional advocacy in order to improve the treatment of sexual assault survivors and to affect positive change in policies and public attitudes towards sexual assault.
Description
Resilience provides sexual assault survivors with crisis counseling, support, medical/legal advocacy, information and referrals in 15 Chicago hospital emergency departments. We also provide individual, group, and family counseling, as well as prevention education and professional training.