Aim is to ‘create a culture of respect, equality and safety,’ eliminate sexual assault and abuse GURNEE – As long as sexual assault and abuse continues, workers, survivors, volunteers and friends of the Gurnee-based Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center will be “standing silent witness” in protest. They presented relevant statistics, facts...

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Ali Barnett, Director of Development at Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center Raeven Grant, ZCenter advocate and a survivor April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. ZCenter has two locations (Gurnee and Skokie): 4275 Old Grand Ave, Gurnee, IL 60031          847.244.1187 4232 Dempster Street, Skokie, IL 60076        847.972.1790 We staff a 24/7 Support...

The seventh- annual Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center Race to Zero stepped off Sunday under heavy snow flurries at 35 degrees in Libertyville. “Let’s melt some snow,” said an announcer via megaphone, asking participants to assemble at the start line shortly after 9 a.m. “I’d rather have snow than rain. I...

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GURNEE – The Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center will host its fourth annual Taste of the Town to support the center Nov. 6. The event will feature guest speaker Sarah Klein. Klein is an attorney and an advocate for victims of sexual abuse. She is a former competitive gymnast and the...

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WAUKEGAN – Shoulders hunched, people hurried up the walkway to the Lake County courthouse, eager to seek the warmth waiting behind the automatic glass doors during the unexpected snowfall April 9. Few of them slowed their pace long enough to acknowledge the 14 silent individuals lining the walkway. Even fewer...

Wintry weather, including snow, didn't deter about 15 demonstrators from "standing silent witness" outside of the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan Monday morning to honor sexual assault survivors. Borrowing a tradition initially established by a Chicago rape victim advocacy group, the demonstrators — workers, volunteers and friends with the Gurnee-based...

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