Stress and Anxiety
Identifying stress and anxiety can help you find the necessary tools needed to stay healthy. Stress is caused by an external trigger while anxiety is the persistence of worries. Stress …
Resilience
What Is Dating Violence?
There are many different types of dating violence such as physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse, economic abuse, and stalking. Dating and relationship violence is a pattern of coercive and …
Write Poems/Heal from Trauma
What do Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver, Fiona Apple, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Carly Simon, Missy Elliott and Rupi Kaur all have in common? Besides being some of our most …
Self-Care during the Holidays
As the holidays are upon us, I’m sure we can all feel the stress and chaos that come with celebrating the final days of the year. This time of year …
Support and Resources during the Holidays
This can be a joyous and festive time of year for many. It can also be a time when sexual assault survivors feel triggered, a time when abuse within families …
Taylor Swift: The Work and the Resilience
I’m so sick of running as fast I can / Wondering if I’d get there quicker / If I was a man / And I’m so sick of them coming …
Spokes of the Wheel: Reproductive Justice
What is Reproductive Justice? We often think that reproductive justice and reproductive rights are synonymous, that both are the work to give women rights about their reproductive choices. However, …
Chicago Blackhawks: Sexual Assault and What We Have Learned
Chicagoland is reeling from the news of sexual assault allegations within the Chicago Blackhawks. One of the team’s coaches assaulted a player and leadership of the team ignored the allegations …
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November Lunch & Learn Webinars
Join us for our November Lunch & Learn Webinars. Each are free, but we do ask that you register in advance. Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and How It Affects …
Survivors and Power: The Crimes of R. Kelly
Background Robert Sylvester Kelly is a well-known American singer,songwriter and record producer. R Kelly has been convicted of several sexual abuse counts including sex trafficking and federal racketeering. R …