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| Thursday, April 23
3-4pm | Zoom
Audience: UIC Students
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It can be hard to focus--let alone heal!--amidst the constant barrage of violence in the media. Join us to process ways that gender-based violence shows up in our feeds, learn coping skills, and recenter survivors’ voices.
HEALS: Healing for Engagement, Action, & Leadership by Survivors is a drop-in gathering space for UIC students who have experienced gender-based violence and those who support them.
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| Friday, April 24
12-1pm | Daley Plaza
Audience: UIC Students, Staff, Faculty
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Join us at Standing Silent Witness, Resilience’s signature event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
In this powerful visual demonstration of the silencing of survivors of sexual violence, participants will gather silently for one hour at Daley Plaza, wearing t-shirts and holding posters adorned with messages and stories protesting sexual violence and rape culture.
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At the end of the hour, we will break the silence and hear directly from survivors.
To travel with us to Daley Plaza, meet at the Harrison & Morgan bus stop in front of BSB at 11:30 AM, and we’ll take the #60 Bus traveling east.
We also invite you to stop by WLRC to make a poster for the event before April 24.
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| Tuesday, April 28
6-7:30pm | SCE East Seminar room
Audience: UIC Students, Staff, Faculty
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Join us for a screening of I Used To Be Funny! Come for snacks and conversation, and stay for the queer-centered community space. All UIC students, staff, and faculty are welcome!
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| Thursday, April 30
3-4pm | Zoom
Audience: UIC Students
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May 1st is May Day! Take a break from finals to lift up yourself and other survivors’ work, advocacy, and leadership.
HEALS: Healing for Engagement, Action, & Leadership by Survivors is a drop-in gathering space for UIC students who have experienced gender-based violence (domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, harassment, stalking, and family abuse) and those who support them.
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| Saturday, April 25
11am - 2pm | Children's Center Playground
Audience: UIC Students & their families
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We’re excited to celebrate you! Join us for a relaxed, family-friendly gathering honoring UIC parenting students—especially our 2025–2026 graduates. Come enjoy community, recognition, and family fun!
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Meet Nate Chang Sawyer, CCUSC Community Mental Health Intern!
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As the Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC) community mental health intern, Nate offers different kinds of 1:1 student support including but not limited to:
- mental health/therapeutic support
- connections to resources and mutual aid, and
- advocacy support while navigating institutional barriers and academic ableism.
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As a Taiwanese-American graduate student with lived experience of mental illness and psychiatric disability, Nate’s work is centered on collaborating with fellow students to imagine and build structures of collective care inside the university.
There are no costs or session caps. Meetings can be scheduled via email (nsawy@uic.edu) for both in-person and remote. Nate’s office is in 4080 BSB.
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As the academic year progresses and many of you and your families are being impacted by the actions of ICE and their abductions, WLRC and the Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC) want to underline our ongoing support to you all. Remember that there are multiple pillars on campus to help you stay resolute in completing your studies.
As you continue to fight the good fight, know that you are not alone in the urgency you are feeling. Our space is open to study, gather in community, and check in with
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staff. We are here to support your academic success through the end of the semester and beyond. We will continue to find courage in our solidarity and community, fight injustice, and build spaces of love and care.
Additional Campus Resources:
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Campus Advocacy Network (CAN) Corner |
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| Survivors, we are here for you!
Please reach out to the Campus Advocacy Network any time you need support, information, resources, answers, and/or advocacy related to safety, healing, or gender-based violence (sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, stalking, harassment, family abuse).
Our services are free, confidential, and open to all members of the UIC community.
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To connect with an advocate:
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- build a safety plan
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connect with resources (like mental health support or legal assistance)
- process your experiences
- learn about your rights and options
- request academic or workplace accommodations
- communicate with Financial Aid and the Registrar
- file a report with the Office for Access and Equity (Title IX) or police
- petition for an Order of Protection
- find answers to any questions you may have.
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We're also here for allies! Please reach out to us if you are in a role where you may need to support survivors on campus (instructors, mentors, advisors, student leaders, friends, or colleagues) or have questions about resources, mandated reporting, and more.
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| Faculty, please include info about us in your curriculum and syllabus:
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"If you have experienced sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, stalking, or harassment, there is help available. The Campus Advocacy Network provides free and confidential services to UIC students, faculty, and staff who have experienced or are experiencing interpersonal violence.
Pregnant and parenting students are also welcome to contact CAN for resources, information, and support.
If you would like to speak with an advocate, please email CAN at can-appointment@uic.edu, call (312) 413-8206 and leave a voicemail message, text (312) 488-9784, or fill out CAN's Ask An Advocate form online at can.uic.edu/ask. To learn more, visit CAN's website at can.uic.edu."
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Campus & Community Opportunities |
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Scholarships/Funding/Internships/Fellowships |
Survivors.org: Trauma-informed Yoga Workshop
Tuesdays beginning April 21 | 6pm, Virtual
Offers survivors a free, virtual yoga practice that is gentle, grounding, and meets them where they're at.
UIC Vice Chancellor for Advancement: Tell Us about Faculty/Staff Who Changed Your Life
Submit by May 1
Who’s the one person at UIC who changed everything for you? The professor who pushed you further, the staff member who believed in you; the mentor whose advice still guides you today. Share your story to be featured in UIC Forward, the newsletter for alumni and friends of UIC.
UIC Counseling Center: Parenting Student Support Group
Thursdays | 12-1pm, Hybrid
Come as you are to connect, share experiences, and receive support from your peers. This support group is open to any UIC student who is a parent or caregiver in any way.
UIC Law Pro Bono Litigation Clinic: Free Name & Gender Marker Changes
Students assist transgender individuals with changing their names and identification documents, prepare necessary court documents, and appear in court on behalf of individuals at hearings. Includes court and document fees.
UIC Library: Upcoming Events
Check out events from the Undergraduate Engagement Program and other departments within the university library!
CAASE: Upcoming Events
The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) addresses the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual exploitation through prevention, policy reform, community engagement, and legal service.
Resilience: Upcoming Events
Resilience works to end rape culture and empower sexual assault survivors through advocacy, education, and healing.
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UIC Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change |
Check out what's happening at all our sibling centers this week!
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Founded as a direct result of campus activism, the UIC Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC) work collectively to produce knowledge and shift university culture, validating the multidimensional lived experiences of historically and currently excluded communities.
Informed by social justice frameworks, the Centers support students, faculty, and staff as they build a strong identity and sense of belonging, becoming change agents for a more just campus and society.
The Centers connect our communities and design intercultural and engaged-learning opportunities, student mentorship programs, cultural programming, advocacy, collaborative research, and community partnerships.
Through these efforts, the Centers expand the educational and transformational mission of UIC.
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In light of actual and potential threats to our communities, both here at UIC and throughout the Chicago area, it's important to know what our rights are when interacting with immigration and other federal law enforcement officers.
WHAT TO DO
UIC's administration has shared official protocols for such interactions on campus.
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| - Report ICE activity
- Deportation legal support
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Legal referrals
- Social service referrals
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[ID: Details about ICIRR's Family Support Network Hotline: 855-435-7693.]
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UPCOMING TRAININGS & EVENTS
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We are here for you and will continue to share resources and information with our campus community.
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UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center
& Campus Advocacy Network
1700 Student Services Building (MC 363)
1200 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 413-1025 ∙ wlrc@uic.edu ∙ wlrc.uic.edu
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