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On behalf of our event Co-Chairs Dr. Crystal Clark and Kate Migon, we invite you to join us for Resilience's Evening of Impact on Wednesday, October 27 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Galleria Marchetti. Guests will have the choice to attend either in person or virtually. Proceeds of Evening of Impact go towards providing our services, which are 100% free for survivors and their loved ones.

This year's theme, A Journey of Resilience, honors the resilience that we constantly witness survivors embody, and also the collective journey of resilience that we've all embarked on during the challenges of the past year and a half. After a period of so much isolation, and many additional barriers to receiving help, it has been an extraordinary journey for survivors. We hope Evening of Impact can be a time of healing for those impacted by sexual violence and time for our community to be together, reflect, celebrate and connect through our shared support.

We hope you'll join us for our biggest and most celebrated gathering of the year. We're looking forward to being together with our allies, partners, friends and supporters once again. Guests will have the choice to either gather with us safely in person, or tune in virtually from home. A link will be provided before the program.

Many thanks to our Evening of Impact Event Committee: Dr. Crystal Clark (Co-Chair), Kate Migon (Co-Chair), Jennifer Glawe, Sarah King, Alexandra Musgrove, and Katherine Stabler.

We also thank our Evening of Impact Silent Auction Committee: Jennifer Zale (Chair), Andrea King, Megan Lawlor, Alexandra Musgrove, Molly Nugent, and Olivia Weyers.

Attire: Cocktail/business attire

Safety: All attendees of Evening of Impact must be fully vaccinated. Masks will be required per CDC and the City of Chicago guidelines.

Sponsorship: Interested in sponsoring Evening of Impact? Click here for a full list of sponsor benefits.

Visionary Award Recipient, Jean Cozier

Jean Cozier

Jean Cozier is an incredibly active, generous, and passionate supporter of Resilience and has dedicated her life to the fight against sexual violence. Through various channels, projects, and organizations, she shows up ready to help. Throughout her life, Jean has connected survivors to needed resources in countless ways.

Jean is a writer, musician, and sexual abuse survivor who worked for over thirty years as a writer/producer in Chicago's corporate communications community. After closing her business in 1998 she established the Judith Dawn Memorial Fund for the Arts and then founded Awakenings, a Chicago nonprofit whose mission is to make visible the creative expression of survivors of sexual violence. She is also the author of the books "Dear Judith: A Portrait of Survival" and "Heavy Metal: A Song of Healing," and the creator of a one-woman musical show "Turning the Pages" about her personal healing through writing and music.

Celebrated Guest: Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is excited to serve Illinois as the state's 48th Lieutenant Governor.

As the first African American to hold this office, Stratton is passionate about equity and putting passion into government policy making.

Her portfolio includes leading the Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative, and chairing the Illinois Council on Women and Girls, the Governor's Rural Affairs Council, the Military Economic Development Council and the Illinois Rivers Coordinating Council.

She is the chair of the R3 Board (Restore, Reinvest, Renew) and she co-chairs the Opioid Prevention and Recovery Steering Committee. Lieutenant Governor Stratton currently serves as treasurer of the National Lieutenant Governors Association.

Previously, Stratton represented the 5th District in the Illinois House of Representatives. Her first elected office was serving as Chair of the Kenwood Academy Local School Council.

As a lifelong advocate for youth and creating safe spaces for our young people, Lieutenant Governor Stratton is a restorative justice practitioner and trained peace circle keeper. She believes that where there is a void, we must take action to fill that need.

Stratton was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. She is a proud graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and DePaul University's College of Law.

She and her husband Bryan live in the Bronzeville community and have four daughters.

Celebrated Guest: Kenyette "Tish" Barnes

Kenyette Tisha Barnes is a political strategisty, lobbyist, mother, and CEO of Nia Vizyon, LLC, a social justice, consulting and political strategy lobbying firm; and the National Co-Founder of #MuteRKelly.

Barnes has worked as a public speaker, policy analyst, epidemiologist, community educator, and professional trainer.

Also known as the "Legislative Empress," Kenyette is best known for her work with the Georgia General Assembly. Her legislative work includes lobbying for HIV advocacy, anti-human trafficking, domestic violence, post-partum depression, special education, and voter's rights. She also is an active board member of Georgia Alliance for Social Justice.

Her academic credentials included Temple University, Cleveland State University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and The George Washington University.

Kenyette lives in Atlanta, Georgia and is the proud mom of three awesome humans (Rayne, Harper and Miles) and furbaby Lola.

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Candice Norcott

Dr. Candice Norcott

Candice Norcott, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, national consultant, and public speaker. Dr Norcott is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Connecticut and completed her pre and post-doctoral work in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University.

Dr. Norcott works as an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the OBGYN Mental Health Program at the University of Chicago. In this role, her work encompasses providing trauma, gender, and culturally-responsive psychiatric services to patients referred by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is also the Director of GME Well-Being for the University of Chicago where she brings her trauma-informed approach to resident physician well-being.

Dr. Norcott speaks internationally on issues related to trauma, gender and race. She was featured on the Lifetime docu-series "Surviving R. Kelly" and is a recurring guest on Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk as an expert discussing the impact of sexual abuse on girls and young women, and the intersection of race. Throughout her career, Dr. Norcott has been committed to trauma-informed and gender-responsive services for girls and women, minority advancement in psychology, and cultural responsiveness in the health field.

Thank you so much to our generous sponsors!