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Let’s Chat Over Lunch: Community Forum
2027-03-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-02-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-01-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-12-23 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-11-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-09-23 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-08-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) and 5 more dates | Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL, United States
Fourth Wednesday of each month, 12PM-1PM CT
Join CAASE for our monthly virtual community forum, Let’s Chat Over Lunch. At each gathering, we’ll discuss current cultural events, media, and news headlines related to sexual harm and/or social injustice. Let’s Chat Over Lunch will be held every 4th Wednesday of the month from noon-1pm.
Join the Conversation on Zoom
Topics for each gathering will be updated as current events unfold. This is a drop-in event, no RSVP is required. We hope to see you there!
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81030893716?pwd=[REDACTED]

Surviving the Mic: Virtually Together
2027-03-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2027-02-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2027-01-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-12-17 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-19 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-17 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-20 15:00 - 17:00 and 4 more dates | Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL, United States
Third Thursday of each month, 3-5PM CST
Surviving the Mic: Virtually Together is an online gathering space for survivors of sexual harm and those who support them, either personally or professionally or both.
The virtual gathering happens on the third Thursday of each month, from 3-5pmCST, and is facilitated by Mojdeh Stoakley, with occasional guest facilitators. The gathering begins with a check-in and dialogue on current events, followed by a trauma-informed writing workshop designed for survivors of sexual harm. Attendees are invited to share their writing, if comfortable. This is a drop-in event, no RSVP is required. We hope to see you there!
Join the Gathering on Zoom
Virtually Together is supported by the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation and is produced and facilitated by Surviving the Mic.
More information about the Surviving the Mic method for holding brave space for those navigating the effects of trauma due to sexual violence is available at survivingthemic.org.
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89465588394?pwd=[REDACTED]

A CAASE of Empowerment: Prevention’s Impact
2026-04-29 18:00 - 20:00 | 151 N Franklin St, 151 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL, United States
You’re invited to join CAASE for an immersive experience highlighting our prevention education program! Take a trip back to high school for an evening of connection, education, and changemaking. We invite our guests to experience firsthand how our prevention educators empower students to become active allies in ending sexual harm. Reserve your spot, take a seat, and join the lesson to see exactly how our Prevention Educators are setting the next generation up for success.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CDT
151 N Franklin St., Chicago, IL
We hope you will join us to socialize and fundraise! Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
All proceeds from A CAASE of Empowerment: Prevention’s Impact will support CAASE’s prevention education program.
Tickets
Discounted tickets for young professionals, nonprofit, and government employees are available for $100. Regular tickets are available for $130. An additional early bird discount is available for tickets from now until Friday, March 13, 11:59 pm!
Click here to buy tickets.
A CAASE of Empowerment: Prevention’s Impact is an immersive experience where you’ll see the cutting-edge work our Prevention Education team does every day in high school classrooms. You’ll experience the activities we use to teach students the skills for communication, boundaries, and respect that many of us had to learn on our own.
See our work in action on April 29, and make sure today’s teens get the education many of us missed.
Because the next generation shouldn’t have to guess.
Because they shouldn’t have to learn these lessons the hard way.
Because prevention is possible.
Dress code: Business casual.
Accessibility: To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact us.
Donate
Support survivors and back our mission to end sexual harm by giving today. Here are some ways your donation helps us in the fight against sexual harm:

$350 enables the Prevention team to conduct a one-hour training on sexting or pornography to a classroom of high school students
$1,000 funds the purchase of one computer for a CAASE staffer
$1,800 covers the cost of implementing one 5-session Prevention program to a high school classroom

Can’t make this event? Support CAASE and our Prevention Education program by making a donation.
Generous Sponsors
Sponsoring A CAASE of Empowerment: Prevention’s Impact is a wonderful way to support survivors and demonstrate a commitment to ending sexual harm. We welcome you to look over the sponsorship opportunities.
Sponsorship will be available for purchase up until the event on April 29. In order to be included in our printed materials for the event, please purchase your sponsorship by Tuesday, April 21.
Gold Sponsor
Laura Feldman
Silver Sponsors

Please contact LaQuita Hearn-Quinn to learn more about sponsoring this event by calling (773) 244-2230 ext. 217 or emailing LHearnQuinn@caase.org. We gladly accept new sponsors up until the event.
BECOME A SPONSOR
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Provenance: A BYO Soirée for CAASE
2026-04-18 18:00 - 22:00 | Verve Wine Chicago, 2349 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614
A celebratory evening to raise much-needed funds for The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE). Guests are invited to open and share a special bottle from their personal collection, enjoy Champagne from the evening’s wine list, or enjoy a few special drinks from the bar. Chef Ethan Lim of Hermosa Restaurant will offer a vibrant spread of Cambodian-inspired bites, and the evening kicks off with cocktails from Billy Sunday. DJ Catie O will be spinning tunes to get you moving.
CAASE’s Executive Director, Kaethe Morris Hoffer, will give a short introduction to the vastly important work CAASE does for Chicago. We encourage each guest to check out the night’s auction.
Dress: Nowhere to Wear It (Because the Fun Clothes Should be Worn!)
Cost: $250 per ticket
Register here!

Reclaiming My Power: A Conversation and Book Signing with Reshona Landfair
2026-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Chicago Advocacy Network for Hope, 3410 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, 60624, United States
Please join us for a special event with Reshona Landfair, the author of Who’s Watching Shorty? Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse for a conversation about her new book and her story of survival. Anika Sterling-Florez and Saunté Harden-Tate of CAASE will lead a discussion and Q&A with the author. We strongly encourage guests to purchase the book before the event to bring to the book signing. A very limited number will be available for purchase at the event.
When: Thursday, April 9, 2026, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Chicago Advocacy Network for Hope, 3410 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, IL 60624
Free to attend! Please register at bit.ly/RMPCAASE. Limited spots are available.
This event is hosted by the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE), Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, and Chicago Advocacy Network for Hope (CAN Hope).

Honoring Marty Goddard, Pioneer in Combatting Sexual Violence hosted by Working Women’s History Project
2026-03-28 10:30 - 12:00 | Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL, United States
CAASE is proud to sponsor this event from Working Women’s History Project on March 28! Our Community Engagement Manager, Saunté Harden-Tate, will be participating as a panelist.
Join us for a panel discussion in which we explore the life and motivation of the woman who created the “rape kit” in the 1970’s. Designed to preserve forensic evidence of sexual assault that would hold up in court, this kit became an essential tool for women to confront their assailants. Pagan Kennedy, the author of “The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story,” will be interviewed by local media consultant Delmarie Cobb, who will also moderate a panel composed of an ob-gyn who specializes in trauma-informed care; a community engagement coordinator of a local group working against sexual exploitation; and a forensic nursing specialist. In a media climate that has prominently featured stories of sexual exploitation, this should be an important program that will provide a historical perspective on this issue, as well as an exploration of the help available to today’s survivors.
General admission tickets are $25 and student tickets are $10.
This event will take place at Jane Addams Hull-House, 800 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL
Learn more and register!

Criminalized for My Survival hosted by Women's Justice Institute
2026-03-27 17:30 - 21:00 | Women’s Justice Institute, 2150 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608, United States
Join The Women’s Justice Institute on Friday, March 27 at 5:30 p.m. for Punished for My Survival. There will be a screening of the powerful film, “And So I Stayed,” followed by a panel discussion of women leaders and survivors, including CAASE Legal Director Elizabeth Payne.
The film shares stories of incarcerated, abused survivors and how the legal system gets domestic violence wrong. Dive into real stories and raw talks on how survival gets criminalized in tough times.
Free to attend!

Register here.
