Through a project sponsored by Poetry Foundation, the Chicago Reader curated a series of poems written in response to the question: In the wake of sexual violence, exploitation or harassment, what does survival look like? The resulting poetry and spoken word, curated by writer Nikki Patin, is truthful yet hopeful, speaking to the resilience of […]
Speaking Poetry to Power: Surviving Something is a workshop about navigating what we've survived. What has always been true and is becoming more and more amplified these days is that we're all surviving something. From generational trauma to institutional brutality, we're in a cultural moment of confronting that which needs to be called out into […]
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CAASE welcomes and supports all survivors, regardless of sex, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
CAASE operates on the homelands of the Council of Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations.
