Resilience
LaQuita Hearn-Quinn currently serves as the Advancement Coordinator at Resilience since October 2023 and is also a Real Estate Broker with EXIT Strategy Realty since August 2023. Prior experience includes roles as a Real Estate Broker with Coldwell Banker from March 2022 to September 2023 and with EXIT Strategy Realty from February 2021 to March 2022. LaQuita has a strong nonprofit background, having worked as the Interim Court Advocacy Program Coordinator at Family Rescue from February 2013 to February 2021 and as the Medical Advocacy Coordinator at YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago-South Suburban Center from July 2010 to March 2012. Previous roles also include Volunteer Coordinator and Legal Advocate at Rape Victim Advocates (November 2008 - December 2009). LaQuita holds a Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies from Roosevelt University and a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University.
Resilience
Resilience (formerly RVA) is an Illinois not-for-profit organization made up of many individuals with two primary goals: to assure that survivors of sexual assault are treated with dignity and compassion; and to affect changes in the way the legal system, medical institutions and society as a whole respond to survivors. Resilience focuses on both social service and social change. Through our presence in Chicago area emergency rooms, we provide nonjudgmental emotional support to victims of sexual violence, enabling them to become survivors. By providing basic legal and medical information, and referrals to other service organizations, we help the survivor make informed decisions. We also offer survivors continued support through telephone follow-up and our staff of counselors and legal advocates. Through these services, we enable survivors to regain control over their lives as quickly as possible. Through our work with the Chicago Police Department, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and other area institutions, we strive to improve the treatment of survivors as a group in our society. Resilience offers three distinct program areas: Counseling (individual and group), Advocacy (legal and medical) and Education & Training.