December 2007

Written by WGCAN leaders, the Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence report is part of a growing movement in Chicago of community-based initiatives seeking to resist violence against women, to create community accountability for the perpetuation of violence, and to develop strategies to end violence and the oppressive systems that support it. While the women’s anti-violence movement has made many inroads in the past 35-40 years, the groups and initiatives in this report are rejuvenating the movement, and taking the work in exciting new directions. The goals of this report are to highlight these inspiring initiatives, to encourage exchange and coalition between groups, and to generate more community antiviolence projects.