Reading and Resilience Book Club
TBD; Beginning October 9, 2025
Reading and Resilience is a bi-weekly, reading based support group for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ University students who identify as survivors of sexual violence, stalking, or relationship violence. Through engagement with creative fiction texts, this group will offer a space to explore media portrayals of survivorship, process their own experiences in relation to chosen prose, and explore themes related to experiences of gender-based violence.
This group will most benefit those already engaged in support services due to the protentional triggering nature of the content. Reading and Resilience will run for four weeks during its selected quarters.
The hosting department will provide a select number of books for group member access.
Fall 2025 Book of Choice will be Medusa by Nataly Gruender.
Content Warnings include Familial Neglect, Grooming, Sexual Assault, and Character Death.
- This group will be facilitated by Alexandra Araujo Gonzalez and Meredith Abdelnour (CSAW, formerly CARE)
- This group will be held virtually through a private Zoom link.
- To register or ask for more information, email Alexandra at alexandra.araujogonzalez@northwestern.edu.