Reading and Resilience Book Club
Fall cohort beginning October 13, 2026
Reading and Resilience is a bi-weekly, literary-based group for student survivors of interpersonal violence and their allies [such as supportive roommates, friends, partners, and peer educators].
Through engagement with creative fiction - this group will offer a space to explore media portrayals of survivorship, process personal experiences in relation to chosen prose, and explore themes related to experiences of violence. Meetings will be held virtually through a secure Zoom link managed by group facilitators. All group members will participate in an intake process with CSAW staff prior to joining the group space. All members will be provided with a copy of the book at no cost.
2026 Fall Cohort will be reading "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins.
Content warnings include parental death, human trafficking, sexual violence, violence [war, torture, execution, murder], body horror, cannibalism, animal abuse and death, dating violence, drug use, child abuse and neglect, and extreme poverty/torture.
- This group will be held virtually through a private Zoom link and will be facilitated by Alexandra Araujo Gonzalez andGarrett J. McAlister.
- To register or learn more, email Alexandra at alexandra.araujogonzalez@northwestern.edu.