Renee Kargleder - The Resilience Project: A Creative Community of Healing

This presentation was part of the 2023 Nova Annual Conference on the "Seeds of Change: Inspiring a Better Future” which explored a wide range of issues underscoring the interconnections between the well-being of individuals, communities, and the environments on which we depend—including challenges to our physical, social, economic, and spiritual climate. The conference had a strong emphasis on solutions, positive narratives, and healthy relationships, as a path to cross-sectoral engagement for collaborative change.

About the presenter:

Renee Kargleder is the Executive Director and Founder of the Resilience Project, established in 2017 as a collaboration with American Association of University Women (AAUW-Tucson Branch), a nonprofit organization that advances equity. Since then, the Resilience Project has morphed from a scholarship to a dynamic research cooperative consisting of art therapy, trauma support, music therapy, mural creation, casework, and resource mapping. This is devoted to empowering survivors of sexual violence and sexual assault through art and other methods of self-expression. Renee knows first-hand the importance of community in the healing of individuals.