Empowerment Through Justice: Kaethe Morris Hoffer

A shocking statistic: Most perpetrators of sexual assault are never arrested, let alone charged. According to Human Rights Watch, the arrest rate for rape in Illinois is 11 percent. The reasons why this statistic is so dismally low are complicated, says Kaethe Morris Hoffer, legal director of the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE). She […]

by Laura Hine

YWCA Hosts Annual Benefit

YWCA Evanston/North Shore hosted their fifth annual YWomen Leadership Awards Benefit on October 3.   At the event, they honored several remarkable individuals and organizations for their commitment to women’s empowerment, racial equality and social change in front of an audience of more than 400 people. The first honoree, Alice Tregay, began her work against […]

by Talia Beechick