"Thank you so much for you honesty and your stories. It was very eye-opening."

--Aidan, a student from the Civic Education Project Weekend on May 1, 2009.

"I think these women gave a great explanation of the work of the coalition and I think their personal stories are invaluable.  It's a good lesson in how these tragedies happen and it's truly amazing that they have recovered and that they're taking action to change the system.  I really think this was incredible."

-- Volunteer, Rape Victim Advocates

"I was able to understand how and why homelessness exists. The presentation put a human face on the problem, especially for young childern and adults."

--Sue Robinson of St. Isidore Parish & School (Darst Center) January 8, 2009.

"I wanted to let you know what a great response we got to yesterday's speaker, Karen Clark. Many of our staff stopped me in the hallway to tell me how wonderful of a speaker she is and how much they got out of her talk. I'm sure that you will be hearing from us again to have another speaker."

--Nancy Betuker, Community Counseling Center of Chicago