Thanks to all of our supporters and donors, our Beauty for Freedom initiatives in NYC expanded this summer with a 4-week art therapy and self-care workshop series for 15 survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence who are clients of Mentari USA, a culinary arts...
by Danyell Twyman (LIM College & BFF Intern) Internships are central to LIM’s curriculum, and in my experience, they are one of the best aspects of the college because they complement classroom learning by providing real world experience. My internship with non-profit Beauty for Freedom has been...
LADIES WHO LOVEBOMB by Jill Hilbrenner Episode 17 // February 15, 2018: When Monica Watkins traveled to Haiti in 2010 on an earthquake-relief mission, she was shocked to learn that human trafficking can spike in the aftermath of natural disasters. Monica, the daughter of two civil-rights activists, couldn't turn...
Article by Jerry Chu Who you shop for and where you buy this Holiday Season matters. Today's landscape of consumerism is changing dramatically, and the average consumer is becoming more and more empowered. This is why businesses are having to learn how they can interact with...
By Ayushi Thapliyal There's a tendency to fixate on the more visible and tangible rot in our social fabric, where serious issues like human trafficking get lost. We owe that to perhaps the more obvious crises in the world-be it political, social, economical, environmental and humanitarian. In...
Article by Ayushi Thapliyal The one thing that I loved doing growing up which I continue doing today is telling stories. At 5, I wrote and image sourced (cut & pasted) a book on cats, as an 8-year- old I wrote a story called Percy the Puppy, a...
Article by Not.Travis Photography by Erica Simone & Not.Travis Going to Africa on a volunteer trip had always been something that I dreamt of since I was a little kid. For whatever reason, I always knew it was something I was going to do. After all, Africa...
Heroic Flight Attendant Rescues Teenage Human Trafficking Victim See full story Shelia Fedrick said she instinctively felt something was wrong the moment she saw the girl with greasy blonde hair sitting in the window seat of aisle 10 on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco. The girl...