January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. As we join the many voices raising awareness this month, we want to take some time to offer some clarity around the language we use, and help correct some common misconceptions.
What is REST thankful for this year?
You deserve to be loved. / A Night of REST 2020
You deserve to be loved. You deserve a life free from exploitation. Those were the opening lines from A Night of REST 2020—a virtual soirée that gathered hundreds from across the country under the common banner of providing pathways to freedom, safety, and hope to victims and survivors of sexual exploitation.
REST Economic and Leadership Empowerment Academy
Thoughts on being Black in the sex trade
Around the time we issued our Black Lives Matter statement, we also reached out to some of our Black/African American clients and asked if they’d be comfortable sharing some of their experiences with us—so we can share them with you.