Lao Gai Museum
Established by the Laogai Research Foundation in 2008, the mission of
the Laogai Museum is to document and expose the Laogai System, China’s vast and
brutal system of forced-labor prison camps.
It preserves the memory of the Laogai’s victims and raises awareness
about the ongoi ng abuses of the Chinese
Communist Party against its own people. The museum style is bold, modern and
engaging; it includes video interviews, short documentaries, Communist Party
documents and prison artifacts. With free entry, self-guided tours, and
bilingual signage, it is an ideal museum for visitors from the US and abroad
who are interested in DC’s role in international advocacy, as well as DC
residents seeking to hear an alternative voice about China.
For More Info: http://laogaimuseum.org/
FAIRGirls
Founded by Andrea Powell and Caroline Tower Morris in 2003, FAIR Fund
was created to empower girls in the U.S. and around the world who have been
forgotten, exploited or otherwise are at-risk of not reaching their potential.
FAIR Fund is now FAIR Girls. FAIR stands for Free, Aware, Inspired, Restored –
this is exactly what we hope the girls we work with will become. It is a name
that reflects our ongoing commitment to providing girls around the world the
chance to live happy, healthy, empowered lives. FAIR Girls currently operates
programs in Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, and the United States. The FAIR
Girls home office in Washington, D.C. offers compassionate care to prevent the
exploitation of all girls, with a special emphasis on girls who have
experienced homelessness, life inside the foster care system, sexual abuse, and
trafficking.
For More Info:
http://www.fairgirls.org/
Vital Voices Global
Partnership
Vital Voices Global
Partnership is the preeminent non-governmental organization (NGO) that
identifies, trains and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs
around the globe, enabling them to create a better world for us all. They are
at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and
other forms of violence against women and girls. Their international staff and
team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior
government, corporate and NGO executives, have trained and mentored more than
14,000 emerging women leaders from over 144 countries in Africa, Asia, Eurasia,
Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East since 1997. These women
have returned home to train and mentor more than 500,000 additional women and
girls in their communities. They are the Vital Voices of our time.
For More Info: http://www.vitalvoices.org/
Calvary Women
Calvary Women’s
Services offers housing, health, employment and education programs that empower
homeless women in Washington, DC to change their lives. Their mission is to
achieve excellence in what they offer: a safe, caring place for tonight;
support, hope and change for tomorrow. Programs include transitional and
permanent housing, personalized case management, life skills and education
opportunities, job training, health and wellness services, on-site therapy and
daily addiction recovery meetings. Calvary believes every woman has the
strengths and gifts she needs to be successful.
For More Info: https://www.calvaryservices.org
Courtney’s House
Courtney's House fearlessly
searches for children who are being forced into prostitution on the streets, in
brothels, strip clubs, private homes, and hotels, embraces the rescued children
and brings them into a safe environment where they and their families can heal,
recover and develop hopeful, dignified and influential lives, and trains
community officials and creates awareness of the reality of sex trafficking in
neighborhoods across America to help stop the crimes from happening.
For More Info: http://www.courtneyshouse.org/
Shared Hope International
Shared Hope
International strives to prevent the
conditions that foster sex trafficking, restore victims
of sex slavery, and bring justice to vulnerable women and
children. We envision a world passionately opposed to sex trafficking and a
committed community restoring survivors to lives of purpose, value and choice –
one life at a time. Shared Hope
International was established to provide hope to the hopeless women Washington
State Congresswoman Linda Smith found enslaved in the brothels of Mumbai in
1998. Our early efforts targeted the international sex trafficking industry. As we became established leaders in the
international movement to end slavery, our eyes were opened to the scourge of
sex trafficking in the U.S. We could not ignore this injustice and expanded our
impact to bring hope to American women and children victimized in the commercial
sex industry. Today, we lead prevention strategies, restoration programs and
justice initiatives to combat trafficking in the U.S. and abroad.
Thurgood Marshall Academy
Thurgood Marshall Academy is a college-preparatory public charter high
school located in ward 8’s historic Anacostia neighborhood. The school upholds
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s legacy of equal opportunity through
our commitment to providing an excellent education for all students. Opened in
2001, Thurgood Marshall Academy prepares students to succeed
in college and instills in students an understanding of democracy and advocacy
for themselves and for others. Thurgood Marshall Academy serves nearly 400
students annually, over 90% of whom live in Wards 7 and 8, communities with the
most poverty and fewest resources in the District. Almost 100% of our students
are African-American and about 75% qualify for federal free or reduced lunch –
the education marker of poverty.
For More Info: http://www.thurgoodmarshallacademy.org/
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