In The News

Human trafficking survivor shares story as Westchester fights to combat issue

“The fight continues to combat human trafficking in Westchester County. It’s a crucial issue that survivors and advocates say is only getting worse. … ” Watch reporter Melanie Palmer’s report on News 12 Westchester.

LifeWay Network helps human trafficking survivors adjust to a new normal

“When ‘L’ needed to make a sudden move to the United States, she secured stateside sponsorship for her visa application, and she traveled light and alone, arriving with just the dress and shoes she was wearing. … ” Read reporter Elizabeth Crumbly’s feature on LifeWay Network for National Catholic Reporter.

Promoting equity and inclusion in nonprofits
led by executives of color

The CEO of LifeWay Network urges nonprofit organizations to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusivity within their leadership structures and philanthropic funders to boost support for nonprofits led by executives of color, which have been historically underfunded and underserved…. Read more in Philanthropy News Digest

The importance of funding capacity-building and operating expenses

Restricted funding is a great gift. However, if nonprofits are to truly drive positive change, they need to also have the capacity to carry out their missions. Without the necessary infrastructure in place, such as staffing—not only direct service staff, but also administrative staff who manage the organization’s finances, operations and funding efforts—we cannot do the essential work that we do. Read more in Philanthropy News Digest

LifeWay Affirms Support for EARN IT Act

As an anti-trafficking advocate, I fully support the recently reintroduced EARN IT Act.¹ This strong piece of bipartisan legislation seeks to hold online platforms accountable for the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and the facilitation of sex trafficking. Learn how this legislation would protect vulnerable populations and why LifeWay stands in firm support of it.

¹ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/earn_it_act_of_2023_-_s1207.pdf

Making the Case for Flexible Funding

LifeWay’s unique model allows for women to heal in their own ways and advocate for their needs, helping to shape the nonprofit’s work along the way. Community-centered nonprofits like LifeWay are credible messengers of the social sector.

Learn how LifeWay’s model defies the strictures of traditional government contracts and foundation grants because its programming is designed around survivors’ healing, not contractual obligations.

Art Therapy Workshops Receive Support

LifeWay’s safe housing program is not a shelter — it’s a safe space to heal over the course of a year. And one of the ways that the survivors here heal is through art. The Talitha Kum Network, an international network against human trafficking, helped provide art therapy classes for the women who call LifeWay home.

Psych Up Live

Listen in as LifeWay Executive Director Marion Kendall speaks with Dr. Suzanne Phillips of Psych Up Live about how forced labor and sex trafficking are hiding in plain sight — not just somewhere across the globe, but right here in the U.S.

What We Can Do With $450,000

Tori Curbelo, Director of Education, Training, and Advocacy LifeWay Network

It costs $450,000 per year to keep one woman jailed in New York City. It’s money – taxpayer dollars – that many agree could be put to better use. So the Nonprofit Finance Fund asked human services organizations that serve women involved in the justice system: What would you do with that money? Tori Curbelo speaks to how the funds can support women survivors of trafficking: What We Can Do With $450,000.