On January 8, 2015, during the observance of January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, WAMC Northeast Public Radio aired a segment about human trafficking that included interviews with two women from LifeWay Network – Lima James, Education and Training Coordinator, and Sr. Joan Dawber, SC, Founder and Executive Director. To listen to the segment and […]
By Lima James, Coordinator of Education & Training Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and a crime against humanity. This often hidden crime was estimated to be the world’s second largest criminal industry in 2014, second only to drug trafficking. It is the fastest growing criminal enterprise worldwide, generating an estimated $32 […]
New York’s New Abolitionists are a new generation of abolitionists who are committed to ending human trafficking in the 21st Century. The 2014-2015 group was introduced in an exhibition of photographs at the Paley Center for Media in New York City on December 2, 2014. New York’s New Abolitionists is much more than a collection […]
Aspire Partnership, a collaboration of LifeWay House and Covenant House New York, has received an anonymous grant of $1 million over 3 years to establish Aspire Home, a safe house for trafficked youth in New York City. “I am absolutely thrilled we are embarking up on this joint initiative with Covenant House,” said Sister Joan […]
The October issue of the Stop Trafficking Newsletter highlights issues around providing assistance to human trafficking survivors for their healing journey. A section of the newsletter on Finding a Place to Call ‘Home’ features descriptions of residential safe houses operated through the collaboration of women religious, and includes the following article about LifeWay Network: LifeWay […]
Sr. Joan Dawber, SC, LifeWay Network’s founder and executive director, received the Caritas Medal at St. John’s University’s Vincentian Convocation on September 25, 2014. The Caritas Medal celebrates Sr. Joan’s deep commitment to helping others. Each year, it is presented to an individual or organization that provides exemplary service to the poor within the city […]
Sr. Joan Dawber, Executive Director of LifeWay Network, is one of the ten nuns profiled in the recently released book ‘If Nuns Ruled The World’ by Jo Piazza. Piazza interviewed Sister Joan about her work at LifeWay Network and her dedication to providing safe housing for women victims of human trafficking. Veteran reporter Jo […]
One of the partners LifeWay Network works with to combat human trafficking is our local Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office. This summer, the HSI team received a plaque from Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in recognition of their tireless work that successfully brought down a human trafficking ring earlier this Spring, resulting in the […]
LifeWay Network’s Spring Fundraiser, Event Towards New Life – An Expanding Community of Change, took place on Wednesday, May 21, at the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan. Over 200 people RSVP’d to attend our major fundraiser of the year! Many thanks to all who attended, and to all who volunteered, or supported our […]
VS. Confronting Modern Slavery in America is an innovative pro bono project of the Women’s Leadership Initiative of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP that is dedicated to heightening public awareness of human trafficking in America. In March 2014 VS. spoke with Sr. Joan Dawber, SC (LifeWay Network Founder/Executive Director) and Cristina Kartheiser (LifeWay Network Social […]
