Our Mission
Five years ago, we made it our mission to end child sex trafficking in the Greater Milwaukee Region.
Motivated by the love of Jesus, our mission is to dismantle the local sex trade of children using three key approaches; awareness, advocacy, and aftercare.
Motivated by the love of Jesus, our mission is to dismantle the local sex trade of children using three key approaches; awareness, advocacy, and aftercare.
AWARENESS
Awareness Leads to Prevention By talking about the issue of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation, we are closing the gap of misinformation by raising awareness and giving the community tools to get involved in the fight to end it. |
ADVOCACY
Victim/Survivor Centered Mindset Advocating for laws and services that equip victims and survivors with resources and support is vital. With that, advocating for stronger criminal prosecution for traffickers and buyers. |
AFTERCARE
Healing Human Dignity While in the life, dignity and worth are stripped down to nothing so our aftercare programs are centered around holistic restoration to create self-worth, confidence, and empowered people. |
Our Programs
Help more people. That is the heartbeat of our work! Sex trafficking is a complex issue to fight and everyone has a role. The programs below are ways that we are working to end sex trafficking in Milwaukee, WI and beyond.
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Churches Against Trafficking is a growing network of churches committed to fighting sex trafficking in their community. This network was formed to help unify the body around one cause while increasing efficiency of ideas, strategies, collaboration, and
engagement with the organizations they support and with other churches. |
Education leads to prevention. Schools Against Trafficking helps to educate youth about the reality of sex trafficking and the tactics that abusers use so youth can keep themselves and others around them safe.
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The Exploit No More Stories of Hope Podcast was born out of the dedication to inform, engage, take action, and spread hope in the fact that healing and victory is possible. The goal is for listeners to gain a deeper understanding of human trafficking, learn how to help in practical ways, and become inspired by the stories of hope.
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When Collaborative Rapid Advocacy for Youth (CRAY), recognized the need for personal care items, the MKE Resource Hub was formed. Survivors, victims, and high-risk youth will be given tangible ways to make their own decisions; which is essential for physical and emotional healing. Thirteen local organizations will be involved including the FBI, Aurora, and MPD Sensitive Crimes.
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The lack of housing for survivors is key challenge throughout the United States. Locally, one of the main reasons is the huge financial weight of operating a home for minors. It requires certification, highly trained staff, along with basic needs for the survivors.
The Freedom House will be a fully staffed, government regulated home providing a safe place for victims of child sex trafficking to receive a holistic care curriculum to help them move forward and thrive in life. |
Employment is a key pillar in helping victims recover and in preventing youth from being sexually exploited. Hundreds of youth in our area are victims of trafficking or are at high risk. With our mission to dismantle the child sex trade in Milwaukee, we created a workforce development program specifically for this population of youth. This includes partnerships with well-established, youth serving organizations to help elevate youth.
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