Impact Conversations with Dawn Manske

How do women coming out of human trafficking gain financial stability and independence? Meet Olivia Watkins, Executive Business Director of Beauty for Ashes Nepal. Watkins describes her personal convictions that led her to this organization, and shares beautiful stories of growth and healing that she has seen firsthand through their work. Beauty for Ashes Nepal works to provide jobs and stable living for women coming out of human trafficking and offers life skill training for their success. This episode of Impact Conversations explores the need for organizations like Beauty for Ashes Nepal and discusses what can be done to prevent human trafficking in the future. Learn more at beautyforashesnepal.com Inspired to learn more? Don’t miss a single episode of Impact Conversations. Subscribe to the podcast, join the conversation and donate to our cause at http://madeforfreedom.com/impactconversations.

How do survivors of sex trafficking begin their recovery journey? Who can help them work towards financial and emotional stability? Meet Lucy Bloom, Executive Director of Veronica’s Voice and leader of the Kansas City Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation. Veronica’s Voice is a Kansas City-based organization providing residential services, a social enterprise, buyer’s education, and advocacy for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. Lucy explains how important it is for survivors to experience long term, influential support where they can grow alongside other survivors and be part of the healing process for future women. She also explores the need for work experience and financial stability considering that many survivors deal with significant setbacks due to their exploitation that make it more difficult to get hired. Learn about this excellent organization that not only provides vital support for these survivors, but also truly meets the needs of these recovering women. Learn more about Veronica’s Voice at https://www.veronicasvoice.org/. Inspired to learn more? Don’t miss a single episode of Impact Conversations. Subscribe to the podcast, join the conversation and donate to our cause at http://madeforfreedom.com/impactconversations.

What is a suspicious activity report (SAR)? In this episode of Impact Conversations, learn how important the SAR is in the financial world for identifying human trafficking and why it was worth the eight-year-long fight for this update. Meet Joann Alicea, senior compliance officer at JPMorgan Chase with over 10 years of regulatory compliance fraud, and anti-money laundering and risk experience. Once Joann became involved in fighting human trafficking, she spent eight years actively fighting to get the SAR updated in order to include a human trafficking checkbox. With this update achieved, now no one can look away from human trafficking in the financial world. However, this vital change took years of hard work and was far from easy. Listen to Joann’s story and get inspired by her passion and commitment to fight for change. Inspired to learn more? Don’t miss a single episode of Impact Conversations. Subscribe to the podcast, join the conversation and donate to our cause at http://madeforfreedom.com/impactconversations.

What is dissociative identity disorder aka DID? With such widespread unawareness and misconceptions about this disorder, how will people understand and support those who are struggling with DID? Meet Amy Joy, author and international public speaker on human trafficking, child abuse, and dissociative disorders. Amy shares her journey to awareness of human trafficking and dissociative identity disorder (DID), along with her personal struggles and experience with her own mental health. She explores the common misconceptions about people with these vulnerabilities and provides hope through her system of communication for those who are struggling with DID. Amy’s work is not only normalizing the DID struggle but is also creating life changing systems of support and understanding for these trauma survivors. Learn more at https://amyjoypresents.com. Inspired to learn more? Don’t miss a single episode of Impact Conversations. Subscribe to the podcast, join the conversation and donate to our cause at http://madeforfreedom.com/impactconversations.

How do we come alongside older youth in the foster care system and help them transition into adulthood? Meet Johanna Greeson, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of Child Wellbeing and Child Welfare. Johanna shares how her passion for justice led her to child welfare work and eventually resulted in the creation of her own intervention pilot and research study. She explores both the need for mentors and interdependence for older youth and explains the barriers that she is attempting to break down within the foster care system. Johanna’s work is shifting an essential conversation regarding older youth in the foster care system and providing accessible support during their transition into adulthood. Find Johanna Greeson’s book at https://www.amazon.com/Caring-Adults-Everywhere-CARE-Intervention/ Inspired to learn more? Don’t miss a single episode of Impact Conversations. Subscribe to the podcast, join the conversation and donate to our cause at http://madeforfreedom.com/impactconversations.