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The Porchlight Project

The Porchlight Project offers safe haven for abuse survivors

Posted on July 18, 2024July 15, 2024 by Jessica Wakeman

“The reason that we ask businesses to be involved is because [going to these places] is sometimes the only opportunity that people have to speak at all about what’s happening at home,” says Caitrin Doyle of Helpmate.

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Fighting sex traffickin­g takes multiprong­ed approach

Posted on June 12, 2023July 28, 2023 by Jessica Wakeman

Sex trafficking doesn’t look like the plot of the 2008 film “Taken” starring Liam Neeson as a father who dramatically rescues his daughter from Albanian gangsters.

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Our VOICE launches two-year project to combat modern-day slavery

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by Margaret Williams

Human trafficking often occurs in wealthy or relatively wealthy areas where there’s demand, access to major highways and an airport, says Mamie Adams. Asheville fits the bill, and a new Our VOICE project, coordinated by Adams, aims to tackle the problem.

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