Community can help prevent trafficking, speaker says
byHuman trafficking happens when people’s vulnerabilities are exploited, but the good news is, the community can help reduce those vulnerabilities, said Amy Nace-DeGonda, a…
bakhita empowerment initiative
Share the Journey — Rhythm of work
byI’ve been at Catholic Charities of Louisville, working in the anti-trafficking program we now know as Bakhita Empowerment Initiative, for almost 15 years. So…
Share the Journey —
The journey forward
and toward others
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The Bakhita Empowerment Initiative at Catholic Charities of Louisville provides direct services to support and empower survivors of sex or labor trafficking as they…
Catholic Charities to host
national labor trafficking
conference virtually Oct. 13-15
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Catholic Charities of Louisville’s anti-trafficking program, Bakhita Empowerment Initiative, will host a national conference on labor trafficking virtually Oct. 13-15. The event is the…
Share the Journey — Light in the darkness
by2020 was a hard year in many ways, full of defining moments that taught us a lot as individuals, families, communities and as a…
Recommendations aim to improve states’ response to child sex trafficking
byThe nation’s governors have received more than a hundred recommendations to help improve their states’ response to child sex trafficking thanks to the work…
Share the Journey – Helping trafficking survivors thrive
byIt’s rare that I get the opportunity to see the Bakhita Empowerment Initiative’s seeds of hope blossom. The Catholic Charities of Louisville anti-human trafficking…
Conference aims to curb trafficking
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Catholic Charities of Louisville will host a national conference on human trafficking Oct. 24 and 25 at the Galt…