I wanted to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from commercial sexual exploitation. The program includes two years of housing, natural medicine, counseling, career readiness and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
It started with 2 women and 1 house. Now we expand to our second home to serve 4 survivors. The plan to grow to meet a goal of 30 survivors being served in our community in the next 5-10 years. We have big goals for the Brazos Valley.
In 2022, I founded the Justice Enterprise side of Different Day Foundation. The goal was to create an entrepreneurial income stream for the residential program, and to provide gateway jobs for program participants and graduates. Wild as You resale now Stage Left, sells clothing and handmade candles, made by our survivors. Each article of clothing and candle has been handled with great care by a survivor needing economic independence. Wild as You Resale has opened as of October 6, 2023 as Stage Left in our first storefront in downtown Bryan. #Resale
The enterprise began by a fundraiser where we were immensely blessed with donations that totaled over $32,000 worth of clothing. This gave us the opportunity to open a resale shop that employs our residents. It is the only program of its kind that offers survivors the opportunity for economic freedom, in addition to physical and mental recovery.
Address: 212 N. Bryan Avenue suite 102, Bryan, Texas 77802
"A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women. This survivor-led network includes 60 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country. The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise." -Thistle Farms
Huge shout out to Terrie Moore at Thistle Farms for being our person and helping us get started. This could not have happened without you! Terrie, you mean the world to me! Keep pushing forward in your healing journey. I have so much gratitude for you. You are a blessing from God.
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