“We felt that it was really healing and therapeutic for them to be able to have the ability to produce something out of nothing,” Melissa says.
“Candles are a great example – it’s just a bag of wax and some vessels, and then they get to create something beautiful that people want to have in their home, that makes a warm environment.” The same goes for jewelry: “You’re essentially taking a lump of clay, and turning it into something that makes women feel beautiful – and it also simultaneously empowers the woman who’s making it.”
]]>January is designated as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, so this week we are bringing you a powerful interview with Melissa Ice, Founder and Executive Director of The Net, a nonprofit addressing poverty by creating dignity-restoring relationships. Melissa and her team also recently launched a new social enterprise, The Worthy Co., which employs women who are survivors of sex trafficking."
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"For people trapped in the sex trafficking world, one of the most difficult issues is finding work to support them while they try to change their lives.
In Fort Worth, one of the places that seeks to help them do that is The Net, a nonprofit that works with both the homeless and those caught in human trafficking.
Melissa Ice, the founder and executive director of The Net, announced Nov. 15 that its subsidiary, The Worthy Co., is opening a brick and mortar retail site in Fort Worth to provide jobs and other opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking."
Read the full article here.
]]>"The purpose of this gathering was to launch a brick-and-mortar extension of The Net, a boutique called The Worthy Co. — and to generate excitement for its mission."
Read the full Culture Map article here.
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