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A Special Tribute
An Inspiring Story About the Ascent 121 Journey By: Ascent 121 Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Megan Jessup-Smyth May I share a story with you? Ascent 121 was inspired, in part, by a young lady I had worked with at my previous job who lost her life in a shoddy hotel room, at the hands…
Read MoreTrafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation: What You Need to Know
By: Hannah Blair, expert in the field – both clinical and lived experience Allison is 22. She is a single mom to a three-year-old and bears all the weight of providing for him. After losing her job, she becomes desperate. She never graduated high school and does not have much work experience, so she places…
Read MorePrayer Journey is a sobering dose of reality
by Laci Knieper I went into the experience of the Prayer Journey pretty well aware of the issues at hand. I have fostered children. I have mentored survivors of sexual trauma and trafficking. I myself am a survivor of sexual trauma and commercial sexual exploitation, and not a stranger to some of the places we…
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