From Possible Partner to Serving Survivors
Barbara Bry Neil SenturiaPublished: 10 May, 2021
1 min read
Free to Thrive helps empower survivors to overcome obstacles to regaining their lives. In this episode Barbara and Neil introduce creator, Jaime Beck who leads one of only a few nonprofits nationally dedicated to helping survivors deal with legal problems stemming from their captivity. In addition to criminal record erasure, survivors often face the need for court orders to protect them from ongoing harassment by traffickers and their agents.
(Originally aired 10May21)
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