I watched the documentary “I Am Jane Doe”, which is about the cases against Backpage.com.
Interview with Noelle Fries
by Mabel Stafford
We went to the SafeHorizon office in Brooklyn, and we interviewed the manager of training, Noelle Fries. She told us how she and her Mandarin-speaking colleague train people to work with trafficked women. SafeHorizon’s safe house only takes on foreign women, and they have only one house.
Interview with Cindy Bombeeck
by Mabel Stafford
We met Cindy at Le Pain Quotidian, and we asked her what she did and how she got started, and other things. She told us about her job, and we talked about the Social Justice Project.
Interview with Lima James
by Mabel Stafford
We visited the LifeWay Network office in Queens, which turned out to be in an old convent. We had a short interview with Lima James, the Education and Development manager, and she told us what LifeWay does. They offer legal and passport services for foreign women, and they have 4 safe homes for survivors of labor or sex trafficking, each with 3 sisters (nuns) living in them to supervise. The first house has 2 beds always open, and is the emergency house. The second has 5 beds. The third has 7 beds, and so does the fourth, although the fourth is mostly for women with small children. Then we went on a tour of the office and met with the following people: Sister Melissa (the development manager, who lives in one of the safe homes and works part-time), Courtney (the human resources manager), Jeanie (the main accountant and technology person), and Sister Joan (the founder). They told us who they were and their jobs, and we told them about the Social Justice project. Jeanie even gave us a sneak peek at the new website she is designing for LifeWay Network. It’s definitely better than the one they have up right now.
