Help the Amara Legal Center provide 100 clients with full and partial representation

Hello, my loves!

As my birthday and Christmas approach, I wanted to ask for a donation to an organization near and dear to me, Amara Legal Center, in lieu of a gift. This org provides free legal services to survivors of human trafficking, as well as education and training to the community to prevent trafficking. Any amount helps-- for instance, just $25 dollars pays for a filing fee. Our client base has doubled this past year, so those filing fees have too!

If you'd like to donate as a Christmas or holiday gift to someone else, please let me know! We have a certificate you can give your loved one to show you donated in their name.

Thanks so much, and if you'd like to learn more, please read below :)

Lots of love,

KC

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Why is our work important?
The judicial system in the United States is slow to respond, and, without a coordinated community-based response to sex trafficking, many survivors are often re-victimized and criminalized. As a result, survivors are often relegated to the shadows of society, suffering severe abuse and trauma at the hands of their traffickers. This makes getting out of the “life” terrifying and perpetuates a cycle of exploitation.

The Amara Legal Center works to break this cycle. Amara is the only legal aid organization in the DC-metro region solely dedicated to providing trauma-informed legal services to survivors of sex trafficking and those who have been harmed by the commercial sex industry. Since its founding in 2013, Amara has provided legal services in almost 800 case matters for over 500 clients. We look at our work through a racial and social justice lens, applying a holistic approach to helping clients navigate the legal system. The majority of Amara’s clients are U.S. born, Black, cis- and trans- women, ages 18-29, survivors of sex trafficking, some as young as 12 years-old, who experience homelessness, mental health issues, severe trauma, and living below the federal poverty guideline.

What can you do to help?
Help us amplify the voices of survivors, elevate the discussion, and break the injustice faced by survivors by becoming a "Circle of Hope" donor. Your contribution will help Amara provide 100 survivors with free legal services and give them hope as they move forward in their journeys towards healing!

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