IN THE NEWS
KTVU Interview for DRIP Fest Spring break - April 17, 2024, KTVU
Youth Villages Press Release - February 9, 2024
San Francisco Groups Seek Foster Care Parents for Exploited Children - February 23, 2022, KTVU
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Alia Whitney-Johnson, awarded the 2022 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Advocacy and Service to Youth - January 11, 2022, SFCAHT Kick-Off Press Conference & Modern-Day Abolitionist Award Ceremony
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in San Francisco: Strategies for Identification, Prevention, & Response - October 28, 2021, Virtual panel with Huckleberry Youth Programs
San Francisco Office Of The Mayor: Mayor London Breed Celebrates Opening Of Drop-In Resource Center For Youth - October 22, 2021, Patch
Mayor London Breed Celebrates Opening of Drop-In Resource Center for Youth - October 20, 2021, Office of the Mayor, City and County of San Francisco
How To Ensure Survivors of Modern Slavery Stay Free - We must listen to survivors: Without providing financial security and the resources necessary to sustain freedom, simply liberating the victims of human trafficking isn’t enough - January 26, 2021, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Survivor Leadership to End Human Trafficking — Liveblog - August 11, 2020, philanthropywomen.org
Webinar: How Anti-Trafficking Funders Can Promote Survivor Leadership - August 6, 2020, Freedom Fund
SF receives grant to combat youth human trafficking, exploitation - July 10, 2019, SFBay.ca
San Francisco receives $9.3M state grant to combat human trafficking - July 10, 2019, KTVU
Mayor London Breed Announces $9 Million in State Funding to Serve Survivors of Human Trafficking - July 10, 2019, City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Mayor
Mayor London Breed Announces $9 Million in State Funding to Serve Survivors of Human Trafficking - July 10, 2019, City and County of San Francisco, Human Services Agency
City Receives $9.3M State Grant To Combat Human Trafficking - July 10, 2019, SFGATE
UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center receives $1-million grant to evaluate and expand housing and support for youth at risk of sexual exploitation - July 10, 2019, UC Berkeley Human Rights Center
'I am Jasmine Strong': How These Real Life Superheroes Are Fighting Back Against Exploitation - March 6, 2019, Dressember
Mommy and Me - August 24, 2018, The Chronicle of Social Change
Without family, U.S. children in foster care easy prey for human traffickers - May 3, 2018, Reuters
Let’s End the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth - The Philanthropy Workshop
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