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HER Resiliency Center Launches Triple Crown Academy

HER Resiliency Center Launches Triple Crown Academy

PRESS RELEASE: HER Resiliency Center is proud to announce the launch of its ground-breaking Triple Crown Academy, ...
Interview: Natasha Guynes

Interview: Natasha Guynes

BALTIMORE MAGAZINE: Natasha Guynes’ story is unlike any you’ve heard. Addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine as a ...
HER Resiliency Center opens in Fells Point

HER Resiliency Center opens in Fells Point

WMAR-2 NEWS: They help women who have survived human trafficking and drug addiction. Now, HER Resiliency Center is ...
Human Trafficking in Our Own Backyard

Human Trafficking in Our Own Backyard

WMAR-2 NEWS: It's something happening in our backyard and many may not even realize, human trafficking. Natasha ...
Identifying Signs of Human Trafficking

Identifying Signs of Human Trafficking

FOX 45 NEWS: Human trafficking has been called domestic violence on steroids - and experts say the psychological ...
The Devastating Consequences When We Fail to Fulfill Our Role as Protector

The Devastating Consequences When We Fail to Fulfill Our Role as Protector

MARYLAND MATTERS: When leaders who have been identified as protectors fail to act, they only reinforce that our ...
Spotlight: Natasha Guynes, Her Resiliency Center

Spotlight: Natasha Guynes, Her Resiliency Center

CTIPP PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: We wanted to share Natasha’s perspectives and expertise with the trauma-informed movement ...
Former Sex Worker Worries Mosby’s Policy on Prostitution Is Hurting Women on the Streets

Former Sex Worker Worries Mosby’s Policy on Prostitution Is Hurting Women on the Streets

FOX 45 NEWS: Under Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s current policy, prostitution is not being ...
Opinion: Baltimore Needs Strong, Imaginative Leaders Who Understand the Challenges of Women on the Margins

Opinion: Baltimore Needs Strong, Imaginative Leaders Who Understand the Challenges of Women on the Margins

MARYLAND MATTERS: Very few have ever had to make the hard choice of selling their bodies so they have a place to ...
‘They’re Not Looking at the Whole Picture’ | Concerns over Mosby’s Prosecution Policy

‘They’re Not Looking at the Whole Picture’ | Concerns over Mosby’s Prosecution Policy

FOX 45 NEWS: Baltimore City’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby announced her office will no longer prosecute what she ...
Hidden Gems: Meet Natasha Guynes of Her Resiliency Center

Hidden Gems: Meet Natasha Guynes of Her Resiliency Center

VOYAGE BALTIMORE: Today we’d like to introduce you to Natasha Guynes.
Orapin: Natasha Guynes | Her Resiliency Center

Orapin: Natasha Guynes | Her Resiliency Center

ORAPIN: I want people to know that where we start isn’t where we have to end. Our trauma doesn’t have to define ...
Town Hall on Violence in Baltimore – Accountability Leads to Effective Crime Plan

Town Hall on Violence in Baltimore – Accountability Leads to Effective Crime Plan

FOX 45 NEWS: Asked about Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s recent decision to stop prosecuting many ...
Louisiana Lawmaker Scraps Bill to Decriminalize Prostitution

Louisiana Lawmaker Scraps Bill to Decriminalize Prostitution

KATC 3 ABC: “With all due respect, can any of you tell the difference between sex work and sex trafficking?” said ...
Concerns over Mosby Not Prosecuting Sex Work

Concerns over Mosby Not Prosecuting Sex Work

FOX 45 NEWS: Mosby’s new policy leaves a lot of women vulnerable to being trafficked. Until we can start to ...
Anti-Trafficking Activist Says Mosby’s Policy on Prostitution Discussed By Men Online

Anti-Trafficking Activist Says Mosby’s Policy on Prostitution Discussed By Men Online

FOX 45 NEWS: "Traffickers are business people and they read the business news and that is their business news,” ...
Op-Ed: Pandemic Prosecution Limitations Are Hurting Sex Trafficking Outreach Efforts

Op-Ed: Pandemic Prosecution Limitations Are Hurting Sex Trafficking Outreach Efforts

THE BALTIMORE SUN: Many women I’ve supported may look like a prostitute — but the truth is that they are often ...
Anti-Trafficking Activist Concerned About Dismissing Non-Violent Offenders in Baltimore

Anti-Trafficking Activist Concerned About Dismissing Non-Violent Offenders in Baltimore

FOX NEWS 45: Natasha Guynes, a member of the Baltimore Human Trafficking Collaborative was shocked to find ...
Rising Above With Natasha Guynes

Rising Above With Natasha Guynes

MAKE MEANING PODCAST: This week on the Make Meaning podcast, Natasha talks with Lynne Golodner about her journey ...
Sex Work Is Almost Never a Choice

Sex Work Is Almost Never a Choice

MARIE CLAIRE: Even as women push to break glass ceilings in every industry, there is still one area where too many ...
Pay It Forward: Her Resiliency Center Helps Young Women Find 2nd Chance At Life

Pay It Forward: Her Resiliency Center Helps Young Women Find 2nd Chance At Life

FOX 5: A non-profit in Washington is helping women to find a second chance at life. HER Resiliency Center aids ...
Heart Threads: Natasha’s Story

Heart Threads: Natasha’s Story

WUSA 9: Working on Capitol Hill, Natasha was terrified her past as a prostitute would come back to haunt her. ...
No More Hiding

No More Hiding

THE MOTH: By telling her story of triumph over poverty, addiction, and sexual exploitation, Natasha Guynes uses ...
Fulfilling Our Last Resolutions of 2017

Fulfilling Our Last Resolutions of 2017

NEWSLETTER: Here are a few HER organizational highlights that you helped us achieve in 2017.
HER Resiliency Center Lands a Home for Young Women

HER Resiliency Center Lands a Home for Young Women

WASHINGTON CITYPAPER: “We need a safe place to live, a support system, help to get a degree, help to get a job. ...
Announcing the HER Street Outreach Team

Announcing the HER Street Outreach Team

NEWSLETTER: HER has a new Street Outreach Team that is on foot, on the streets – overnight– connecting with ...
One Year of Open Doors

One Year of Open Doors

NEWSLETTER: Wow, it’s amazing how fast time flies! Can you believe that HER Resiliency Center opened its doors one ...
HER’s Natasha Guynes meets with Forward Motion’s Karen Allyn

HER’s Natasha Guynes meets with Forward Motion’s Karen Allyn

FORWARD MOTION: "What I wanted to do with this organization was to help other women get on their feet and figure ...
HER Holiday Newsletter 2016

HER Holiday Newsletter 2016

NEWSLETTER: Your gift will have a tangible impact that you can see directly in each of our young women, like Nataly.
HER Thanksgiving Newsletter 2016

HER Thanksgiving Newsletter 2016

NEWSLETTER: This year we went from a vision to supporting 30 young women (peers) and two full-time staff members.
Natasha Guynes is Helping Young Women to Thrive

Natasha Guynes is Helping Young Women to Thrive

UBALT STUDENT VENTURES: Unlike so many other people who internalize their survival skills as the only way they can ...
After working as a call girl, she went to Capitol Hill to make a difference

After working as a call girl, she went to Capitol Hill to make a difference

THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE: Natasha Guynes, 35, is president and founder of HER Resiliency Center, a nonprofit ...
From Sex Worker to Hill Staffer

From Sex Worker to Hill Staffer

ROLL CALL: Former Reid staffer Natasha Guynes overcame hardship in her 20s and has started a nonprofit to help ...
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