Summary of Season one with a look at how St. Jospehine Bakhita's story can inform us of how to support the healing of trafficking survivors today.

Learn about the “Peaceful Bubble” that Sara Allison and her colleagues are building in Waukesha at the Plowshare Fair Trade Marketplace and Education for Peace - an organization and fair trade store in downtown Waukesha that is building community around the topic of peacemaking - including economic justice and justice for survivors of human trafficking.

Plowshare Fair Trade Marketplace Website: https://www.plowshareftm.org/

Address: 219 N Main Street, Waukesha WI

Facebook: @plowshareFTM

Instagram: @plowshare_ftm

1.6 - Believe Survivors

Meet Dawn Jones and Tamara Remington, two “women of valor’’ who worked for decades in law enforcement during the time during and after the first state statutes were put in place to name human sex trafficking as a crime. Today, though retired from civic duty, they each continue to work for justice for survivors - with empathy, kindness and compassion. Listen and learn what stands in the way of survivors achieving justice - and some tips on how each of us can become advocates for change.

Mic'd up Deacon Steve hits the streets at end of July 2020 with Cynthia and Shelly for some reflection on what he's seeing and hearing on the streets during the pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn. Learn about dehumanization - and some strategies for re-humanization.

Meet Wendy Smith and Deb Schneider, Franciscan Peacemakers Board Members who have become advocates in their suburban counties. Wendy and Deb share their tips for keeping youth safe from trafficking and how people of faith can best show up for survivors of sexual exploitation.

Continued conversations with the Franciscan Peacemakers team - this week with Mary Leach-Sumlin, Associate Director and Cynthia Perkins, Peer Support Specialist about Street Outreach's place in the healing process.

As we continue to meet various members of the Franciscan Peacemakers team, Shelly talks with Carmen, Director and Co-Founder of the Franciscan Peacemakers Social Enterprise, about her journey through spirituality and social work.

Learn how soap helps break the ice on hard conversations and can lead to healing!

Introducing a podcast focused on the healing work of the Franciscan Peacemakers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who are working for and to human sex trafficking because of a belief that we all were created for peace + all good.