Nine years ago, I came to work for Journey Out with absolutely no idea what human trafficking really meant. I was living in an upper middle-class community where most moms’ greatest worries were about what teacher our children were going to get in the new school year and would my children make the high school...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Contact: Mary David, Esq. Director of Communications [email protected] (818) 988 - 4970 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOURNEY OUT CHOSEN AS A 2022 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN Van Nuys, California – Journey Out is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2022 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian. Journey...
Healing the world through education and compassion: Celebrating Dinah Beasley on the International Day of the Girl By: Lauren Teruya, with contributions by Stephanie Wang With the sun long gone and most people asleep, Dinah Beasley took to her neighborhood street, meeting raw, vulnerable, nearly naked women standing on every corner. That night, she...
Click on Link BELOW to Download the report Our 2019 Annual Report highlights the important work of Journey Out over this past year. It includes updates on our programming, clients, and partnerships, as well as vital statistics about our work. We hope you will celebrate with us and our clients over the many successes of 2019....
Like you, we have been deeply grieved by George Floyd’s death and the many like him whose lives have been tragically cut short. We mourn with you and stand alongside African Americans across the country who have witnessed and experienced this kind of brutality. It has to stop. It is not surprising that in a country built upon...
Reflections from therapist Jennifer Dean Knowing how to approach or relate to someone who has been through extreme trauma can be a daunting task, particularly if you have never experienced that type of hardship before. Even with the best of intentions, a particular response or lack of response could have harmful repercussions. Psychotherapist Jennifer Dean has...
June 18, 2019 Dear Friends, Today is historic, and we are a part of it. On this day in 1948, the United States joined nations around the world in a stand against slavery and other inhumane practices by adopting the International Declaration of Human Rights. Seventy years later, we are proud to say that we at Journey Out carry that mission...
Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble is changing hearts and minds about sex trafficking, one show at a time Art at its best is not something we observe – it is something we experience. The creatives at Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble know this, live this, and impart this daily. A collective of artists driven by the desire to...
How Councilwoman Nury Martinez made it her mission to empower women and girls Women's History Month may be almost over, but for Councilwoman Nury Martinez, standing up for women is not seasonal - it is a calling. Representing the Sixth District of the City of Los Angeles, the Councilwoman has worked tirelessly to assist victims of...
