Stand Together | This Beauty Shop Hires Survivors of Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, and Addiction @StandTogetherCC | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
In the back of Thistle Farms, a bath and beauty shop in Nashville, women are busy at work, making and packing gifts.
Every employee at Thistle Farms, including the ones in the shop’s attached cafe, are survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, or addiction — “some of the oldest scars humanity’s ever dealt,” Becca Stevens, the founder and president of Thistle Farms, says. Where her employees would be without Thistle Farms, one doesn’t know — possibly dead, she believes.
Stevens knows of scars herself. Her father died young, and Stevens suffered child abuse, experiences that instilled in her a deep desire to provide a safe, stable place for healing. A place where community and love could help people overcome trauma and addiction with ample time, the ability to build their own financial freedom, and start a path of realizing their full potential.
From her initial shelter that dream has grown into Thistle Farms, which received financial and management support from Stand Together Foundation to help it grow to 40 cities, where 75% of graduates continue to lead independent, healthy lives five years after finishing the program.
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In the back of Thistle Farms, a bath and beauty shop in Nashville, women are busy at work, making and packing gifts.
Every employee at Thistle Farms, including the ones in the shop’s attached cafe, are survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, or addiction — “some of the oldest scars humanity’s ever dealt,” Becca Stevens, the founder and president of Thistle Farms, says. Where her employees would be without Thistle Farms, one doesn’t know — possibly dead, she believes.
Stevens knows of scars herself. Her father died young, and Stevens suffered child abuse, experiences that instilled in her a deep desire to provide a safe, stable place for healing. A place where community and love could help people overcome trauma and addiction with ample time, the ability to build their own financial freedom, and start a path of realizing their full potential.
From her initial shelter that dream has grown into Thistle Farms, which received financial and management support from Stand Together Foundation to help it grow to 40 cities, where 75% of graduates continue to lead independent, healthy lives five years after finishing the program.
For more stories, ideas, and advice from changemakers tackling our biggest challenges, subscribe to Stand Together ► youtube.com/standtogethercc
Watch more videos about inspirational transformation in Stand Together’s Believe In people playlist ► youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-0tjFMo6OKiHH7dES4txo7g_iYh-UjD
And visit Stand Together’s website to learn more ► standtogether.org
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Facebook - facebook.com/JoinStandTogether
Twitter - twitter.com/StandTogether
Instagram - instagram.com/standtogether
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/standtogether
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