“I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of me from the trauma that I had been carrying with me for years.”
- Nicole, Lived Experience Expert
Please watch our short video featuring Survivors of Sex Trafficking and
Anti Trafficking Advocates as they discuss the impact of working
with A New Dawn and one of our partners in our Saddles for Survivors programs.
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Who We Serve, What We Offer
A New Dawn offers trauma informed & holistic healing based education and treatments to survivors of sex trafficking, of any age.
The Federal Definition of Human Trafficking/Sex Trafficking
Human Trafficking is the exploitation of human beings through force, fraud or coercion for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labor. Any person under age 18 who performs a commercial sex act is considered a victim of human trafficking, regardless of whether force. fraud. or coercion was present.
“(A) sex trafficking: in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
(B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.”
(Source: Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act of 2000'
Important Statistics
While statistics vary on the number of children in the U.S. who are trafficked, many organizations believe the number is by far in excess of 100,000, based upon experience and estimates in communities across the country.
Worldwide, there are 40.3 million victims, with 75% women and girls and 25% children, according to The International Labour Organization
42% of trafficked children are sold by a family member according to International Organization on Migration.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the average age a child first becomes a victim of sex trafficking is between 12-14.
Safe House Projects reports 99% of victims are never identified, Of the 1% who are identified, few receive care. 80% of survivors end up being re-victimized if they do not have a safe place to go.
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Our Mission
To provide holistic trauma informed education and healing programs for adult and children survivors of sex trafficking.
Our Vision
That all survivors have access to healing modalities that will allow them to feel safe and empowered within their body, mind & spirit.
Our Programs:
Saddles for Survivors - Equine assisted therapy in partnership with Special Spirit.
Rise to Shine - Hands on healing, education, movement and integration skills, in partnership with Head2soul, and other holistic practitioners in the Los Angeles area.
(more programs coming)