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Join our Board Secretary Keisha Head and some of the nation’s experts at Shared Hope International’s JuST Conference. Keisha’s workshop is entitled – “Life After Sex Trafficking” This workshop will address the challenges survivors face and the support needed to help them thrive in life after sex trafficking. The presenter will provide creative ways to help build self-esteem and avoid traumatic triggers, creating stability and establishing trust among peers, family and coworkers. Attendees will leave with a better sense of…

Sun Gate Foundation partners with Free the Slaves, Loyola  for a night called “Hope Rising.” Join us for a candlelight vigil/sky lantern release in conjunction with other groups around the country as we commemorate victims and survivors of human trafficking around the world. The event is will take place on Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus at the Damen Student Center Plaza. This event is a part of Sun Gate Foundation CEO, Shamere McKenzie, efforts to raise awareness on Loyola University’s campus.    

In 2010, President Barack Obama declared January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.  “I call upon the people of the United States to recognize the vital role we can play in ending modern slavery, and to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities.” In honor of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Sun Gate Foundation is asking various groups around the nation to stand with us on Monday, January 26, 2015 for an event called “Hope…

Come hear from Marq Taylor, male survivor of human trafficking and consultant with Office of Victims of Crime as he discusses his experience and males who fall victim to the hands of human traffickers. The event is will take place on Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus at the McCormick Place in Coffey Hall. This event is a part of Sun Gate Foundation CEO, Shamere McKenzie, efforts to raise awareness on Loyola University’s campus.  

Join Loyola’s own  history Professor, Dr. John Donoghue as he discuss slavery then and now as it relates to human trafficking. The event is will take place on Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus in Dumbach room 120. This event is a part of Sun Gate Foundation CEO, Shamere McKenzie, efforts to raise awareness on Loyola University’s campus. John Donoghue (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2006; B.A. Westminster College, 1993) is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago where he teaches courses on…

Witness the true story and groundbreaking performance of sex trafficking survivor, Stacy Jewell Lewis, as she recounts her abduction  from her home to theunderground world of sex trafficking in her one woman play 7 Layers Captive! This play was rated 2nd to the Lion King in the 2014 DC Black film festival. The event is will take place on Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus in Mudeline Auditorium. This event is a part of Sun Gate Foundation CEO, Shamere McKenzie, efforts to raise…