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Amirah is a safe house based in Boston, MA dedicated to providing shelter for women escaping the chains of modern-day slavery.
We provide shelter for survivors of human trafficking in Boston,
Massachusetts.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Unsettled: Part I
By Jodi
Human trafficking. I am taken aback by the sound of these two words, which dont belong together in the same sentence. Drugs are trafficked, but, surely, I tell myself, not people, right?
Friday, July 1, 2011
July Update!
"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows." St. Francis of Assisi
Hi there,
The sun is shining and summer is here! Great things are happening here at Amirah. Here are the latest updates...
June 2, 2011
June Update!
"The road to success is always under construction" Lily Tomlin
Things are happening with great speed here at Amirah! We are absolutely in the "construction" phase of pulling folks and resources together to make this safe house a reality.
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Amirah (pronounced \a-meer-ah\) is a non-profit organization located in the Boston area dedicated to provide whole-person care for rescued survivors of human trafficking.
Our goal is to provide a short-term, emergency shelter and a longer-term care facility dedicated to sharing love and restoration with the women who have survived modern-day slavery.
Visit our blog for current updates or join our mailing list !
What does Amirah mean?
Amirah is a variant of Amira (Arabic, Hebrew), and means princess. Our goal is to treat the women that come under our care as the princesses that they are. They are daughters, sisters and women; they deserve the best treatment and care and to be showered with unconditional love.
Arwyn Jackson Director of Operations
Arwyn has worked for social change throughout her career. She started by working with legislators in the NH State House and then for 5 years as a fundraiser for political campaigns all across the country. She left the world of politics when hearing about the atrocity of human trafficking in the modern world and worked with Love146, a group out of Connecticut that works to fight child sex trafficking, as their Director of Development for a year. She returned to the Greater Boston Area in 2007 and remained involved in the issue as a member of task forces and as a speaker on modern-day slavery while working in the Development Division of the Museum of Science. She brings an understanding of grassroots organizing, social marketing and non-profit organization through her varied career as a fundraiser.
*photo by Angela Parris, Stillpoint Photography
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Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
~Robert F. Kennedy
Mailing Address:
Amirah, Inc.
PO Box 760867
Melrose, MA 02176
Email:
info_amirahboston.org
Phone:
781-462-1758
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