by pskadmin | Jun 23, 2023 | News
On Juneteenth, we join the nation in commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and celebrating the resilience and strength of our community. At Amara Legal Center, we are committed to supporting survivors of sex trafficking and those impacted by the...
by pskadmin | Jun 21, 2023 | News
By Danielle Baron Vulnerabilities to all forms of human trafficking can be a consequence of gender-based violence (“GBV”), and common forms of GBV, such as sexual violence and intimate partner violence, are often used as a means of coercion in sex trafficking [1]. As...
by pskadmin | May 16, 2023 | News
By Mary Ameringer The Murder in Big Horn documentary brings to light the epidemic of Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in and around Big Horn County, Montana. The county sits just outside of Billings, Montana and overlaps with the Northern Cheyenne and Crow...
by pskadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | News
If you were not able to attend the September 8th Amara Honors Event, there is an opportunity to view the recording, donate, and purchase a signed copy of Barbara Amaya’s Book, Nobody’s Girl! We were fortunate to have Andrea Bertone as our Master of Ceremonies. Ms....
by pskadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | News
By Olivia Mania, Legal Intern at Amara Legal Center “The story of Pieper Lewis, an Iowa teenager, is all too familiar . . . Lewis is not the first trafficking survivor to be penalized by the criminal legal system as a result of her victimization. For Lewis and for all...
