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Sex Trafficking Awareness organization Opens New Safe House

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

December 6, 2019 • Southeast Region

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Co-Founder of Selah Freedom Elizabeth Melendez Fisher Good discusses the opening of her organization's new safe house in Wisconsin. Selah Freedom is an organization devoted to helping victims of sex trafficking resume a normal, healthy life. The new safe house will allow young women a fresh start through a “holistic approach to restoration.”

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