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PRESS RELEASE: HER Resiliency Center is proud to announce the launch of its ground-breaking Triple Crown Academy, a workforce development program specifically designed to empower women to access lucrative careers in the construction industry.
BALTIMORE MAGAZINE: Natasha Guynes’ story is unlike any you’ve heard. Addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine as a teenager and sober at 21, she went to college and worked in the office of former U.S. Senator Harry Reid. Guynes then left politics and founded HER Resiliency Center, serving young women with complex trauma.
WMAR-2 NEWS: They help women who have survived human trafficking and drug addiction. Now, HER Resiliency Center is open in Fells Point. "At HER we are a community of women supporting women,” said Natasha Guynes who is the Founder and President of HER Resiliency Center.
WMAR-2 NEWS: It's something happening in our backyard and many may not even realize, human trafficking. Natasha Guynes walks these sidewalks in Baltimore, but it's not for exercise. She's looking for women who are caught in a cycle they may not know they can break.
FOX 45 NEWS: Human trafficking has been called domestic violence on steroids - and experts say the psychological bond between a victim and their trafficker is very difficult to break. Natasha Guynes, founder and president of Her Resiliency Center, joined Fox 45 Morning News to discuss what to look for if you suspect someone is being trafficked.
MARYLAND MATTERS: When leaders who have been identified as protectors fail to act, they only reinforce that our most vulnerable people don’t matter. Will you protect them even if you’re never called to have to look them in the eyes and say why you didn’t use your power to help them?
CTIPP PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: We wanted to share Natasha’s perspectives and expertise with the trauma-informed movement as part of our ongoing effort to build the grassroots network, spur collaboration, and share insights from lived and professional experiences.
FOX 45 NEWS: Under Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s current policy, prostitution is not being prosecuted. Guynes says as a result the women aren’t getting the help they need. “The current policies aren’t allowing intervention points,” she said.
MARYLAND MATTERS: Very few have ever had to make the hard choice of selling their bodies so they have a place to sleep, and the need to escape the impact by self-medicating. Leaders who have lived this life have the responsibility to report back.
FOX 45 NEWS: Baltimore City’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby announced her office will no longer prosecute what she considers minor crimes, including prostitution, but there’s concern the policy is putting women at a higher risk for sex-trafficking and sending the wrong message to criminals.
VOYAGE BALTIMORE: Today we’d like to introduce you to Natasha Guynes.
ORAPIN: I want people to know that where we start isn’t where we have to end. Our trauma doesn’t have to define us. I think empowerment is doing with and not for.
FOX 45 NEWS: Asked about Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s recent decision to stop prosecuting many low-level crimes, Guynes said she thought it “is a disservice to those we serve.”
KATC 3 ABC: “With all due respect, can any of you tell the difference between sex work and sex trafficking?” said Natasha Guynes.
FOX 45 NEWS: Mosby’s new policy leaves a lot of women vulnerable to being trafficked. Until we can start to identify how much is sex trafficking and how much is sex work we’re just leaving so many women vulnerable to victimization.
FOX 45 NEWS: "Traffickers are business people and they read the business news and that is their business news,” Guynes said. She has made it her mission to help vulnerable young women selling sex by running the HER Resiliency Center.
THE BALTIMORE SUN: Many women I’ve supported may look like a prostitute — but the truth is that they are often screaming for help from the inside, as they try to survive on the streets.
FOX NEWS 45: Natasha Guynes, a member of the Baltimore Human Trafficking Collaborative was shocked to find prostitution on the list. "I had a visceral response to it. It just caught me off guard," she said.
MAKE MEANING PODCAST: This week on the Make Meaning podcast, Natasha talks with Lynne Golodner about her journey through homelessness and addiction, how supportive mentors helped her break down walls of shame and isolation, and how she helps vulnerable young women do the same.
MARIE CLAIRE: Even as women push to break glass ceilings in every industry, there is still one area where too many women are working not by choice, but by necessity: the sex trade.
FOX 5: A non-profit in Washington is helping women to find a second chance at life. HER Resiliency Center aids young women in finding housing and jobs while linking them up with mentors.
WUSA 9: Working on Capitol Hill, Natasha was terrified her past as a prostitute would come back to haunt her. After 14 years of secrecy, she decided to tell her secret.
THE MOTH: By telling her story of triumph over poverty, addiction, and sexual exploitation, Natasha Guynes uses the power of authenticity and human connection to help young women across DC and Baltimore thrive in her role as founder of HER Resiliency Center (HER).
NEWSLETTER: Here are a few HER organizational highlights that you helped us achieve in 2017.
WASHINGTON CITYPAPER: “We need a safe place to live, a support system, help to get a degree, help to get a job. Learning to share those feelings of isolation and shame breaks the cycle.”
NEWSLETTER: HER has a new Street Outreach Team that is on foot, on the streets – overnight– connecting with homeless youth in Washington, DC.
NEWSLETTER: Wow, it’s amazing how fast time flies! Can you believe that HER Resiliency Center opened its doors one year ago today?
FORWARD MOTION: "What I wanted to do with this organization was to help other women get on their feet and figure out how to become a productive thriving community member, says Natasha Guynes in an interview with Forward Motion’s Karen Allyn.
NEWSLETTER: Your gift will have a tangible impact that you can see directly in each of our young women, like Nataly.
NEWSLETTER: This year we went from a vision to supporting 30 young women (peers) and two full-time staff members.
UBALT STUDENT VENTURES: Unlike so many other people who internalize their survival skills as the only way they can get through the day, Guynes continued to believe that a better future was out there, waiting for her. "I never stopped giving myself permission to thrive," she says.
THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE: Natasha Guynes, 35, is president and founder of HER Resiliency Center, a nonprofit for vulnerable young women. She lives in Washington.
ROLL CALL: Former Reid staffer Natasha Guynes overcame hardship in her 20s and has started a nonprofit to help other women in need.