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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 along with it, the need to escape the impact by self-medicating with substances. That is where 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.
Natasha Guynes runs the HER Resiliency Center and is a member of the Baltimore Human Trafficking Collaborative. ...
Traffickers are business people and they read the business news and that is there business news,” she said. Guynes ...
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.
Anti-Trafficking Activist Concerned About Dismissing Non-Violent Offenders in Baltimore – Fox45 News
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Natasha Guynes, 35, is president and founder of HER Resiliency Center, a nonprofit for vulnerable young women. She ...
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