Breaking Free (organization)

Breaking Free is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States that provides various services to prostitutes, such as help finding a place to live and a job outside the [...] industry. The organization also offers john schools for those convicted of buying [...]. The organization was founded in 1996 by Vednita Carter. The motto of the organization is "sisters helping sisters break free". Mission 21, an organization based in Rochester, provides services for child prostitutes and human trafficking victims who are younger than 16 years old, and refers those 16 and older to Breaking Free. The organization's website states that, on a given day, there are between 8,000 and 12,000 people being trafficked in the Minnesota [...] industry. Beth Jacobs, a former prostitute, is the organization's public policy coordinator, and Joy Friedman works for the organization as a social worker. In May 2011, Breaking Free partnered with Men Against The Trafficking Of Others to host a two-day event to raise awareness AbOUT [...] trafficking.