Selah Freedom To Complete One Of The Largest Safe Houses in the Nation

Sex trafficking is a $32 BILLION crime industry in America, second only to drug trafficking and is a problem that touches every county in Wisconsin. The number of commercial sex trafficking offenses reported in the state nearly doubled from 34 in 2016 to 59 in 2017 and recently, 120 incidents involving children have been confirmed in Wisconsin, state officials say. The general public and even educators do not realize the magnitude of American teens being trafficked across the country. One month of sex trafficking leads to 90 to 150 sexual assaults, loss of education, severe trauma, and sexually transmitted diseases. Childhood ends when sex trafficking begins!

This is where Elizabeth Melendez Fisher, CEO & Co-founder of Selah Freedom and The Selah Way Foundation comes in. Fisher has launched four nationally renowned programs: Safe Housing, Teen Prevention, Awareness and Outreach, through which Selah Freedom partners with and trains the FBI, local law enforcement and States Attorney’s offices throughout the nation. Fisher and the Selah Freedom team educates thousands on this issue every year including children, adults, community stakeholders, NPOs, government officials, school systems and is a regular speaker in Washington. Congress has named Selah Freedom the model for how to effectively bring solutions to survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation. Just recently, 40 traffickers were arrested in Atlanta just days before the Super Bowl thanks to their training of law enforcement!

Fisher is focusing on saving lives all over the country. The more awareness she can bring to this topic, the more victims can be saved. I would like to request an interview with Fisher to speak on the topic and spread awareness as they complete a 7,700 square foot home in the Midwest in order to provide Safe Housing for survivors. Fisher is the recipient of the prestigious Tampa Bay Business Woman of the Year Award and has been featured in the Herald Tribune, Huffington Post, Tampa Times, Chicago Women Magazine, SRQ Magazine, WGN-TV and Radio, ABC, FOX, NBC News, METV, WBEZ Chicago, Bay News 9 and other notable publications and broadcasts. Elizabeth has her Bachelor’s in Communications and her Master’s in Clinical Psychology.  

Ambassadors of the organization are NBA Champion Trent Tucker, NFL Legend Tony Richardson and WNBA Champion & Gold Medalist Asjha Jones. Recently, Super Bowl Champions Tyrone Keys and Matt Stover, NBA All-Stars Charles Oakley and WNBA Rushia Brown, American Soccer Player Mark Bloom, Actor Nicholas Smoot, Miss Universe 2017/Tim Tebow’s fiancé Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters and Afro-merge Artist Marenikae have become advocates of Selah Freedom.  

Accolades of the organization include being identified by the Attorney General and Governor’s offices of Florida as setting the highest standards and measurements statewide and being upheld as the model for best practices as an organization nationally. This ability to scale, allows them not only to train countless other organizations, but to replicate their services and reach survivors from all over the country. Fisher oversees each programmatic arm of the organization nationally, incorporating hundreds of volunteers, faith partners and community leaders impacting the fight to end this crime and bring light to the root issue of childhood sexual abuse and trauma