Atlanta Spa Shootings: The Humanity of Victims

Atlanta Spa Shootings: The Humanity of Victims

  Over the last week we’ve had dozens of news outlets, friends, and podcasters reach out with a pressing question: were the shooting victims at the Atlanta spas being trafficked? While it’s still too early to determine if they were, we wonder how the answer...
Introducing Restore & NYU’s Entrepreneurship Lab

Introducing Restore & NYU’s Entrepreneurship Lab

 NYU Bronfman and Restore NYC are excited to announce the launch of an entrepreneurship training program tailored for survivors of sex trafficking. The two-week intensive course will introduce survivors to the world and language of entrepreneurship, taught by NYU...
Announcing Restore’s new Executive Director

Announcing Restore’s new Executive Director

  Amanda Eckhardt, current Chief Program Officer, will succeed Jimmy Lee as Restore NYC’s Executive Director on October 1, 2019. As we celebrate Restore’s 10th anniversary, we are humbled by how far we’ve come. In the decade since our first year when we...
MOVING POWER TOWARD FREEDOM

MOVING POWER TOWARD FREEDOM

  In February, New England Patriots owner and billionaire Robert Kraft was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution at Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida. Investigators also found evidence that women working at the spa had been lured from...