Photos by Leanna Faye Photography Thank You! Hundreds of people have helped make the Elijah Rising Restoration Campus a reality. On Saturday, August 23rd we celebrated the Grand Opening of two homes on the 84-acre campus; the Booth Home, and Elijah Home. Elijah Rising is excited to begin a new chapter in the fight to...Read More
Since 2012 Elijah Rising has been known for the Museum of Modern-Day Slavery, Awareness Van Tours, and outreaches into local brothels, and streets where prostitution is common. Now, Elijah Rising aims to meet a long-standing gap in the care of women who have survived sex trafficking by providing long-term restorative care. Reckoning With The Impossible...Read More
Every month Elijah Rising hosts Interventions throughout Houston and surrounding counties. During Intervention, volunteers go out in teams to provide the hotline number to women trapped in exploitation. We only have a few precious minutes to spend with the women we encounter on Intervention, and it can often take years for women to make the...Read More
A local ER Nurse went on an Elijah Rising Van Tour and learned about sex trafficking and the red flags. While on the tour she realized any one of her patients could be in a trafficking situation. On every Elijah Rising Van Tour, we share statistics like this: A Polaris survey of survivors found that...Read More
Rebekah Charleston, together with other survivors of sexual exploitation and violence created this video in response to a federal lawsuit that could help end legal brothels in Nevada! Let's take action now and show Nevada that legal brothels are not the solution.Read More
As a twelve-year-old young girl, I would beg for Teen Vogue magazines as I saw them in passing on the stands in the grocery stores until eventually, I got a monthly subscription from my family. I remember reading through page by page following up on the latest celebrities’ lives. After a while, the season of...Read More
There are not many people who can deadlift 400kg—that’s roughly equivalent to almost 900 lbs! Meet Ogden Myklebust. Ogden is a husband, father, powerlifter, he works in the oil & gas industry, and he is fighting sex trafficking! Not only is Ogden using his influence to help men in the oil & gas industry recognize...Read More
Thank you to everyone who helped launch the Elijah Rising Store, we are now open! The Grand Opening was a huge success, and we had a steady flow of people all throughout the day. We were a little worried when the weather forecast was 100% chance of rain during the event, but it didn’t rain nor...Read More
We’re Opening The Elijah Rising Store! We are excited to announce the Grand Opening of the Elijah Rising Store! We invite you to join us on Saturday, April 13th to celebrate this fantastic step forward for our social enterprise program. Stop by anytime from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and shop our products and view the new...Read More
Police were swarming. I stood in my Grandfather’s driveway that evening, just frozen. Not speaking or moving. My trafficker stood behind me talking with another police officer… their voices sounded muffled to me. Was this panic? My heart was pounding. Sweaty palms. Overthinking. It was panic… The Calvary was here and ready to take me...Read More
