Dallas Nonprofit Provides Love and Freedom for Women in Crisis – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Love and Freedom. Two things everyone wants, but some peoplearent fortunate enough to have.

Dallas-based clothing designer Abi Ferrin and co-founders Elle Lewis and Rania Batrice want to make Love and Freedom a reality for everyone. Especially women in need.

Love and Freedom is a non-profit organization working withsurvivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and resettled refugees in theDFW area. LAF provides a unique blend of trauma-informed vocational training,business classes and art and wellness classes. During the course of theprogram, the women will also be involved in running the non-profit business theLove and Freedom Collaborative, honing their skills, interacting with thecommunity and building their confidence and their resumes to transition intothe professional workforce, Ferring said.

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The collaborative effort from a group of local designers and artists who have come together to with their talents and creativity as a force for good. Ferrin recently switched directions to make this collaborative and the non-profit her full-time focus. That said, she is even closing her West Village store in Dallas March 22, so she can focus all of her attention on LAF.

The Collaborative is located at SouthSide on Lamar and is amakers space where the community can come for a variety of fun and creativeworkshops, create your own design from the Abi Ferrin archive, learn how to pourcandles, create art and a whole variety of fun activities for bachelorettes,girls night out and corporate team building, Ferrin said. Through aninnovative nine-month program, each member will learn and polish both the softskills and business basics necessary to succeed in the career path of theirchoosing.

You should name this program Restoring The Woman, becausethats what has happened to me. I was so broke and now I dont even recognizethe woman who started this program. I found myself again, one participantsaid.

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