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'''Safe Passage Foundation''' is a not-for-profit foundation established by former [[second generation]] [[The Family|Family]] members [[Julia McNeil]], [[Lauren Stevens]] and [[Nahchey Storer]]. The organization, which has its headquarters in [[New York]], has taken the [http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm UN Convention on the Rights of the Child] as its guiding philosophy. It aims to protect minors within [[High-Demand Organization]]s from abuse and exploitation, and to provide resources, support and advocacy for those who choose to leave but are unprepared to face the challenges of the outside world.
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'''Safe Passage Foundation''' is a not-for-profit foundation established by former [[second generation]] [[The Family|Family]] members [[Julia McNeil]], [[Lauren Stevens]] and [[Nahchey Storer]]. The organization advocates protection of minors within [[High-Demand Organization]]s from abuse and exploitation and based its guiding philosophy on the [http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm UN Convention on the Rights of the Child].
  
Safe Passage's mission includes encouraging open dialogue with restrictive communities on welfare matters, providing crisis intervention if needed, and helping young people in transition to find safe havens through housing and education programs. The foundation hopes to involve former childhood cult members who have moved successfully into outside adult society.
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The Safe Passage Foundation's mission includes the provision of resources support and advocacy for youth within such organizations, encouraging open dialogue with restrictive communities on welfare matters, providing crisis intervention if needed, and assisting young people in transition through housing and education programs.
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The foundation is notable in that it involves former childhood [[cult]] members who have moved successfully into outside society.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.safepassagefoundation.org/ Safe Passage Foundation]
 
*[http://www.safepassagefoundation.org/ Safe Passage Foundation]
 
*[http://www.movingon.org/article.asp?sID=4&Cat=46&ID=2107 Safe Passage Foundation and Where Things Currently Stand] — Article on [[MovingOn]], Aug. 05, [[2004]].
 
*[http://www.movingon.org/article.asp?sID=4&Cat=46&ID=2107 Safe Passage Foundation and Where Things Currently Stand] — Article on [[MovingOn]], Aug. 05, [[2004]].

Revision as of 08:44, 30 August 2005

Safe Passage Foundation logo

Safe Passage Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation established by former second generation Family members Julia McNeil, Lauren Stevens and Nahchey Storer. The organization advocates protection of minors within High-Demand Organizations from abuse and exploitation and based its guiding philosophy on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Safe Passage Foundation's mission includes the provision of resources support and advocacy for youth within such organizations, encouraging open dialogue with restrictive communities on welfare matters, providing crisis intervention if needed, and assisting young people in transition through housing and education programs.

The foundation is notable in that it involves former childhood cult members who have moved successfully into outside society.

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