Karana Rising

Karana Rising provides empowering programs that are developed with survivor leaders. Our programs focus on amplifying the power of young survivors of all forms of human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and exploitation so that they may reach their fullest potential. Furthermore, Karana Rising supports youth whose lived experiences inside foster care, the juvenile justice system, the street economy, and homelessness place them at risk toward future exploitation and trafficking. Our model is survivor-led and designed to celebrate the real power of young survivors living among us. Our Programs ADULT FRONTLINE RESPONDER TRAINING AND PREVENTION EDUCATION We provide frontline responder trainings on how to work with and empower survivors of human trafficking as well as how to identify trafficking in their client population or community. We provide prevention education workshops for teens to learn the ways in which human trafficking could impact their lives and their community. We especially focus our outreach to teens who have lived experiences inside foster care, the juvenile justice system, child welfare, and homelessness. Our prevention education materials are done in partnership with Freedom Fwd and Unitas. LIFE SKILLS AND SURVIVOR LED WORKSHOPS AND HEALING SESSIONS We lead life-skills workshops and survivor-led emotional healing sessions for teen survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking through our workshop series, Braverly, done in partnership with Just Ask Prevention. Our goal is to support teens in their journey in awakening their inner power and self-love. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT TRAINEE PROGRAM We offer job training in the wellness and artisan spaces for survivors of human trafficking aged 18 to 24 who have been referred to our management trainee and job placement program at our sister benefit corporation, Soluna. LEARN MORE Andrea Powell at andrea@karanarising.com