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Thanks to Trendhunter.com and Socialbusiness.org for featuring Stop Traffick Fashion and an interview with me! Trendhunter covers trends across a huge array of topics and Socialbusiness.org compiles all those related to social enterprises. Do you have any of your own favorite social enterprises? Leave a comment on this post, we’d love to hear from you so we can encourage support of other social enterprises and spread the word.

Here are a couple of the Q&As from their article about STF:

1. How did the idea for the business model come about?
Stop Traffick Fashion is part of my abolitionist journey. After finding out about human trafficking nearly 8 years ago on a trip to Thailand, I knew I would never be the same. However, it took time to find exactly how I could get involved.

Finding out about such a big problem left me feeling overwhelmed and I didn’t know how I could possibly make a difference. As I got more involved in the anti-trafficking movement, I came across various organizations providing rehabilitation and job skills training for survivors. They were making great products and I felt like there were so many people who would be interested in buying them, if only they knew they existed.

That’s when Stop Traffick Fashion was born! Our goal is to bring together the most fashionable products made by survivors in order to reach the socially-conscious, fashion-conscious consumer. By bringing the products to a mainstream market we can help survivors by empowering them to create a sustainable income to support themselves and their families. Currently we act as a retailer for the products, but in the future we aim to grow by designing our own products that we retail and wholesale to other boutiques.

2. How did you decide to join this sector?
As I mentioned, finding out how to get involved was definitely a journey, but I knew there was no way I could ignore the issue. I believe once we know about human trafficking, it’s our job to respond in any way we can to help put an end to the injustice. STF combined my passion for the cause, my business background and my interest in fashion and design. In addition to helping sell products made by survivors, our goal at STF is also to encourage everyone to look at their own skills and interests to think about how they can contribute in order to become everyday abolitionists.

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