Redefining Refuge in the News

Over the past few years, Redefining Refuge and its Founder, Natasha Nascimento have been featured in various Media Outlets to bring the epidemic of Child Sex Trafficking to the forefront.

2016

• Lush Cosmetics North America Partners with Redefining Refuge
• Adult Businesses Must Post Human Trafficking Info
• Ride the City
• USF Health : Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds 
• Just Faith Summit : So You Want to Open a Shelter for Minors?
• Forbes Riley “Lady in Motion” Partners with Redefining Refuge  
• Travr Life : Chasing Dreams 
• The BIG List of Local Charity Events in Tampa 
• Redefining Refuge PSA : Student Responses 
• Redefining Refuge PSA: From Our Girls
• Redefining Refuge PSA: Exploitation Starts Here 

2015

• Natasha Nascimento 190th Lightning Community Hero
• Natasha Nascimento honored as Lightning Community Hero 
• For Good: Rising Stars Tampa Bay Area Non-Profits 
• ABC Action News Positively Tampa Bay: Human Trafficking Awareness Week
• ABC Action News Report – Special School Helping Teen Trafficking Victims
• Florida Sentinel: 4th Annual Fundraiser Planned to Help Victims of Human Trafficking
• Courtesy Nissan, Kia and Hyundai : Together We Can Drive Change
• In Our Own Back Yards: Exposing the Sex Trafficking of Florida’s Children
• United Nations Delegate for a Week
• Bays News 9 UN Commission on the Status of Women
• Human Trafficking in Tampa Bay : Stolen Lives, Stolen Innocence 
• Eye on Fashion Week Looks to Draw a Closer Eye to Human Trafficking 
• WEDU’s Community Cinema Brings a Special Presentation of A Path Appears
• Redefining Refuge and Finding New Hope 

2014

• The Florida Current: House Panel Vows to Help Teen Sex Workers Regain Lives
• JuST (Juvenile Sex Trafficking) Response Congressional Briefing
• DeBartolo Family Foundation presents Redefining Refuge with Spirit of Humanity Award
• What Every Parent MUST Know About Human Trafficking in Tampa Bay
• Bay News 9 On The Town: Tampa Native Belts out Soul, Blues to Local Crowds to Benefit Redefining Refuge
• Florida’s Five Year Prevention and Permanency Plan 

2013

• WEDU Documentary: Too Close To Home
• WEDU Roundtable Discussion Featuring Redefining Refuge Safe House Tour
• Tampa Bay Times: WEDU Documentary About Human Trafficking Hits Home
• Statewide Human Trafficking Summit
• ABC Action News Report on Child Sex Trafficking Epidemic in Tampa
• Tampa Bay Times: Judges, Law Enforcement, Service Providers Speak Out Against Human Trafficking in Tampa Bay
• Tampa Tribune: Law Failing Young Victims of Sex Trade
• Tampa Tribune : High Hopes Names Recipients of Volunteer Assistance 
• Trafficking Children For Sex Is Real and It Is Right Here 

2012

• Tampa Tribune: Advocates Help Teens Escape the Sex Trade
• Palermo Protocol: Sex Trafficking Victims to Be Given Refuge in Tampa Area
• Carrollwood-Northdale Patch: Woman’s Goals is to Rescue Tampa’s Invisible Children
• Redefining Refuge’s Dream of Home for Trafficked Children is Now Reality
• TedxYouth@TampaBay: Dream Big, Then DO!