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he Dream Center– drop-in center is a service agency providing essential resources to the community. Our services will assist in meeting basic needs, in a safe, nonjudgmental, nurturing environment.  This is a safe, welcoming space where participants can access a full continuum of services available under one-roof including: Showers, meal […]

“Throughout a life of uphill battles, abuse, and hustling, Myers-Powell has managed to retain her humor, attitude, and fight, all on full display in this stirring memoir. . . . Graphic but never gratuitous, Leaving Breezy Street is engaging and candid. Those who like gritty memoirs will relish it, and it is […]

On Mar. 24, 2020, On behalf of the United States Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office), Brenda Myers-Powell Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation was appointment to the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. Human traffickers continue to target inherently valuable people […]

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sally-duros/sex-trafficking-in-chicago_b_4074949.html

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Shadow-Town-raises-awareness-about-sex-trafficking-in-Chicago/44701.html

https://www.newcitystage.com/2013/10/08/shining-light-into-the-shadows-her-story-theater-exposes-sex-trafficking-in-chicago/

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http://realscreen.com/2013/08/02/longinottos-dreamcatchers-set-for-chicago-good-pitch/

Dreamcatcher is a vivid portrait of Brenda Myers-Powell, a former prostitute, who helps women and young girls break the cycle of sexual abuse and exploitation. The film lays bare the hidden violence that devastates the lives of young women, their families and the communities where they live. It’s through Brenda’s […]

This film showing brings together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, brands and media around leading social issues – to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society. Read more!  

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LOCAL AUTHORS END MIND-NUMBING MEETINGS WITH A PROVEN 6-STEP SYSTEM + SUPPORT A WORTHY CAUSE: THE DREAMCATCHER FOUNDATION Complaints about meetings abound. Plenty of people have tried to offer solutions, but Wilmette authors Dick and Emily Axelrod have created and field-tested a six-step system for meetings where productivity thrives rather […]

“Brenda Myers-Powell is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation, a not-for-profit organization working to end human trafficking of sexually exploited individuals and at-risk youth. As a personal survivor of prostitution, Brenda has worked hard to protect and educate victims of the domestic sex trade through her in-depth […]