Unchained At Last on Righteous Crowd this Week!
Unchained At Last
Ending Forced and Child Marriage in the United States
Freedom is an important theme in this week’s Torah portion, Bo. Moses leads the Israelites out of slavery so we are featuring an organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriage. After escaping her own forced marriage, Fraidy Reiss founded Unchained At Last to help other women and girls in similar situations.
Read our interview below with founder Fraidy Reiss
What is the mission of Unchained At Last?
Unchained At Last is the only organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the U.S. through direct services and advocacy. Unchained provides crucial legal and social services, always for free, to help women, girls and others in the U.S. to escape arranged/forced marriages. At the same time, Unchained pushes for social, policy and legal change; the organization started and now leads a growing national movement to eliminate child marriage in every U.S. state and at the federal level.
What are some of your Unchained At Last's future plans?
So far we have achieved historic legislative victories in two U.S. states -- New Jersey and Delaware -- making them the first to end child marriage. We won't stop advocating and pushing until every state does the same. Only 48 to go ...
How would you connect your organization to a Jewish value?
It is, in many ways, the ultimate in Tikkun Olam: turning a traumatic experience into a movement to improve the world. Since our founding in 2011, we have provided crucial, often life-saving services to help more than 580 survivors escape forced marriages.
What are some non-monetary ways for others to get involved?
Unchained relies on the kindness of volunteers to provide crucial, often life-saving services to those who are escaping forced marriages. Here is a list of volunteer opportunities that are available wherever you may live.
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