Our Mission Statement:

As a non-profit outreach of The Corridor, The Genesis Project exists to offer hope for a new life to young women and girls involved in Domestic Minor Sex-Trafficking (DMST) in the South King County area.

There are four stages to The Genesis Project:

Reach - Outreach is necessary to begin creating sustainable, meaningful relationships with victims of DMST.

Rescue - Once reached, victims will be able to utilize the 24 hour drop-in center to access hot meals, showers, laundry facilities, medical and mental health services, and a place to rest in a safe, stable environment.

Renew - Referral to transitional housing that is already established. As funding is received we will build our own housing.

Release - After a girl has lived in the transitional house we will work with them to find permanent housing and live a self sustaining life. If the situation is ideal and safe they will be reunited with a family member.

How we got started:

In the summer of 2009, Christie Thomas, Executive Director of The Genesis Project was introduced to SeaTac Deputy Andy Conner.

While discussing the most prevalent needs seen in the South King County area, Deputy Conner brought to light the issue of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST). Young girls, ranging in age from 11-24, were being picked up for prostitution charges on a weekly basis. With no alternative, these young girls were being taken to jail.

Equipped with compassion and the desire for change, Christie began to research the issue of DMST. There had to be an alternative; these girls could not continue to be criminalized when they were in fact victims of slavery.

In January of 2010 Christie Thomas, Deputy Andy Conner, and Matthew Campbell, Director of the Corridor came up with the alternative: a 24-hour drop-in center that was able to provide victims of DMST with the care that they needed and the hope for a new life. This is now known as The Genesis Project.

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