Angie Lauritsen

[Note: Trigger Warning for this episode] Angie Lauritsen is the Council President for the City of Gretna and an original board member for Survivors Rising, a working group dedicated to advocacy, education, and support for survivors of sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking. Angie discusses the need for the work of Survivors Rising and shares her own sexual assault trauma and emergence into her success today. Angie also speaks to her experiences as an elected official and the need for women to run for office.