Women and men are invited to come hear the Rev. Becca Stevens speak
at the ECW Diocesan Fall Annual Meeting, Nov. 4 at St. Francis,
Virginia Beach. An author, a Daughter of the King, speaker, priest,
social entrepreneur, Becca is founder and president of Thistle Farms,
the largest social enterprise in the US run by survivors of domestic
violence. The Nov. 4 meeting is from 9 to 11 a.m. Becca will speak from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. A lunch ticket
($15.00) is required. The deadline to purchase lunch tickets is October
20. Contact Helen Sharpe-Williams, 757-487-8183 or helen.sharpe-williams@earthlink.net.
Thistle Farms is a powerful global community of women healing
from prostitution, trafficking and addiction. They employ 50 survivors
through social enterprises: Thistle Farms Home & Body, Thistle Stop
Cafe, and an artisan studio. Thistle Farms Global helps employ more than
1,500 women.
