Love146

Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Robbin and currently 8 commenting.

I know we have shared the story of Love146.org on this blog before. But it bears repeating.

The organization formerly known as Justice for Children International works toward the abolition of child sex trafficking and exploitation through prevention and aftercare. They came to Brains on Fire in the summer of 2007 with a problem. A not-for-profit organization in Texas (different mission) was using the same name and the confusion prompted a needed, but unwanted name change. They asked for our help. Busy and reluctant to raise our hand at first, we agreed to a meeting. Their team flew in. We were blown away with their story and a relationship that has changed the course of both of our organization’s lives forever… began. Some things in life are just meant to be.

Here is a quote from that day about their desire for the new name:

‘ When people hear the name, we don’t want them to hear the name, we want them to hear the call.’

So we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. EVERYONE at Brains on Fire poured themselves into finding a name and laying the foundation for an organization that would do just that.

Last week, our friends at Love146 sent us this update:

From the Executive Director, Rob Morris:

‘We are daily discovering the genius behind the Love146 name and “brand” you unearthed for us. I remember you addressing our initial concerns of the obscurity of a name like Love146. You said it will create intrigue and force “the story”…”her story” to be told. Well…it’s happening. Just thought you should know.

A few examples:

* We recently created cloth patches with the number 146 printed on them for bands to sell at concerts or pin on their clothes . The cloth patch is very similar to the one that the young girl (#146) in the brothel wore. There is a popular band called Paramore that is partnering with us right now and the band members are wearing the patch during their shows . When I met with the band earlier this summer, I told them that this is the kind of patch that I’ve seen girls wearing in the brothels where they have had even the dignity of their name taken from them and are being sold by number. So when they wear the patch they are remembering the forgotten and honoring a young girl only known as 146. This will create a lot of awareness for not only the cause but our organization, as people are wondering what the number means that they see the band members wearing on stage. And so her story…our story…the story of these broken little ones is being told. They speak about her and our work at every concert. A voice for the voiceless . As well as honoring to a young girl who will never know that her story is still being told all over the world and is inspiring a movement to end this modern day slavery! The band played on the MTV Video Music Awards show this past Sunday night, so lots of exposure. I’ve attached a few pictures of the band and you will notice that they have the 146 patches on. I’ve had a couple of great meetings with them and they really get it.

* Also the clothing company Hurley has created a special edition “hoodie” for the band and the proceeds from the sale of these will go to us. This will be a significant amount of money as each individual hoodie is $60.

* A Church in Long Island, New York was just given a winning 3 million dollar lottery ticket by a member of their congregation. The Church in turn is donating $200,000 of it to us. This made big news, so the Pastor has been on Good Morning America, The Early Show, etc. talking about us. Great awareness! Here’s a clip from GMA:

* The owner of Porsche racing is giving us the opportunity to design a Love146 Porsche race car to wrap for the upcoming Lemans in California as well as the 24 hour Daytona race in January. This will be broadcast on NBC. So our design guy Ben is having some fun with this one!

* Baume and Mercier, the luxury watch company has become a corporate sponsor and is creating a photo exhibit for us. They hired a Pulitzer prize winning photographer to travel to SE Asia to create the project from our work, which will feature stories of hope and restoration.

I could go on. But this is just a sampling of some of the good things happening. You are such a huge part of this, and I just wanted to say thank you again.’

So go buy a hoodie or a patch. Watch the video. Send them some love for all they are doing. Make a donation. Help us spread the story of Love 146.

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