From Nashville-
The Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Nashville-based Magdalene House and Thistle Farms, will be honored by the White House on Thursday.
Stevens was named one of 15 Champions of Change by the White House’s Office of Public Engagement for her work with former prostitutes. The award is part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Stevens founded the Magdalene program in 1997. Women can live in the residential program for two years at no cost. The program takes no government funding and claims a 72 percent success rate. Thistle Farms is an enterprise where the women create and sell bath and body products to benefit Magdalene House and learn business skills.
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