From CNN (Nashville)Many cities have one: an ugly stretch of road lined with cheap motels, dollar stores and liquor marts.
Often, women and girls are also part of the landscape, selling their bodies at strip clubs or on the streets.
In Nashville, one such area exists on Dickerson Pike. It's a tough environment, where even the weeds pushing up through the concrete -- thistles -- have thorns.
Many of the women who have walked this road are hardened by a life of abuse and addiction.
Caught in a struggle for survival, they can't see a way out.
That's where Becca Stevens steps in. For nearly 20 years, Stevens has dedicated her life to helping women escape prostitution, addiction and trafficking -- and providing a place for them to heal.
"Those scars are deep, but it doesn't have to be the end of the story," said Stevens, an Episcopal priest.
More here-
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/us/cnn-hero-becca-stevens/
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