RJEC Project Red Cord Chronicles Renee Jones Empowerment Center

In this podcast episode you will meet Jalisa Gross, LPN, the newest addition to RJEC's team. She was hired as a contracted nurse through a generous two-year grant from Three Arches Foundation and will be providing free screenings and assessments to victims of human trafficking and sexual assault. Jalisa will also be sharing information about the new mobile clinic services for street outreach, and how the RJEC Clinic will help educate the community on health and wellness through a variety of initiatives. We will start off by hosting our first quarterly Health Talk Workshop on March 11, 2023. These workshops will be led by a team of healthcare professionals and will cover topics such as nutrition, exercise, mental health, and disease prevention. Tune in to this powerful podcast to learn more!

In this month's  podcast interview, you will meet Carolyn Kinkoph, a parent and phenomenal woman who will share her journey as a parent of a human trafficking victim -- the struggles, challenges and the eventual loss of her daughter.  You will learn the amazing things she is doing in the fight against human trafficking and keeping her daughter's memory alive. Don't miss this powerful podcast!

Take a journey into the joy of plants...Just like you, every plant has a story.

The RJEC Plant Club is a plant-dominated environment purposefully designed to facilitate interaction with the healing elements of nature and to enjoy the beauty and joy of nurturing plantlife. In this episode, you will hear from Traci - Plant Club facilitator;  Lori - Owner of Recreational Pots and Plants and Theresa - RJEC client and Plant Club participant. Listeners will learn about the origin of RJEC Plant Club, the various emotional, physical and mental benefits of plants, as well as the positive effects that Plant Club has had on RJEC clients.

Visit Recreational Pots and Plants

The Global Initiative was developed to share innovative ideas on how RJEC's treatment and outreach models can be used to fight the crime of human trafficking globally through teamwork, technology connections- webinars, conferences, virtual classrooms. Additionally, this initiative helps to  provide professional development opportunities for organizations, medical schools, etc to join forces and work to combat human trafficking worldwide. Listeners will meet Lisa Purdy, President & CEO- Council of International Programs and learn about their mission, programs and  unique Partnership with RJEC, including details on the internship opportunities with RJEC being offered to other countries by the Council of International Programs.  Lisa  has worked at Council of International Programs USA (CIPUSA) since 1997.  Under her leadership, CIPUSA has grown to an organization with five affiliate offices around the country that creates professional training opportunities and programs for over 300 people annually from countries around the world.

In this episode, listeners will hear stories from several long time RJEC supporters, staff, survivors, board members and Renee Jones herself to learn all about the wonderful history, journey and progress of Renee Jones Empowerment Center over the last 20 years! 

Special guests include:


Renee Jones: RJEC Founder, President & CEO


Traci Grasso: RJEC Program Coordinator  - 1st employee hired at RJEC

Annette Mango: Survivor


Joan Clark & Carla Lovejoy: RJEC Board Members


Detective John Morgan- Ohio Attorney General’s Cuyahoga Regional Human Trafficking Task Force


Jonathan Walsh of Walsh Law Firm, LLC: Former Board Chair & RJEC Legal Advisor


Xavier Walsh: RJEC Youth Ambassador

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For more information call the Center at  (216) 417-0823

This special podcast was recorded on location at the 7th Annual Collinwood Resource & Empowerment Fair on August 13, 2022 in partnership with our host, Peoples Church of God In Christ.  Learn about how RJEC’s partnership with this church has made an amazing impact in this community for over seven years, while also becoming  a location for our monthly Project Red Cord Night Out street outreach for the past two years. You will hear from the Pastor as well as some of the amazing resource organizations and members of the planning committee that work together to make this a meaningful and successful event each year for the community.

Recorded on location Aug 13, 2022 at the 7th Annual Collinwood Resource & Empowerment Fair at the People's Church of God in Christ.

Podcast guests:

Pastor Birce and Sister Nash- Pastor, Church of God in Christ 
Donna Angelotti & Kelly Noble-  RJEC VIP Volunteers
Greg Pollard - Greater Collinwood Development Corporation
David Hoying - CWRU School of Medicine
Carrie Joseph - Journey Center for Safety and Healing
Shanell Harris - MetroHealth Trauma Recovery Center
Amber - OH Department of Health MATRIX  Medical Mobile Unit