Freedom 2025 will have a positive impact in the Gulf Coast region by using the effective efforts to fight exploitation and sex trafficking that will certainly plague our communities during the Carnival season and Super Bowl, held in New Orleans.

Outreach efforts will begin prior to the end of 2024, thereby giving us an opportunity to reach as many people as possible before the start of Carnival Season or 12 th Night, which is January 6 th 2025. Those outreaches/activities will intensify during the last two weeks of January through February 9, 2025, Super Bowl Sunday, and will conclude March 4, 2025, Mardi Gras Day.

Free NOLA was founded during Super Bowl 2013 and has continued many of the outreaches to this day. The following outreaches are a couple of the ways in which you, your church, business or colleagues can become involved. With this undertaking we will need sponsors and resources to accomplish our goal of blanketing the area with signs and ways to help someone who may be being exploited. We are adding to our menu:

• F.A.S.T. (Friends Against Sex Trafficking) targets the hospitality industry, hotels, travel plazas, truck stops, etc.
• Angel Shot – When a patron orders an Angel Shot, they’re covertly letting their bartender or server know that they don’t feel safe because of another’s behavior

Should you wish additional information regarding any of the outreach efforts or how you can be involved, please complete the form at the bottom of the “Get Involved” page or the volunteer form on the “Our Solution / Volunteer” page.

Funding is needed for these programs and your support is much appreciated. You can donate to specific outreaches by clicking on the donate button and selecting the specific project you wish to sponsor under the “Apply My Donation To” drop down:

• F.A.S.T.
• Angel Shot