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8 GoodLifeFamilyMag.com MAY JUNE 2016 VIPAWARD The Determined Diplomat AMBASSADOR JEANNE PHILLIPS IS A MOM ON A MISSION TO STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING Did you know the average age of a child who enters the human trafficking trade in Dallas is 13 years old When Ambassador Jeanne Phillips heard this staggering statistic it struck her to her core. Phillips learned about the human trafficking problem from Katie Pedigo current CEO of New Friends New Life NFNL and Nancy Ann Hunt longtime friend and active member of NFNL. NFNL is an organization dedicated to restoring and empowering formerly trafficked girls and sexually exploited women and their children newfriendsnewlife.org. My daughter Maggie was 14 at the time says Phillips. When I heard the statistic about girls being sold in Texas who were younger than she I literally felt physically sick. She also learned that human trafficking is a 99 million business in Dallas and Texas ranks second in the U.S. for the most occurrences. When Phillips first served on NFNLs advisory board she started working to raise awareness of the problem and the amazing men and women working to change the situation. Just knowing that Dallas has such a problem with human trafficking was disturbing to Phillips and she wanted to help these women who were facing such difficult circumstances. Then she had a difficult situation to face within her own family. Her husband David was diagnosed with a rare cancer that eventually took his life after a two year battle. Phillips was unexpectedly a single mother raising a teen daughter. People always ask me how I handled that loss and I tell them what I hope the women coming to New Friends New Life hear as by Karyn Brodsky Last month Ambassador Phillips chaired the 2016Wings Luncheon event for the second year this time bringing in Amal Clooney an internationally acclaimed human rights activist raising 1 million for New Friends New Life. Pictured L to R New Friends New Life CEO Katie Pedigo Nancy Ann Hunt Amal Clooney Ashlee Kleinert and Jeanne Phillips. Life is full of challenges...but they can all be overcome with faith and friends a sense of humor and a determination to accept the responsibility that we can make our lives better regardless of the challenges we face. -Jeanne Phillips PhotoCreditHoltHaynsworth