By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor With a message grounded in unity and hope, actress and UNICEF Ambassador Lucy Liu joined 1,000 advocates, leaders, and supporters at the 2025 New Friends New Life Stand for Her Luncheon on September 12. Held at the Omni Dallas Hotel and emceed by NBC 5’s Laura Harris, the…
By Elizabeth Lenart New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces the 2025 ProtectHER Award recipients: Erin Nealy Cox, Chad Frymire, Eliza McCoy, and Laila Mickelwait. The honorees will be recognized at the annual NFNL Stand for Her Luncheon, on September 12 at the OMNI Dallas Hotel. The ProtectHER Awards are presented…
By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor New Friends New Life (NFNL) has appointed Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FAAN, as the nonprofit’s new board chair for a two-year term. Dr. Edmonson succeeds Jane A. Rose who has served in this role since 2023. A healthcare executive, registered nurse, and former chief nursing…
Pictured above: Matthew and Camila McConaughey were interviewed by NBC 5’s Meredith Land at New Friends New Life Luncheon. Nonprofit raises $1.1M at extraordinary luncheon deepening the awareness of human trafficking, recognizing supporters and programs, sharing voices of survivors, and honoring ProtectHER Awardees Over 1,200 guests joined New Friends New Life…
Photo credit: John Russo New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces Camila and Matthew McConaughey, will headline its annual luncheon, on Friday, September 20 at noon, at the OMNI Dallas Hotel. Academy Award-Winning Actor Matthew McConaughey is the CEO of the just keep livin Foundation and its founder along with his wife, Camila. “A Conversation with The McConaugheys”…
Pictured above: NFNL Chief Development Officer Pryia Murphy; Co-Chairs David S. Huntley and Tracey Nash-Huntley; Kerry Washington; Co-Chairs Elizabeth Carlock Phillips and Kevin Phillips; NFNL CEO Bianca Davis; NFNL Board Chair Jane A. Rose By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor Over 1,200 guests joined New Friends New Life (NFNL) on September…
By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces the 2023 ProtectHER Award Recipients: The Meadows Foundation, a New Friends New Life mission-defining partner which has provided transformative grant support to help remove barriers trafficking survivors face, and Yulise Reaves Waters, Esq., chief innovations officer, Lone Star Justice Alliance (LSJA),whose legislative and community advocacy…
New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces Kerry Washington, an Emmy-winning, and SAG nominated actor, producer, director and lifelong advocate and activist, will headline its annual luncheon, a celebration of the nonprofit’s Silver Jubilee, on Friday, September 29 at 11:30 a.m., at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. Luncheon co-chairs are Tracey Nash-Huntley and David Huntley and Elizabeth Carlock Phillips and Kevin Phillips. Honorary…
By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor New Friends New Life (NFNL) is a recipient of a $20,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation. Funds will support the agency’s Legal Advocacy Clinic, providing legal assistance to survivors of sex trafficking. This is the fourth consecutive year the Texas Bar Foundation has funded…