MHC in the News

 

KEEPING THE LIGHT LIT 2022 - ANNUAL BENEFIT

Comcast Newsmakers - June 17, 2022

Executive Director Ida Butler discusses Magdalene House Chicago’s “Keeping the Light Lit” annual benefit to provide critical funding needed to sustain Chicago's women survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, and addiction with Comcast Newsmaker news anchor, Paul Lisnek.

 

LIGHT THE WAY HOME 2020 - ANNUAL BENEFIT

Comcast Newsmakers - Feb. 17, 2020

Board member Brooke Foley discusses Magdalene House Chicago’s “Light The Way Home” annual benefit to fund recovery for women survivors of sex trafficking with Comcast Newsmaker news anchor, Paul Lisnek.

 

THE MAGDALENE HOUSE MODEL

Comcast Newsmakers - August 2019

Board Chair Mary Lawrence discusses the Magdalene House Chicago model for helping women survivors of trafficking recover from trauma with Comcast Newsmakers anchor Ellee Pai Hong.

SWEET COLLABORATION BETWEEN COURTS & NONPROFIT CONTINUES

Press Release - July 10, 2019

Magdalene House Chicago, Inc. (MHC) aids intervention court serving women arrested for prostitution. MHC began a partnership with the Cook County Prostitution and Trafficking Intervention Court in August 2018. After its first pilot year, this collaborative effort to support women arrested for crimes related to prostitution is going strong. (Read more)