The Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation

“From outrage to outcomes,” a guiding principle of Kayrita M. Anderson’s family foundation, perfectly captures her philanthropic journey. Outraged by an article about child sex slavery in her home city of Atlanta, Kayrita knew she had to act. “The police had pulled an 11-year old girl out of a van with about eight or nine grown men. Yet it was the child who wound up in shackles before the judge. How is that possible?”

Read more at Women Moving Millions.

Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation CEO Kayrita M. Anderson was honored alongside Deborah Richardson for their collaborative work to end child sex slavery in the US.

Recognized for their work in combating child sex slavery in the US, Deborah Richardson and Kayrita M. Anderson are awarded among many  visionary leaders recognized for “troubling the waters and healing the  world.”

Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation CEO Kayrita Anderson is profiled along with fellow women advocates.

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CSEC is once again highlighted as an important issue under the gold dome.

Read more at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation CEO Kayrita M. Anderson talks about the movement of high net worth women coming out as donor activists in support of women and girls financial stability.

Watch the interview at the Business News Network.

Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation CEO Kayrita M. Anderson has been recognized as one of this year’s 21 leaders of the 21^st century by Women E-News for her work to combat child sex slavery in America.

Read more at Women E-News.

For twenty-two years, the Women of Vision Awards have honored women in grassroots, activists and philanthropists who work tirelessly to improve lives of women, families, and communities across the US.

With Event Chair Kayrita M. Anderson and others, Gloria Steinem helped to lead a powerful recognition of the work of many noteworthy women.

Read the full story at Ms. Foundation for Women.

My hometown of Atlanta, Georgia is notable as a business and transportation center, with four major sports teams, numerous convention centers and the world’s busiest airport. We have the capacity to host hundreds of thousands of visitors at once. Unfortunately, we also suffer from high rates of poverty and child poverty. Poverty isn’t the only cause of child prostitution, but it’s strongly related. The combination of thousands of visitors passing through and children growing up in desperate circumstances makes Atlanta a major national hub of child trafficking and exploitation—an unfortunate distinction few know about.

The prostitution of children largely stems from gender inequality. While much progress has been made, much remains to be done. In the U.S., girls remain disproportionately affected by poverty, violence and a lack of access to quality education.

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