ABOUT THIS EPISODE
On the long-term impacts of charges related to sex trafficking. With dee Clarke, Founder, Survivor Speak USA and Samaa Abdurraqib, SUSSA board member and Associate Director, Maine Humanities Council.
Learn more about today’s episode at freedomandcaptivity.org.
November 3, 2021
We are bereft and we are grieving. It hurts our heart to share the news that Survivor Speak USA founder and director, Dee Clarke, died on Sunday, October 31st, 2021. Dee passed on in the presence of her eldest daughter and her sister. She was surrounded by love, all the way until the end.
Dee founded Survivor Speak because she wanted to see survivors - especially Black and Brown survivors - leading the movement to end sex trafficking and sexploitation. Dee has been a mentor, a friend, an agitator, and a beacon to so many. It is difficult to capture in words how large Dee’s impact has been in Maine and beyond.
We know that so many of you who came into contact with Dee are also grieving. For many of us, Dee was a hero, a parent, a confidante, a person who created pathways towards healing, and a person with an immense capacity for forgiveness. Her life, love, and legacy will not be forgotten; she will forever inspire and guide our liberation work.
