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'''Safe Passage Foundation''' is a not-for-profit foundation established by former [[second generation]] [[The Family|Family]] members [[Julia McNeil]], [[Lauren Stevens]] and [[Nahchey Storer]]. The organization advocates protection of minors within [[High-Demand Organization]]s from abuse and exploitation and based its guiding philosophy on the [http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm UN Convention on the Rights of the Child].
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'''Safe Passage Foundation''' is a not-for-profit foundation established in April [[2003]] by three former [[second generation]] [[The Family|Family]] members.
  
The Safe Passage Foundation's mission includes the provision of resources support and advocacy for youth within such organizations, encouraging open dialogue with restrictive communities on welfare matters, providing crisis intervention, and assisting young people in transition through housing and education programs.
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According to its web site, it has adopted the [http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child] as the statement of its guiding philosophy and its mission is to to ensure "''that minors within cults or high demand organizations are protected from abuse and exploitation and that their rights are respected and protected''," that "''those who choose to leave a cult or high demand organization have a support structure throughout the transitional period''" and that "''those who violate children's human rights are held accountable for their crimes and face justice''."<ref>[http://www.safepassagefoundation.net/about safepassagefoundation.net: About Safe Passage Foundation] &mdash; accessed [[2009]]-04-24</ref>
 
 
The foundation is notable in that it involves former childhood [[cult]] members who have moved successfully into outside society.
 
  
 
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080208234605/www.safepassagefoundation.org/ Safe Passage Foundation (Internet Archive)] &mdash; previous archived version of safepassagefoundation.org  
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080208234605/www.safepassagefoundation.org/ Safe Passage Foundation (Internet Archive)] &mdash; previous archived version of safepassagefoundation.org  
 
*[http://www.movingon.org/article.asp?sID=4&Cat=46&ID=2107 Safe Passage Foundation and Where Things Currently Stand] &mdash; Article on [[MovingOn]], 2004-08-05
 
*[http://www.movingon.org/article.asp?sID=4&Cat=46&ID=2107 Safe Passage Foundation and Where Things Currently Stand] &mdash; Article on [[MovingOn]], 2004-08-05
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Safe Passage Foundation logo

Safe Passage Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation established in April 2003 by three former second generation Family members.

According to its web site, it has adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as the statement of its guiding philosophy and its mission is to to ensure "that minors within cults or high demand organizations are protected from abuse and exploitation and that their rights are respected and protected," that "those who choose to leave a cult or high demand organization have a support structure throughout the transitional period" and that "those who violate children's human rights are held accountable for their crimes and face justice."[1]

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