NEW Abolitionists

b Michael and Mark-Anthony Edwards

Couture Designer; CEO of b michael AMERICA
B Michael began his career as a milliner and honed his skills as a fashion designer and couturier while working with leading designers. In 1999, he launched his own label and is now at the helm of a multi-faceted brand that is the favorite among some of the most photographed women in the world. Mark-Anthony Edwards, Co-Founder and CEO of b michael AMERICA, began his career in wealth and business management before partnering with Mr. Michael. Always willing to take on new challenges, he serves on the Board of the Dream Yard Project and several charitable advisory boards, including Youth America Grand Prix and the Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The #MeToo movement must include sexual trafficking, sexual exploitation, and prostitution as core violations because they are the nth degree of abuse, violence, and rape. Prostitution is not a victimless crime or an equivalent exchange; demand creates a giant market which traffickers fill with their human products.”

– Mira Sorvino

“It’s impossible to describe the experience of being owned by someone else, but what I can tell you is that I will work tirelessly for the rest of my life to stop other people from having to experience what I did.”

– Kenya, Trafficking Survivor