Connect 2 Change is an AI-powered business academy for women* rebuilding their lives through entrepreneurship. The Academy is open to survivors of sex trafficking, exploitation, and to women at high risk.
Where all women rise, rebuild, and create new futures through micro-enterprise, using AI.
*People who identify as non-binary genders and feel they belong in this community of cis and trans women are included in our invitation to join the Academy.
Our founder's story helps them believe in theirs.
“My story is their story, and when women see what I was able to build, they begin to believe they can too.”— Emily Sanders, Founding Executive Director
More than AI and business education. Personal development, mindset work, and strengths-based coaching are woven through every session, so the growth reaches deeper than any curriculum. That inner work runs right alongside the practical skills the whole way through, so what women build here they can absorb, own, and sustain long after class ends.
Discover the Academy →Before budgets and business plans, we begin with her strengths, mindset, and belief in what she is capable of creating.
Turn powerful technology into an everyday business tool.
Validate the idea, know the customer, and understand the money.
Survivors want more than safety.
They want a way forward.
The standard job-to-stability path keeps failing the women we serve. The numbers show why.
of survivors earn less than $25,000 a year, even while working.
have faced financial abuse: no savings, no credit, no safety net.
of survivors with a criminal record are blocked from getting or keeping a job. Traditional employment is stacked against them.
Stories people see.
Information people can use.
One home for the growing Connect 2 Change media presence, and for the news, research, and insight shaping women's economic opportunity.
C2C in the Media
Coverage, conversations, videos, awards, and media resources from across the Connect 2 Change story.
Explore C2C in the Media →What is changing, and why it matters now.
Curated news, original context, and accessible data across technology, entrepreneurship, trafficking prevention, and economic freedom.
This signature Connect 2 Change insight turns information into meaning: what changed, who it affects, and what opportunity or action may come next.
Where the ecosystem is meeting next.
Curated local entrepreneurial events, trainings, and competitions, updated weekly in partnership with StartupSac, so the women we serve never miss a room worth being in.
We are building the technology behind freedom.
Help us raise $100,000 to fund the AI and technology capacity that helps women survivors access tools, build businesses, and create stronger financial futures. The math is memorable, the path is flexible, and every gift moves us closer.
Learn about the 100 for $100K initiative →Your investment becomes opportunity.
Help women survivors gain business tools, technology, coaching, and the support to keep moving toward financial freedom.
Donate to Connect 2 Change →Organizations and partners: sponsor the Academy →
Connection creates change.
Learn with us. Partner with us. Help build what comes next.