Elevate (Giving) Necklace

Elevate Necklace

This stunning, timeless Elevate Necklace features a gold-tone chain with a gorgeous pendant with varying shades of gray and charcoal jasper stone. Ten dollars from each necklace purchase is directly given to Elevate Academy, an innovative online school for survivors of human trafficking that focuses on professional development and economic empowerment. Elevate Academy is free to all survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. All courses, opportunities, and the Welcome Box are provided at no cost to students. By purchasing the Elevate Necklace, you are a part of a student’s healing journey at Elevate Academy! Every purchase also creates jobs to support sex-trafficking survivors in East Asia with safe housing, health care, trauma counseling, job skills training, and dignified income.   

Every necklace has variations as a part of the Artisan-made charm!    

*Like all Giving Necklaces, donations will be made for necklaces purchased at full retail price.  

Product Details:

• Approx. Measurements: Adjustable 18″-20″   
• Materials: Jasper stone, 14k gold plated stainless steel
• Color: Gold, Gray
• Retail Price: $39.95 (Partner Commissions will be paid out on $29.95 (Retail minus donation)   
• SKU JNSP1979

The Impact of Your Purchase   

In East Asia, poverty encourages sexual exploitation of women in brothels. These women want to provide for their families but have few options. Your purchase helps provide human trafficking survivors with holistic care, dignified income, and hope.    

Meet the Artisan: YuYu’s Story of Hope

On her first day, YuYu, a former brothel boss arrived almost an hour early in the morning because she didn’t want to be late for work. As she began our onboarding process and learned about our company’s mission, vision and values, YuYu cried. On her second day here, YuYu asked if she could introduce us to the other women who used to work in her brothel so they could come to our artisan community too. We hope her enthusiasm about the opportunities here will influence the women she previously employed.

*About Jasper stone: 

• Jasper is a variety of Chalcedony. It is usually brown in color but can also be found in shades of grey, blue, white, purple, pink, red, orange, and yellow.
• The name Jasper means spotted or speckled stone and is derived from the Latin ‘iaspidem’, or the Old French ‘jaspre’.
• The speckles are caused by the inclusion of mineral, ash, or sediment within the structure of the crystal.
• Jasper is found all over the world but most specimens come from India or Australia.
• When we speak of the “meaning” of a stone, we usually refer to the esoteric qualities that the stone embodies.
• These qualities are usually recognized as being part of the crystal’s effects on the human mind and/or body and have come into being after thousands of years’ worth of observation by people in all sorts of different situations or cultures.
• One of the most common interpretations of the spiritual meaning of Jasper is that it carries an energy, or vibration of peace, calm, and tranquility.
• It confers patience and understanding on all who connect with it.
• Jasper is also widely held to be a very nurturing stone, bringing comfort and reassurance to the wearer or bearer as well as feelings of optimism and freedom from fear.

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About ELEVATE ACADEMY: 

In addition to every sale of the Elevate Necklace donating $10 to Elevate Academy, your PopUps can help fight Trafficking in the US every day of the year! 

Non-Partner-hosted qualified pop-ups can donate 1-5 days at Elevate Academy for a trafficking survivor in the US! 

• Founded by trafficking survivor, Rebecca Bender, Elevate Academy is an an innovative online school for survivors of human trafficking.
• Elevate provides job skills training, education, and trauma counseling to give survivors the practical and emotional tools they need, and bring holistic healing to leave their pasts behind and give them a hope and a future.
• Elevate Academy is currently serving students across the U.S. and in 11 countries around the world, and offering 100% tuition assistance.
• Elevate Academy gives students a safe online space to learn, connect, and thrive because of the support from our partners and donors.
• Elevate Academy offers TEN courses in addition to live online group sessions. Incoming students are enrolled in a 12-week program, during which time they complete 3 classes (two core classes and one elective) to graduate. After graduation, students are encouraged to pursue further learning and are granted lifetime access to our complete library of elective classes and post-graduate opportunities. Elevate students also receive exclusive newsletters that contain opportunities to apply for jobs, pursue further education, opportunities for career exploration, and webinars and conferences to enrich their development.

(partially sourced from  ElevateAcademy)