Lisieux Community’s drop-in center offers sanctuary from the streets
The Lisieux Community Center provides judgment-free support and education for women who have survived trauma, addiction, prostitution and life on the streets. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
All 4,000 square feet of the property is a woman-only space. For the safety of the woman served and that of the volunteers, men are not allowed on the property.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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