Sandra Morgan
founder, president

"While living in Athens, Greece in 2001, I saw a fourteen year old (at most) with sandy-blonde hair sitting in the

entry of a side street brothel under the watchful eye of the house madam, I had to do something. I began asking

questions, learning the hows and whys and why nots. I read everything I could find, looking for answers, keys to

solutions that would free this girl and many like her. When I became a volunteer at a shelter I found answers that

were not in the books and papers. I found ordinary girls with ordinary hopes and dreams, struggling to make sense

of a world where they were bought and sold like the daily newspaper.  It was there that my eyes were opened to

the expansive and growing modern-day slavery issues we are facing globally. I learned that human trafficking was

a global crisis affecting people all over the world even back home in California. It became clear to me that a

broader goal was needed with an international reach and Live2free was officially born." Sandra Morgan 2009

Contact: smorgan@live2free.org

 


Jean Morgan
community educator

Jean has been Pastoring and Teaching worldwide for over 30 years.  For Lydia, he has also been acting as

administrator and overseer of budget and fiscal management.  Jean’s passion is to present on the impact

pornography has on human trafficking. He believes slowing demand is a cornerstone when developing strategies

to rescue, rebuild, and restore women, men and children who are victims of human trafficking and sexual

exploitation. Contact: jmorgan@live2free.org

 



Alicia Woodard
central california regional director

Alicia is the volunteer and special events coordinator for Live2free with a passion to end modern day slavery. She

graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from Vanguard  University and became the Center for Women's Studies

Program Assistant where she was able to continue support for the new Live 2 Free club (now Freedom Advocates),

which emerged on campus as one of the best known and respected clubs at Vanguard. Her dedication reaches far

beyond a job, she is committed to the cause and continues to be an advocate for justice.

Contact: awoodard@live2free.org

 

 Board of Directors

Sandra Morgan, Founder, President

Jean Morgan, Community Educator

Jack Distaso, Chief Financial Officer

Shannon Quintana, General Secretary

Carrie Young, Boardmember

Lynda Bryant, Boardmember

Live2free is a DBA of Lydia Today


Founding Board Member

Carol Distano - Inactive

Mustard Seed Consulting
Live2free business development, branding and marketing
smunson@mustardseed-consulting.com
714.319.4166

Our Mission

Live2Free exists to challenge a generation to make personal choices that recognize the dignity of the individual and the responsibility of consumers to slow the demand that drives modern day slavery; and to network with others to rescue, rebuild and restore broken lives of victims worldwide.

Our Vision and Purpose
Live2free leads the way in deployment of concerned and passionate Freedom Advocates; from Universities, High Schools and Faith-Based Communities; to take the message to the streets and to the boardrooms.

It starts here. Consumers are ready for innovative change in fair trade product choices. Live2free spreads awareness on slave-free practices to consumers, corporations, and faith based communities about conscious consumerism: the choices we make and the products we buy can stop the demand for human trafficking. We also educate about conscious consumerism which encourages consumers to “think before you buy” and helps them understand the connection between the products we buy, and the choices we make, to the demand for trafficked humans. Educating the next generation will link the law of supply and demand for slave free products to the law of supply and demand for hypersexualized media and pornography to sex trafficking of women and children.

In addition to raising awareness and providing consumer action strategies, Live2free aims to collaborate with the public and private sectors to build and sustain a Safe House in Orange County where children who are rescued from Commercial Sexual Exploitation, a form of sex trafficking, can safely receive the care they need immediately upon rescue.

History

Live2Free is an outgrowth of the Lydia Today Foundation, founded by Sandra Morgan in Greece in 2001.  Lydia Today, a 501(c) 3 corporation located in California, has evolved and is now doing business as Live2Free since the focus has turned towards advocacy and education to the Southern California market.  Sandie started the Lydia Foundation because of her commitment to tell the stories of those who have no voice: the trafficked, the abused, the victims of crime and war. 

When personal circumstances called Sandie and her husband, Jean, back to Orange County in 2004, Sandie was surprised to find that Human Trafficking was alive and well in Southern California just as it is in other parts of the world.  She also saw how the affluence in Southern California contributed even more significantly to the demand side of the equation.  Sandie then understood that she needed to continue to follow her passion to not only rescue and restore victims, but to “turn off the faucet”.  As Sandie and Jean met others committed to the same cause, such as Alicia Woodard and Susan Munson, Live2free was born.

Core Values

We are on a journey together, so we all need each other.

We are not here to condemn; we are here to help.

We tell the truth as best we can.

We take responsibility for our actions.

We speak up for those who cannot speak.

We teach principles, not rules.

We believe we are all created in the image of God.

We believe God has place and purpose for each of us.

We believe one person can make a difference.