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Janet Jensen and Elizabeth Carlock Phillips are among the 2026 ProtectHER Award winners. [Photos: NFNL]
New Friends New Life Names Its 2026 ProtectHER Honorees: Trey’s Law Advocate, Toyota-Baker Botts Clinic, Jensen Project Founder
by Sandra Engelland | Aug 27, 2026
The Dallas nonprofit’s annual Stand for Her Luncheon will recognize Trey’s Law advocate Elizabeth Carlock Phillips, a Baker Botts and Toyota Motor North America pro bono legal clinic and The Jensen Project founder Janet Jensen. The event is set for
Sept. 24 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas.
by Quincy Preston |
Sep 26, 2025
Sex trafficking happens here—at bus stops and airports, the star says. New Friends New Life CEO Bianca Davis had the numbers: 400 teens are trafficked in Dallas each night, with traffickers profiting $99 million annually in North Texas. Here's what Liu had to say.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 23, 2025
New Friends New Life is one of five nonprofits awarded new funding by The Jensen Project, a North Texas-based nonprofit think tank that has distributed over $11 million nationwide since launching its GrantTank program in 2021.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 4, 2024
The foundation said the gift will fund cutting-edge, tech-based exhibits throughout the Hall of State at Fair Park, ensuring that the stories of Dallas and Texas are presented in dynamic, interactive formats that engage visitors of all ages. Also: See the winners of the 2024 Dallas History Makers Awards.
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Left to right, top row first: Camelia Lopez Shoemaker; C. Davis Prescott, Jane A. Rose, Fallyn Jones, Laura Nieto, and Crys Kelly [Photos: New Friends New Life]
New Friends New Life Adds 3 to Its Board of Directors
by Lance Murray | May 17, 2024
The new members are Fallyn Jones, SVP at Citigroup; Laura Nieto, managing director of corporate responsibility, Southwest Airlines; and federal prosecutor Camelia Lopez Shoemaker. They began three-year terms April 1 with an optional second term. NFNL also announced other board moves.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 25, 2023
Awarded to 101 community-based organizations across the state—including many in North Texas—the Blue Impact grants focus on health care access and target impacts of socio-economic and social determinants of health.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 13, 2022
Four local organizations have received 2022 grants from the foundation's Mary M. Jalonick Women’s Philanthropy Institute. New Friends New Life—which helps women and their children overcome backgrounds of abuse, addiction, and poverty—received the lead grant of $150,000.
$50,000 grants went to Braswell Child Development Center, Community Basket Mobile Farmers Market, and Mosaic Family Services.
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by Taylor Lowder |
Feb 6, 2018
The awards dinner on April 19 will honor these women for their positive influence on women and girls.
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Yekitha (left) and Sally assemble jewelry in Dallas for Akola's new Neiman Marcus line. Akola does not share last names for the women's protection. [Alex Wolf Photography (c)2015]
Akola’s Neiman Marcus Line
Unites Nonprofits, Business
by Heather Noel | Sep 2, 2016
Akola's high-end jewelry line didn’t go from concept to store shelves in eight months without collaboration.
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