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Vednita Carter is an American anti- sex trafficking and anti- prostitution activist. Carter is an author and the executive director of Breaking Free, an organization which helps women seeking to leave prostitution. Carter grew up in Minneapolis—Saint Paul , Minnesota. Unable to afford college, she responded to an advertisement seeking dancers, which she later discovered was for a position as a stripper.

She worked in the industry for a year before leaving. In , Carter began to work with women in prostitution in Minnesota at a different agency, which later closed, and became program director.

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Gerald Vick, closed due to funding issues. Breaking Free is a non-profit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota with the goal of helping women escape prostitution. These services include food, clothing, and emotional support. Breaking Free also provides addiction services, permanent and temporary housing, as well as legal assistance and job training.

Since , Breaking Free has helped over 6, women. Carter also established a "John School", which educates men arrested for solicitation about the effects of their actions to persuade them not to solicit again. Carter believes that as long as men continue to purchase sexual favors, sex trafficking will not end. Carter was one of six women granted the Women of Distinction award by Century College in That same year, she was also named a CNN Hero.

When I think about the millions of women and children throughout the world who are exploited and have no other options to change the course of their life, I feel compelled to do all that I can do to help them in some way.