October 30th, 2025
Monterey County Expands Support for Abuse Survivors With New Family Justice Center in Salinas
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October 10th, 2025
Barak Laub discusses his film “Volunteers Needed” – how he learned about foreign orphanages bringing in big money from tourism while taking kids away from their families…
With Jess Torres and Becky Steinbruner
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September 19th, 2025
The Squigglers: Carmel Jud
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Apr 1st, 2025
Human Trafficking Survivors Speak at Rising Worldwide Event
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Mar 23rd, 2025
Let’s Unite to Stand Up for Survivors of Human Trafficking
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Jan 1st, 2025
California Department of Social Services
Child Trafficking Response Team | January 2025 Newsletter
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Nov 10th, 2017
Home Parties With A Global Twist
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Nov 2nd, 2017
Woman to Woman Rising Together: BBC Report
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May 22nd, 2017
Coast Lines, May 23, 2017: Film Raises Awareness Of Sex Trafficking
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April 5th, 2017
[Cover Story] Rising International Helps Women in 26 Countries Craft Their Futures
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December 21st, 2016
Christmas Cards Help Child Sex Trafficking Victims
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April 28th, 2016
Youth Storytellers Featured at Fair Trade Mother’s Day Sale
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June 16, 2015
Lunch With Santa Cruz-Native Actor Prize in Rising International Fundraiser
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March 04, 2015
Carmel Jud’s Rising International wins first place at Cruz Cares
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October 29, 2014
Packard Foundation, Ashoka Changemakers Award Empathy Grants
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March 20, 2014
Ashwini’s Goal | To Empower Women In Poverty
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October 13, 2013
Connie C. Kim of KCBS Radio 740AM in San Francisco Talks With Rising Founder and Executive Director Carmel Jud
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May 17, 2013
“Rising International Receives National Attention “Santa Cruz Non-Profit Helps Underprivileged Women Worldwide”
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April 4, 2013
“Woman to Woman” article makes the cover of the popular Leisure Section
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March 20, 2013
News anchor Jon Brent covers Rising International’s 10th Anniversary event
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March 14, 2013
Women Gather in Monterey To Champion Each Other
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March 9, 2012
[SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE] Rising International Holds It’s Fourth Annual Hands of Hope Luncheon In Monterey
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February 8, 2012
Carmel Jud, E.D. Rising International, speaks at the Graduate School of International Policy and Management
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January 4, 2012
Carmel Jud, E.D. of Rising International, Huffington Post’s “Greatest Person of the Day”
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January 4, 2012
[SANTA CRUZ PATCH] How Rising International Began and The Inspiration Behind The Business Model
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November 13, 2011
Rising International partners with St. Francis Soup Kitchen to help raise awareness and support for both organizations
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June 2009
Why women play such a vital role in eradicating poverty
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August 20, 2008
Rising teams up with a husband wife team that traveled to Chad
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May 30, 2008
The process of developing connections with women artisans in Chad
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HOLIDAY ISSUE | 2007
The beginning stages of Rising International and the importance of empowering women and mothers
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April, 2003
Carol Adrienne Interview: Carmel Jud gives a look into the birth of Rising International
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July 5, 2002
Bullets Into Bracelets | JEWELRY SALES PARTIES HELP WORLD’S POOR WOMEN
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June 9, 2002
Claudia Sternbach: Is this what you would be doing with your life?
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