Our BRANDED Family, Co-Founders Emily and Lauren here. It’s a joy to introduce this “Letters” Page. This is where you will meet our rock-star employees. Each cuff made here at the BRANDED Collective has been hand stamped by a survivor. What an honor it is to employ them and watch them learn the craft of jewelry making. They are driven, capable, kind employees and we are beyond proud of their work.

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Thank you for allowing us this gift. Your purchases and your advocacy in spreading the word make this company possible.

The more we grow, the more survivors we will hire. How proud we are of this venture.

How grateful we are that you make it possible. We know you would love to meet the woman who made your cuff.

Installing piano hinges on a box. Given the difficult circumstances many of them navigate, we must protect their identities and are not permitted to share their names or photos. So We’ve come up with a fun way for you to meet our powerhouse interns. On every cuff you will find a tiny letter(s). Below we have listed the matching letter(s). Accompanying the letter(s) is a toast to the young woman we know and love. We are thrilled to introduce to you the smart, funny, unique, brave survivor who hand-stamped your cuff.

We cannot thank you enough for making this dream possible. Your part in this story is crucial. Welcome to the BRANDED Family.

We are so proud to have you. With all our love and gratitude, Lauren (0100) & Emily (0025) P.S. Cuffs 0001 through 1055 do not have letters. Though many of the early cuffs were made by survivors, some of them were made by us and our friends and family.

We did not begin the letter practice until cuff #1056. Also, if you have a cuff with a letter not represented below, that means we are working on the bio now. Check back soon! A Spunky and sassy, A always speaks her mind - and we love her for it.

Her favorite food is sushi, and if she could have any superpower, she would want to be invisible so she could sneak in the fridge and eat it anytime she wants. (Smart!) She dreams about someday living in a big, roomy three-story house because she wants to be a foster parent and will need a place to fit all of her future kids. If she could live anywhere in the world she would want to live in a big city like New York where she could walk everywhere. Her favorite music is hip hop (shout out to Kevin Gates!). In her life, A says that she has learned two valuable lessons: don’t run away and stay in school. She wants young people to know that when you run away, it puts you in bad situations. That’s why she’s at End Slavery Tennessee, healing, learning and taking the next step toward her high school diploma. Well done, A!

AG The first thing we noticed upon meeting AG is that she’s extremely smart. Quickly catching onto the ins and outs of our BRANDED work, AG does every task with care. Kind and gentle, AG is also strong, resilient and a fighter. In her own words: “I should be dead. I shouldn’t be alive, but I feel like God kept me alive through all those years because He has a plan for me.” Now AG is moving forward, with plans to become a mortuary tech. She also wants to live in a big cabin in sunny Florida so she can sit on the beach.

(She laughs, noting that RU would probably live down the street.) AG says she enjoys working for BRANDED because she IS branded. “It’s like I’m helping other girls who have been branded too.

I know what it feels like.” AG, you’re a bright, shining light on our BRANDED team and we are so proud to have you as an employee! May we all have the courage to take your advice to heart: “Always dream of things that are far more than your expectations.” Thank you, AG. We are excited to see how you’ll soar! AW There are so many things we could say about AW, but we'll start with this: she’s absolutely hilarious! AW is often the instigator of peals of laughter as we work, and she does funny impressions of everyone she meets. She loves gospel music, and her favorite food is liver and gravy. When she graduates from the End Slavery Tennessee program, she wants to own her own hair salon and be an illustrator on the side.