Meet Rhonda Anita of Rose of Sharon Transitional Living for Women Inc. in Sandy Springs

Today we’d like to introduce you to Rhonda Anita.

Rhonda Anita is a self-proclaimed “Voice for the Voiceless” as an overcomer of domestic violence, child sexual assault, and abuse, three suicide attempts to name a few, she decided to use her pain for purpose in help others.

She found healing through Jesus Christ and became an ordained minister in 2005.

Today, she is the founder of Rose of Sharon Transitional Living for Women Inc. a nonprofit 501c3 that helps women and children fleeing domestic violence relationships. As an astonishing empowerment speaker, advocate, healing coach, and author, Rhonda motivates and empowers women of all walks of life to find their rebirth from trauma. Through her own struggles she birth two books Don’t Spill the Tea and The ReBirth defined as Releasing Every Burden into a Revelation that Transcends Hurt coming summer 2019.

One of the many ways she brings awareness is by hosting events that will bring the community, businesses, professionals, politicians, celebrities, and athletes together such as Living Behind the Mask Masquerade Gala, Tea Party Social and Sunday Wine down.

There is not a day that goes by that Rhonda doesn’t face the pain of her past, the keyword is she faces it and uses it to fuel her passion for helping others.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
Non-profit work is no walk in the park. This has been a long but rewarding journey many of our struggles comes from lack of funding and lack of proper support from staff. Partnering with the right people is one of the most crucial components of this work if we removed funding off the table. Having the right team is everything I once heard that you don’t need money when you have favor with man. It takes manpower to get the job done. If you are looking to serve in any capacity, I encourage you to join us today in making a difference in the lives of families across the Greater Metro Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Please tell us about Rose of Sharon Transitional Living for Women Inc.
As a champion of victims Rose of Sharon is dedicated to creating self-sufficient survivors. We provide supportive services while a mother is transiting from her abuser to freedom. We provide a range of services from locating emergency housing, food, transportation, clothing, household furnishings when starting over. We don’t have any restrictions if it makes sense to see the family get to their potential and ultimately, find their freedom we will do it.

We are committed to increasing awareness about the growing problem of violence against women and children in Atlanta, GA. We provide free crisis intervention and advocacy to women providing options for starting a new life. In addition, ROS focus is on working to eliminate violence against women and children through education and social change. Clients benefit from our Chat and Chew Life Group, we assist with financial planning, pre-employment training, life skills, drug & alcohol prevention, and parenting skills.

Additionally, what sets us apart is our ability to offer free life coaching to all clients that come through our program. If there is a service we don’t provide we have partnerships with small business owners that can offer the service or meet the need of that family.

Rose of Sharon’s proudest moment was partnering with Goldstein Garber & Salama to provide restorative dentistry for a 19-year-old girl going to college. Her abuser knocked out four teeth while breaking her jaw. Her dental cost was at around $20,000 and this amazing company of skilled dentist covered the entire cost. Her smile looks like it came out of a magazine. The young lady is thriving and living her best life today because of Rose of Sharon.

If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
I would have started sooner!

Contact Info:

• Website: Rosatl.org
• Phone: 678-322-8NEW
• Email: info@rosatl.org
• Instagram: Rose of Sharon ATL
• Facebook: RoseofSharon_ATL

 Image Credit:
Professional Images provided by Tara Harp Photography and Marcus Ingram of Getty Images

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