You Prepared Human-Rights Lawyer and Social Entrepreneur Ashleigh Chapman (LAW ’12) to Lead a Global Anti-Trafficking Movement.
Even before Ashleigh Chapman graduated from Regent University’s School of Law in 2012, she was already a Christian servant-leader in the fight against the global crisis of human trafficking. As a student, she co-founded the university’s Center for Global Justice (CGJ), serving as its first director.
“Attending Regent Law and launching the CGJ was a pivotal experience. I gained an excellent education alongside an amazing faculty and student body, and I was able to pursue my calling and make an impact in the world at the same time.”
Chapman, a human rights lawyer and social entrepreneur, is being recognized as Regent’s 2024 Alumna of the Year for bringing positive change to the world through her Christian leadership. She has dedicated her life to building solutions to end and prevent human trafficking.
Chapman was one of USA Today’s “Women of the Year” in 2022. She currently serves as President of the Alliance for Freedom, Restoration, and Justice® (AFRJ), a global, nonprofit network she established in 2013. In 2019, Chapman also founded Altus,™ a “business for good” that scales social justice solutions through impact investments. Solutions include Engage Together,® which strengthens statewide and community-based strategies, and Justice U,™ which educates frontline professionals and concerned citizens to recognize and respond to human trafficking.
The global human-trafficking crisis is growing exponentially—up 25% to 50 million victims worldwide in just the past five years. Much more needs to be done to protect life and liberty and to end the pain and exploitation from this $236 billion industry.
Thanks to the support of friends like you, Regent University equipped Chapman to build solutions, partnerships, and technologies that are impacting and accelerating the global anti-trafficking movement. Your generous gifts can help us equip even more Christian leaders just like her, who are determined to confront the world’s injustices with courage and compassion.
Reflecting on the power of your support, Ashleigh shares, “Every dollar that God stewards through you into scholarship programs and sponsoring initiatives results in a return on your investment that is both exponential and eternal.”
For more information about Regent University’s Center for Global justice, visit globaljustice.regent.edu.
