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Protected and Prospering

MiCreate is a network where survivors of human trafficking can connect to free legal services and business resources related to creative entrepreneurship. Our organization focuses on empowering survivors to own their creativity, protecting their creative pursuits, and encouraging their advocacy in the fight against human trafficking.

Mission

Connecting human trafficking survivors to free entertainment law services, mentorship opportunities, and business and financial resources to encourage entrepreneurship as a form of advocacy, independence, and stability.

Vision

To be the world's foremost incubator and network of innovators, creatives, and entrepreneurs dedicated to ending all forms of human trafficking and modern day slavery. 
Our goal is for survivors to feel confident and free to express themselves knowing that their work is valued and protected.

We believe in creative rights.

Ownership
Ownership of your work and your story
Freedom
Freedom to be creative and authentic
Access
Access to resources that protect and help creatives thrive

We advocate for survivors with steadfast values.

Respect for People

We see everyone with dignity - validating who they are and supporting the journey to where or who they want to be.

Inclusion

We believe the strongest outcomes are created through a diversity of network, experience, and origin.

Openness

We maintain an environment for honesty that nurtures creativity, healing, and advocacy.

Integrity

We do what we say and take responsibility for what we do.

Collaboration

We lend our collective expertise to help others achieve the best.

Meet our Founder, Davina Ugochukwu

Davina’s passion for international human rights has included serving the community for over a decade and working as an international human rights attorney for the last decade.

Her work includes a diverse portfolio with a focus on human rights issues involving special juvenile victims, domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, gender perspectives in times of conflict, and technology’s impact on human rights law.

Prior to her legal career, Davina obtained two Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in Theater and English. Her studies were centered on acting, directing, playwriting, and literature. Today, Davina writes free-form poetry, short stories, and plays.

Davina’s extensive legal career includes working with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia as a Legal Officer Intern in the Appeals Chamber, as well as with the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Center’s International Strategic Litigation Unit. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law, where she co-founded an anti-human trafficking group that mentored professionals on how to best use their skills to combat human trafficking in the United States.

In addition to her Juris Doctorate degree, Davina has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international human rights law with a focus on the intersection of business and human trafficking.

Davina’s innate passion for advocacy, the arts, and justice for creators who have survived human rights violations led to the founding of MiCreate—an organization for the prevention of human trafficking and the protection of survivors' entrepreneurial pursuits.