{"id":105216,"date":"2021-02-09T17:07:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105216"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:07:47","slug":"aspire-welcomes-new-board-member-pete-reinke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105216","title":{"rendered":"ASPIRE WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER, PETE REINKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(LEHIGH VALLEY, PA)- ASPIRE to Autonomy, Inc., a local anti-trafficking non-profit, voted unanimously to welcome Pete Reinke as their newest board member.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Reinke works as a Business Development Officer and Assistant Vice President at Univest Bank and Trust Co. Reinke, a graduate of Lafayette College, is skilled with nonprofit organizations, business planning, analysis, urban planning, and event management. He specializes in creating connections, and, in addition to ASPIRE, serves as a board member for ProJeCt of Easton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is humbling to be part of an organization like ASPIRE,\u201d Reinke said. \u201cI believe in the mission and now I have the ability to assist the team as they save people\u2019s lives, that\u2019s why I am excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASPIRE is <strong>A<\/strong> <strong>S<\/strong>upportive <strong>P<\/strong>resence, <strong>I<\/strong>nitiating <strong>R<\/strong>ecovery and <strong>E<\/strong>mpowerment that provides an opportunity for growth and development and fosters autonomy. Survivors of human trafficking have the right to be treated with dignity, respect, and love. They should be looked to as the experts of their life and should be awarded the same rights and opportunities to pursue their hopes and ambitions. ASPIRE believes in the cultivation of resources, services, community, and human relationships to foster equity and allow dreams to become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, Aspire to Autonomy Inc. has been on the front lines in the fight against trafficking in the Lehigh Valley and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nSarah Silverman, MT-BC, MSW Candidate<br \/>\nAdministrative Intern<br \/>\nAspire to Autonomy, Inc.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pathtoautonomy.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pathtoautonomy.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (LEHIGH VALLEY, PA)- ASPIRE to Autonomy, Inc., a local anti-trafficking non-profit, voted unanimously to welcome Pete Reinke as their newest board member. Pete Reinke works as a Business Development &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105216\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ASPIRE WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER, PETE REINKE<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PETE-REINKE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}