Volunteer
Volunteer
join the movement
You don't have to be in Chiang Mai to be part of this movement — but if you can be, we'll put you to work.
On-site (Chiang Mai, 6-month minimum): You are not coming here to fix anything. You are coming here to build something — alongside a team that has been doing this work for over 15 years, and alongside individuals who are the real experts in their own lives. Every on-site volunteer completes a full screening and onboarding process before working directly with participants, because trauma-informed care starts with how we show up.
Remote (from anywhere): Skilled, committed people working from home offices around the world keep this organization running. If you have experience in fundraising, grant writing, communications, research, design, or program support — and a few consistent hours a week — your remote contribution becomes a direct extension of our team in Thailand.
Whichever path fits your life right now, this is your invitation. Apply. Let's build this together.
"What stays with me isn't any single moment — it's the rhythm of it. Showing up. Being consistent. Letting trust build slowly, on its own timeline, instead of mine. I went to Urban Light thinking I'd be giving something. I left understanding that what I'd actually been given was a masterclass in patience, humility, and what real care looks like when it's not performative."
— Volunteer reflection
Storytelling
Storytelling
Book Our Founder
Book Our Founder
Book Our Founder: A Voice Grounded in Lived Proximity
Alezandra Russell has spent over fifteen years doing the work most people only theorize about — building trust in red light districts at 2am, sitting with individuals whose stories the world refused to hear, and constructing systems of care from nothing because nothing existed before her. She has been forced into exile for telling the truth, and she kept going anyway.
When Alezandra speaks, audiences don't get theory. They get the real, complicated, unresolved texture of frontline work — and an invitation to rethink everything they assumed about exploitation, healing, and who gets to be seen as a survivor. She is available for keynote addresses, panel discussions, workshops, and faith community engagements, and is represented by AAE Speakers Bureau.
Availability
Alezandra is available for in-person and virtual engagements globally. A portion of every speaking fee supports Urban Light’s programs in Chiang Mai.
In-person keynote: contact for fee schedule
Virtual keynote or webinar: contact for fee schedule
Workshop or half-day: contact for fee schedule
Faith community or nonprofit rate: available upon inquiry
“People like Alezandra and I will have to work doubly hard and united to ensure the world is much more responsible, inclusive, just, and compassionate.”
Advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy Beyond Donation
You do not need a budget to make a difference. You need a voice — and you already have one.
Every time you speak accurately about this issue, using language that centers survivors and reflects their reality, you're doing the work of changing a narrative that has excluded boys and men for far too long. You're expanding what people picture when they think about trafficking. You're making room for someone's story to be believed.
Follow us. Share our content. Speak up when you hear harmful assumptions. Tell the people in your life that boys and men who experience sexual exploitation deserve equitable, trauma-informed care — not as an afterthought, but as a given. This is how culture shifts: one conversation, one share, one corrected assumption at a time. And you can start today.
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