About Us

How it Began

In 2015, the Action169 team began to understand their role in participating in the abolitionist movement to end sexual exploitation.

Jenna De Jong wrote the team vision, capturing God's heart for justice and the actions that would be carried out to make a difference. The team began hosting awareness and education meetings and Danielle's hope to go back into the strip clubs to reach others (as a survivor) became reality.

Prayer calls became the foundation of Action169. Out of such, awareness strategies, intervention, and outreach continued.

Michael De Jong, Action169 co-founder, had mentioned he believed he would someday have a highway billboard and with God’s leading, Michael was able to find the location of the Highway 169 Billboard. Awareness through media was marking the beginning of so much more; outreach, programs, and a growing team. And still, the best is yet to come to address exploitation and provide restorative care for those impacted.

The verse highlighted to Corey Freitag was, Acts 16:9; “During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’  After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.”