Tag: human trafficking
300+ people is what we’re expecting @ the Hope Fair and we need your help to make it an amazing day for the community. Face painting, a Bouncy House, Pop-up nail salon for women, resources for people in need, and more fun, resources and fellowship will take over the block! Will you come out from [...]
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It happens, everywhere. Click here to watch CNN Freedom Project’s raid on a suburban home and hear from a survivor named “Soo” who was lured here from South Korea, forced to sleep with dozens of men a day, and all on the false promises of a better life here in America.
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Hear directly from Rachel Lloyd, Founder of GEMS and author “Girls Like Us” and Ted Bunche, Director of A CALL TO MEN on how you can get involved in the fight against sexual exploitation of children. Specifically, we’ll be able to learn the role that men play in the fight against trafficking, about Backpage.com, and [...]
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be trafficked? Come hear straight from those who have been exploited and are now joining the chorus of those calling for an end sexual exploitation! We will hear from survivors, activists, abolitionists and more in front of Backpage.com on June 20th! Click here to get all [...]
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She is the reason why we’ll gather outside of the Village Voice on June 20th. “Taz, a 16-year-old girl here in New York City, told me that her pimp had branded three other girls with tattoos bearing his name. When she refused the tattoo, she said, he held her down and carved his name on [...]
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Andi, a sixteen-year-old runaway, was repeatedly sold by her trafficker on the street. Even though the Safe Harbor Act recognizes that prostituted children are trafficking victims, Andi was arrested, arraigned in criminal court and convicted of prostitution. In its landmark anti-trafficking laws, New York State has taken the lead in recognizing that many women and [...]
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NYCUP Artist Courtney Wong debuts her song “Taking A Stand” in a music video directed by Gisella Gutierrez (a NYCUP Alum). The song tells a story of the terrible injustice surrounding Sex Trafficking, and about her choice to take a stand while inviting us to do so too.
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He was the first speaker I had ever invited to NYCUP Summer in 2009. Now he is the Executive Director of Restore. Read this article and Restore NYC’s new director, Jimmy Lee. NEW YORK—Thousands of women are sold for sex every day in New York City, but between two long-term restoration homes, only 24 [...]
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