Recently, I’ve become active in an organization called GEMS.
I attended the 3rd annual Day to End Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children event on June 20th, 2008. This is a *hot* topic right now in terms of policy. Please support the Safe Harbor Act. See the information below to find out how.
xo
Zoe
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As an update, since End Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Day
both houses of the New York legislature passed the Safe Harbor Act for
sexually exploited children. Please help us in the fight to end the buying
and selling of children in New York by contacting Governor Paterson and
urging him to sign the Safe Harbor Act.
Here’s how:
1) Please call Governor Paterson and urge him to sign the Safe
Harbor Act.
You can call Governor Paterson’s office at 518-474-8390
2) Please enail Governor Paterson and urge him to sign the Safe
Harbor Act.
Click here to email the Governor:
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/contact/indext.html
3) Please sign an online petition urging the Governor Paterson to
sign the Safe Harbor Act.
Click here to sign the petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod perl/petition-sign.cgi?12safe
4) Please forward this email widely.
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Thank you,
Sheila White
Development Fellow and Youth Leader
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services Inc
www.gems-girls.org
Since 1999, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) has been
committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic
trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public
perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact
sexually exploited youth.