Comments on: Very Young Girls http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/16/very-young-girls/ The largest network of Foreign Policy blogs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Cassandra Clifford http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/16/very-young-girls/#comment-2487 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:29:26 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/16/very-young-girls/#comment-2487 You Are Invited to a Special Screening of Very Young Girls A Showtime documentary film depicting the realities of sex trafficking in the U.S. with moving footage and searing testimonials The film takes us into the work of a former sexually exploited youth–turned–activist named Rachel Lloyd, who started the New York City organization GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services) to help victimized young women escape their pimps and find another way of life. We meet teenaged girls at different stages of this transition. As we come to know these girls better, they emerge as well–rounded individuals full of unexpected laughter and insight. Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM E Street Cinema · 555 11th Street NW · Washington, DC 20004 $10 tickets at the door Proceeds will benefit the work of GEMS and Polaris Project Followed by Q&A with: Rachel Lloyd, Founder and Executive Director of GEMS Speakers from local agencies working against sex trafficking Watch the trailer at: www.vygthemovie.com Event Sponsored by: FAIR Fund, WEAVE, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Polaris Project You Are Invited to a Special Screening of Very Young Girls

A Showtime documentary film depicting the realities of sex trafficking in the U.S. with moving footage and searing testimonials

The film takes us into the work of a former sexually exploited youth–turned–activist named Rachel Lloyd, who started the New York City organization GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services) to help victimized young women escape their pimps and find another way of life. We meet teenaged girls at different stages of this transition. As we come to know these girls better, they emerge as well–rounded individuals full of unexpected laughter and insight.

Thursday, November 13, 2008
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM E Street Cinema · 555 11th Street NW · Washington, DC 20004 $10 tickets at the door Proceeds will benefit the work of GEMS and Polaris Project Followed by Q&A with: Rachel Lloyd, Founder and Executive Director of GEMS Speakers from local agencies working against sex trafficking

Watch the trailer at: www.vygthemovie.com

Event Sponsored by: FAIR Fund, WEAVE, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Polaris Project

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