Price of Life NYC

The New York City Price of Life Invitational scheduled for fall 2013 is a city-wide, campus-based, faith-inspired campaign addressing human trafficking in all its forms, sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, World Vision, and a diverse coalition of organizations.

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Jun 8

Passing on a message from our friends at the NY State Anti-Trafficking Coalition:

Click through and learn more about their bill & its progress in the NY legislature!

Help The New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition stop the selling of women and girls! Traffickers cause irreparable harm to the most vulnerable in our community. We must act today to help end this horrible crime.

There are two weeks left in the fight to pass the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act and the legislature wants to cut critical provisions from the bill. WE NEED YOUR HELP. Please click this link to send a letter to your representatives!

May 24

“They’re just kids … what can they do?”

Ever hear something like this? Ever feel like this yourself?

If you feel like you’re too young or too small to make a difference, take a look at this video by a 9th grade class in New York City. These kids learned about human trafficking and created an advocacy campaign around a proposed bill to fix some of the problems with New York State’s laws, the Trafficking Victims Justice and Protection Act.

See the video here or at their Change.org petition.

We need change to break chains!

May 22

New Yorkers - Want to get involved in fighting human trafficking locally?

Bookmark the homepage of the New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition. Check out its Events posts and Take Action posts for ongoing updates about legislation, petitions, lobbying days, and other public events you can take part in.

Add your voice!

May 10

“Having had a few years experience with these two laws … we’ve learned that there are some gaps and inconsistencies in the law that we need to address to improve our response.”

New York law maker, explaining why she is sponsoring the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act, a bill to better protect trafficking survivors and hold pimps and johns accountable.

This article describes a recent advocacy day supporting the TVPJA, and includes a video of a survivor’s testimony.

Join the next advocacy day! See here for details, and join the conference call today at 3 PM.

May 9

FYI - upcoming advocacy opportunity for New Yorkers

Passing on an invitation from the New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition. Numerous NYC organizations working with survivors will send delegates, including Restore NYC, who especially invites InterVarsity members & friends to join it:

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 children in prostitution are victims of human trafficking and holding accountable those who organize, promote, advance, support and patronize the trafficking industry. Although a growing number of traffickers are being brought to justice, our State legislative anti-trafficking regime contains gaps, loopholes, and inconsistencies that must be remedied.

The Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act will strengthen New York State’s response to traffickers and protection of victims.

The New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition would like to invite you to the lobby day for the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act!

Tuesday May 15^th, 10:30am – 3:30pm

The face-to-face meetings that happen during lobby days have tremendous impact. Personal stories, messages of support and real world explanations of what legislation means to voters and advocates is extremely powerful.

To RSVP please e-mail eamick@sffny.org with your name, organization and contact information.

To learn more about the lobby day, please call into our conference call on Thursday, May 10th from 3pm to 4pm.

Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 775-7000

Access Code: 722515#

If you want to learn more about the legislation, here is a terrific interview with Dorchen Leidholdt and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin on Capital Tonight with Liz Benjamin. Here is an article about the bill which includes a video of a survivor, Brianna, speaking about her trafficking experience.