Sex Trafficking in the United States

Ms. Rachel Lloyd, Founder and Director of GEMS and a victim of sex trafficking herself, will speak about the serious problem of sex trafficking in the United States. GEMS is one of the largest organizations in the nation dealing specifically with American children being trafficked within U.S. borders. As an expert on child sex trafficking in America, Ms. Lloyd has spoken around the nation and before the United Nations on this issue. She was directly involved in getting New Yorks Safe Harbor Act passed in 2008, which provides that any child under 16 who is charged with prostitution in New York is to be presumed a severely trafficked person.

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