Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Viewing the Movie I AM JANE DOE - Stop Sex-Trafficking Event

From a team of seniors at The Blake School. We have been actively working against sex trafficking for over a year. We have talked to organization leaders, police enforcement, and worked directly with youth survivors. We feel we have a responsibility to our community to work against this harmful practice. We want to continue our anti sex trafficking efforts throughout the summer and into college. This year, we have decided to combat the issue of sex trafficking by raising awareness and creating a sense of urgency by bringing community members together at an event sponsored by the Carlson Foundation, the Community Development and Outreach organization, and the Blake School. We are also partnered with The Women’s Foundation.

Our event is a screening of the Minnesota premiere of the film I AM JANE DOE. This film has been prominent with major media companies recently; Hearst Media just screened the movie in NY. In addition to raising awareness with the film content, our screening will also be a fundraiser for the Link, which works to provide exploited youth with affordable housing, healthcare services, emergency shelter and much more. 

n addition, they are working to expand the reach of the Safe Harbor laws, which currently decriminalizes trafficking victims under 18, to decriminalize victims older than 18. At the screening, we will have speakers from the Link, including the executive director, Beth Holger-Ambrose, and several members of their Youth Survivor Committee. The proceeds from the screening will go to the Link and thus be put towards the purchase of more housing for trafficked victims, therapy services and other supportive measures for the exploited youth.

The movie I AM JANE DOE  “chronicles the epic battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, victims of sex-trafficking on Backpage.com, the adult classifieds section that for years was part of the Village Voice.  Reminiscent of Erin Brockovich and Karen Silkwood, these mothers have stood up on behalf of thousands of other mothers, fighting back and refusing to take no for an answer.”

I am writing to you because we want members from the larger Minnesota community to come together at our event. We feel that this issue is extremely important to confront as it affects youth right at our doorstep and it is not acceptable to have youth in our community fall into this life. We hope to have attendance from students and family members from all over Minnesota. I am reaching out to you specifically in the hopes that you would share my message and this event with the members in your community and at your school. We would be so grateful if you could spread the word about our event using any means at your disposal. 

Here is the link to the facebook:


And the link to the ticket vendor (tickets need to be purchased prior to the event online):



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