Documentary: Means Streets: NY Teens Caught in Sex Trade

Mean Streets: 
NY Teens Caught in the Sex Trade
Wed., May 28th, 6:30 pm, Documentary Film Screening and Community Forum

Advertised in places like Craigslist, sex with children is a thriving part of the NYC sex trade. Every year, kids as young as 12 are sexually exploited by pimps and johns, and they face a system ill-equipped to provide the services needed to help them reclaim their young lives.  This disproportionately affects African-American girls, as well as gay and transgender runaways.  Join us in exploring ways to change laws, policies, and attitudes about teen sexual exploitation.

The documentary, “Teen Prostitution: Sex Workers or Victims?” was produced by National Geographic and is part of the Oxygen network’s “Who Cares About Girls” documentary series.  Speakers on the panel include Patti Binder, Deputy Director of Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS), Lori B. Iskowitz, Senior Trial Counsel, Assistant Deputy Borough Chief in the Family Court Division of the NYC Law Department, Katherine Mullen, Attorney at Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division, Jo Rees, Deputy Executive Director of Friends of Island Academy, and Lise Zumwalt, Producer of the film. Moderated by NOW-NYC President, Sonia Ossorio.

 

LGBT Center | 208 W. 13th St. @ 7th Ave.
Call today to RSVP: 212.627.9895 (Space is limited!)  
$10 suggested donation | donate online

 Subway Directions: 1,2,3 to 14^th St./7^th Ave.; A,C,E,L to 14^th St./8^th Ave.; F,V to 14^th St./6^th Ave.;
OR 4,5,6,N,R,Q,W to 14^th St./Union Sq.; PATH to 14^th St./6^th Ave.

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