Acadia

Hi, my name is Acadia and i'm in the sexual trafficking group. I chose this group because this affects all of the young girls in the world no matter where they are from. We all need to work together to fight this problem of physical and mental abuse.

Meeting with Aravella Simotas 4th Fieldwork

For our 4th field work my group met with Aravella Simotas. Simotas is an assemblywoman for the district of Astoria. She passed a bill that made sex trafficking posters strongly recommended at gas stations and bus stops. She said she wants them there because we’re traffickers are transporting girls they stop and let the girl…

Meeting with Peggy Kern 3rd Field Work

For our 3rd field work we brought someone in to talk to our class. Her name was Peggy Kern and she wrote a book called Little Peach. Little Peach was about a girl who was trafficking in Coney Island. Peggy talked about her research and how she met and stuck with a woman named Gina.…

Interview with Patricia McCormick- Author of Sold the Novel

On my group’s second field work we met and interviewed a woman named Patricia McCormick. Patricia McCormick is the writer of Sold, I am Malala, Cut, Purple Heart and many more. Sold is about a girl that is sold by her family into prostitution in Nepal. I read this book and so did another member…

Factime Call with Shelia Berman

During my group’s first fieldwork we had a facetime interview with a woman named Sheila Berman. Sheila Berman is a lawyer and activist that works in human trafficking rights in the USA and all around the world. She goes around the world to teach judges, lawyers, policemen and more about the human trafficking and what…