On March 3rd, my group and I went to Port Authority to hang up posters that raise awareness about human and sexual trafficking. We went to Port Authority because a lot of sex trafficking occurs there. We took the train from school and got off at 42nd street. As we were walking through the train…
On Wednesday, January 25th, our social justice group met with Aravella Simotas. Aravella is an assemblywoman in Astoria. We met with her because she passed a bill encouraging hanging a poster in public places that raised awareness about sexual trafficking. We talked to her about what inspired her to write the bill, why she didn’t…
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…
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.…
On Monday, December 12th, Peggy Kern visited our class to talk about her book, Little Peach. Little Peach is about a girl named Michelle who runs away from her home and gets seduced by a pimp. He brings her home with him and takes advantage of her by forcing her to have sex with men…
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…
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…
On November 29th, our group had an interview with Patricia Mcormick about her book Sold. Sold is the story of a young girl in Nepal who is sold into the sexual trafficking system. She is trapped in a house with several other prostitutes and is forced to have sex with men to “pay off her…
On November 10th, my social justice group had a interview over face time with Sheila Berman. She is a sexual and human trafficking advocate and educator. She travels all over the world and talks to prosecutors, lawyers, judges, and police about how to treat victims of trafficking. The interview was very interesting and we learned…
Our group is studying sexual assault and trafficking. There are millions of women and girls being trafficked every day. Their minds are manipulated by the pimps in order to believe that they owe something to the pimps. This is a global issue and it’s really important for people to work to prevent it. We hope…
