GEMS: News

July Newsletter

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Dear Friend,

I am honored to be writing you this month on behalf of the staff here at GEMS.

June was a great month for GEMS!  We celebrated our spring Educational Initiative Award ceremony. This semester the ceremony was held…

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June Newsletter

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Dear Friend,

Our mission at GEMS is to support our members so that each one can develop to her full potential. That mission came to life at our Talent Show last month where members’ talents were showcased, including wonderful poetry,…

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New York Laws at Work

Monday, August 16th, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Muhammida El Muhajir

muhammida@gems-girls.org | 718.496.2305

New York Laws at Work:

The New York Safe Harbor for Exploited Children Act Protecting NYC Youth

A few weeks…

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May 2010 Newsletter

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Dear Friend,

April was another busy travel month!  In addition to the Ashoka Future Forum in Washington DC, I also attended the Women’s Funding Network National Conference in Denver, CO.  It’s the largest annual event of…

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April 2010 Newsletter

Monday, May 17th, 2010

APRIL 2010 NEWSLETTER

Dear Friend,

The last two months brought an intense travel schedule with a Senate hearing in Washington D.C. in February and three weeks of trainings across the country in Atlanta, GA; Oakland, CA; San Bernadino,…

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GEMS Seeks Mothers and Daughters for ‘This is To Mother You Music’ Video

Monday, April 19th, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: muhammida@gems-girls.org 718.496.2305

GEMS Seeks Mothers and Daughters for ‘This is To Mother You Music’ Video

Mary J. Blige and Sinead O’Connor’s Mother’s…


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GEMS Wins Pepsi Refresh Grant

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

New York, N.Y., March 1, 2010— Actress Demi Moore secures victory over actor, Kevin Bacon to win the Pepsi Refresh Celebrity Challenge and Demi’s selected cause, GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services will be awarded the top prize of $250,000. GEMS is the nation’s largest non-profit organization designed to empower American girls and young women, ages 12-21 who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking.

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Vote for GEMS for Pepsi Refresh Challenge!

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Click to Vote in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge

PEPSI REFRESH PROJECT OPENS FIRST VOTING SESSION TO PUBLIC WITH MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO BE AWARDED IN FEBRUARY FOR IDEAS THAT MOVE WORLD FORWARD

Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon Join…


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NEW FROM RACHEL LLOYD: Corporate Sponsored Pimping

Monday, January 11th, 2010

In honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Day, read the latest Op Ed by GEMS Founder Rachel Lloyd at TheGrio.com. In the piece, she contends that we must call pimps what they are – modern-day sex traffickers.


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January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day as passed by the US Senate to raise awareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking.

President Obama has also proclaimed January National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Read his Presidential Proclamation…


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