(Mary Ellen Matthews)
Rachel Lloyd
Monday, February 13, 2012
Rachel Lloyd is the Executive Director and founder of GEMS. Based in Harlem, New York, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ (GEMS) mission is to empower young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. Here, Rachel talks about her own experiences "in the life," and how we can better treat young women everywhere, as detailed in her book, Girls Like Us.
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I think it is necessary and wonderful that you are bringing awareness to the cause. We are a foundation based in AZ called Starbright Foundation and we rescue children from abuse and human sex trafficking, a now top crime here. I will certainly be at your book singing in AZ tonight and look forward to meeting you. It inspires me to meet with survivors who have come far enough in their journey to tell their story.
www.starbrightfoundation.org
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