What You Can Do
Get Informed
Educate Yourself:
A Crime So Monstrous, Ben Skinner
The Road of Lost Innocence, Somaly Mam
Get Involved
Join NOW-NYC’s Trafficking Action Network. Our network is “tracking the traffickers.” We bring real life examples of how massage parlors on our city streets are actually brothels where trafficking victims may have been funneled to supply the local sex market. Our latest projects have included confronting local newspapers about the advertisment of brothels, as well as sending letters of petition to Senators in order to stress the importance of fully implemementing the Anti-Human Trafficking law. There is a lot more to uncover. Join us to help bring an end to this modern-day slavery. Call 212.627.9895.
Speak Up
Contact your Senator and ask them for funding to implement the Anti-Human Trafficking law
Aimed at ending newspapers and magazines’ reliance on advertisement revenue from illegal massage parlors and brothels, NOW-NYC is asking local publications to stop doing business with the organized commercial sex industry by signing an anti-trafficking pledge Trafficking Free, NYC! The pledge rewards publications that have made a policy not to advertise brothels. Traffickers supply the local brothel market to meet demand for commercial sex. Turn through the pages of your neighborhood papers and let us know whether or not they are “trafficking free.” Many major publications have already signed on, but there are dozens of local newspapers. We need to increase our reach across the five boroughs and to more ethnic papers. Pick them up, if they have sketchy ads for massage parlors, escort services or classified ads, call them and tell them you won’t read it anymore, better, call an advertiser and call us! 212.627.9895/ contact@nownyc.org.
Ultimately We’re asking publishers to do basic due diligence and use common sense. If someone calls asking for a classified ad that reads ‘Russian Girls, Young, 24/7′ what’s there to think about? Take the contact information and call the NYPD.
Report a Crime
You can report trafficking crimes or get help by calling the Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line at 1-888-428-7581 (voice and TTY). New laws provide options for trafficking victims regardless of immigration status. Operators have access to interpreters and can talk with callers in their own language. The service is offered on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. After these hours, information is available on tape in English, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin.
Nora Ruggeri:
To Whom It May Concern,
28 March 2008, 6:54 pmHello! My name is Nora Ruggeri and I am a college student in NY at Nyack College. Recently a few of us at school have become interested in the plight of those who are subjected to Human Trafficking. I was wondering if they are any organizations in NY that work with trafficked victims or even just spread awareness. We would really like to get involved! Thank you for your time and consideration
Sincerely,
Ms. Nora M. Ruggeri
Christina:
Hey, Nora,
Have you contacted the United Nations? Hope things are going well! Love, Christina
19 May 2008, 5:35 pmAndrea Carrijo:
Hi, I am really interested in working directly with victims of human trafficking, where can i go to help? i work in human resources and there are a few skills i would like to share and put use for this cause. i would much appreciate your assistance in directing me to the right place. many thanks, andrea
8 January 2009, 7:35 pmRabbi Michael E. Feinberg:
Please sign us on to the Coalition list -we were active last year and want to remain engaged on the issue.
Thank you.
3 February 2009, 10:08 amMarjakaThriver:
Thank you for this important information. I’m glad I found it today as I am blogging today for Free The Salves Awareness Day. We’ve got to stop the silence, educate ourselves and raise awareness! Thanks for all that you do.
27 March 2009, 1:33 pm