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smuscari — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:18:33 -0600

Start: 02/02/2008 - 14:00

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MUST SEE FILM...

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:36:29 -0500

Drop Dead Gorgeous has been asked by Call+Response to assist in promoting this weeks MUST SEE FILM: Call + Response

We have to show the Entertainment world we care about ending modern day slavery!

"Here's the reality: we are doing really well (sold out shows) in nine other markets – DC, SF, Orange County, Seattle, etc. – but in Atlanta, well, we are seeing a mediocre turnout. Strange, if you ask me. So, please consider going as soon as you can. We are counting on you."- Call + Response read more »

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Call + Response

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:32:08 -0500

Hey Guys,

Innocence Atlanta is proud to support the opening of Call + Response tonight at Midtown Art Cinema and Lefont Sandy Springs. Call + Response is a rockumentary that exposes the issue of modern day human slavery and trafficking. If you'd like more information you can go to (www.callandresponse.com) So please come out to Midtown Art Cinema or Lefont Sandy Spring at 7pm or 9pm to show your support. If you'd like to buy advance tickets go to (https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=265). You can also check our Innocence Atlanta calendar for local times and dates.

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Call + Response today

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:25:42 -0500

Hey Guys,

Innocence Atlanta is excited to support tonight's release of Call + Response at the Midtown Art Cinema and Lefont Sandy Springs. Call + Response is a rockumentary sheding light on the issue of human slavery and trafficking in a modern context. If you would like to find out more please go to (www.callandresponse.com) and please come out to Midtown Art Cinema or Lefont Sandy Springs at 7 or 9pm tonight. If you'd like to buy advance tickets you can find them at(https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=265).

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HUGE VICTORY FOR KIDS IN CONGRESS THIS WEEK!!

Bethany Owens — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:04:30 -0500

On Friday, Congress Passed the Protect Our Children Act which will allocate over $320 million in the next five years to law enforcement efforts in investigating crimes of child exploitation. Join me in celebrating this victory for our precious, innocent kids!!!

Please see the following mass e-mail from the National Association to Protect Our Children for more details: read more »

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WellSpring for Girls Work Day

Bethany Owens — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:36:28 -0500

Wellspring Water For Girls is opening their first rehabilitative cottage home for girls rescued from child sex trafficking and they need YOUR help to get the home ready.

They are holding workshops on Saturdays throughout September through the second weekend of October.

If you want to volunteer to paint, clean, or do yard work, please bring your paintbrush/roller, cleaning supplies, and or rake and a shovel for landscaping.

The dates for volunteering are below.

September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11 read more »

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Flowers For Freedom- 45 % of the proceeds are donated to Innocence Atlanta

Bethany Owens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:37:40 -0500

Please watch the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8efxBmPpJE

http://www.gamillerteam.com/flowers.html

The following message is from the Miller family, three sweet kids who are making their impact in the fight against child sex slavery: read more »

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Wellspring for Girls Work Day

Bethany Owens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:44:07 -0500

Start: 10/11/2008 - 09:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!

As Wellspring Living prepares to open its first cottage for girls rescued from child prostitution, it needs your help to get the home ready.
CLEANING, LANDSCAPING, AND PAINTING ARE A FEW OF THE TASKS YOU WILL BE TACKLING. PLEASE BRING SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, RAKE OR SHOVEL FOR LANDSCAPE WORK, OR PAINT ROLLER OR BRUSH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT.

VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11

PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »

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Wellspring for Girls Work Day

Bethany Owens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:42:00 -0500

Start: 10/04/2008 - 09:00

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WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!

PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE.

This would make a great service project for a church or community group. read more »

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Wellspring for Girls Work Day

Bethany Owens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:15:18 -0500

Start: 09/13/2008 - 09:00

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WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!

VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11

PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »

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Wellspring for Girls Work Day

Bethany Owens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:15:02 -0500

Start: 09/13/2008 - 09:00

End: 09/13/2008 - 13:00

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WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!

VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11

PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »

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Well Spring Living- First Cottage for Girls Work Day

Bethany Owens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:05:36 -0500

Start: 09/06/2008 - 09:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!

VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11

PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »

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ABC Undercover video- Buying a Child

Bethany Owens — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:47:55 -0500

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5330271

This video follows an ABC news reporter to Haiti where he is able to make arrangments to purchase a child slave for $150.
Including travel time, this transaction takes him only 10 hours.

This should embolden you to continue your fight against the injustice of child slavery. The most perverse form of child slavery is not that far from your back door.
Let this video fuel your passion to continue using your voice to speak out against this vilest of offenses.

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Innocence Atlanta Charity Golf Tournament

Bethany Owens — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:33:17 -0500

Start: 06/27/2008 - 10:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

June 27 @ the Highlands Golf Course- 10 AM

$75 per person
$300 per team

You can register to play or sponsor online at:
http://www.victorytabernacle.com/charitygolf

or you can register by phone through Dawn at 404-569-1681

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On Camera Interview with Child Sex Trafficking Insider

William_Mac — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:55:21 -0600

In this candid interview with Innocence Atlanta founder Daniel Homrich, we learn how the global sex trafficking trade works and how major United States cities like Atlanta are a big part of the problem. read more »

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Promise of Better Life in U.S. Can Lead to Sex Slavery

William_Mac — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:10:16 -0600

One of the most infamous examples of sex slavery within the United States took place back in February 2002 in a seemingly well-reputed neighborhood in Plainfield, New Jersey.

On a tip, Plainfield police raided one of the many blended slate-gray colored homes on West Front Street, only to find a myriad of young Mexican girls between the ages of 14 to 17 living among the rancid remains of used condoms, penicillin shots, birth control pills, stained mattresses lined up along the walls underneath blacked-out windows and sitting only a few inches from cold, rat infested concrete floors. read more »

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Stopping Sex Trafficking in 2008

William_Mac — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:54:32 -0600

As we rapidly approach the New Year, many of us will feel a tinge of urgency within the back of our minds. In the midst of all of the fun parties, family get-togethers and general warmth and well-being it's almost impossible to forget that all around the world and even here within the United States and Atlanta, Georgia, there are many children that are experiencing something far different than us.

Right now, children are being sold for sex. They are servicing men and women just the same now as they were during all other seasons during the year. So, in preparing for a new year of fighting to raise awareness about sex trafficking in Atlanta, the United States as a whole as well as the world in general -- it is important to look back at 2007. read more »

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Evening Out

daniel — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:17:03 -0600

Start: 04/29/2008 - 00:00

End: 04/29/2008 - 23:00

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April 29, 2008

INnocence ATLANTA partnered with the best of Athens restaurants to create the April 29th Event "Evening Out Athens". Students and members of the Athens community chose to support the work of INnocence ATLANTA by dining at local restaurants such as Chic-Fil-A, Bretts, Uncle Ottos, Speakeasy and Transmetropolitan. Restaurants agreed for 10% of their proceeds to be donated to INnocence ATLANTA's awareness raising campaigns.
After dinner, supporters were encouraged to attend INnocence ATLANTA's first annual Athens benefit concert in downtown Starbucks. During the event, Luke Crown, Jason Smith, Paul Smith, Jason Corringan and other musicians entertained the packed crowd with cover songs, pieces created specifically for the trafficked victims, and a humorous encore impromptu song by Crown, much to the audiences' delight. Crown also wrote the song "Broken" specifically for trafficked victims, with the lyrics reading like a beautiful redemption poem set to music.

"I know its hard when you can't see
you fall apart and it seems
your worlds a giant shade of gray
And you don't believe in brighter days

But don't give up on your dreams
When you're...

Displayed up on a shelf
And all can see and you can tell
A story painting a picture of a full life

And no you aren't just cast aside
Those scars inside don't have to hide
Don't wear the shame of crying slightly used
To all who pass by

Cause you aren't broken, you aren't broken
you're beautiful"
-Luke Crown, "Broken"

The volunteer coordinator, University of Georgia student Joshua Garner says that he was horrified when he heard about child sex trafficking. "I have so many cousins," Garner says, "and the idea of them, or anyone, being forced into sex slavery just breaks my heart". He gathered local UGA students Caroline Campbell, Robert Coletti, Bill Bush, Ciera Loftin, Celia Jenkins and Daniel Frances, and they effectively planned and implemented the event, along with the Innocence Atlanta staff. "I'm hoping that through events like this and the awareness work of Innocence Atlanta we can help the victims, but also the pimps that are blinded to what they are really doing, and all the guys struggling with pornography who are trapped in a life they dont want to live," says Garner.

Although he acknowledges that child sex trafficking is a hard issue to address, Garner believes that moving from awareness to action is the next step for all modern day abolitionists fighting sexual trafficking and slavery. "It's hard because I can't literally go and save a kid from this," he comments, "but I will help those who can. "

The Evening Out campaign is a quarterly event, and the next Evening Out will be located in Atlanta, GA. Please check back periodically for further details, including dates and participating restaurants.

* Total donations for the evening will be posted as they are finalized.

WHAT:
The INnocence ATLANTA campaign is joining with the best of Atlanta’s and Athen's restaurants, bars and dining establishments to raise awareness for victims of child sex trafficking in Atlanta.

WHY:
Atlanta is in the top 3 cities in America for child sex trafficking. This is not what our community wants to be known for. Every child has the right to be a child – therefore the victims of child sex trafficking need our help. Through awareness and action, our community is beginning a movement that will fight for their rescue and enable their restoration.

WHO:
INnocence Atlanta is a non-profit organization created by Meet Justice that is focused on exposing and eradicating child exploitation in Atlanta.

WHERE:
Restaurants/Bars/Dining Establishments throughout the Atlanta/Athens area – see the list below.

WHEN:
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Athens, GA

HOW:
Dine out at participating restaurants and a percentage of your proceeds will be donated to Innocence Atlanta. Make sure to mention you are dining for Innocence Atlanta's "Evening Out'! read more »

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