GEMS
Girls Educating & Mentoring Services is an amazing non-profit organization in New York, founded by Rachel Lloyd. GEMS works with commercially sexually exploited girls to help heal and grow the girls who have been affected by sex trafficking in the United States.
I recently finished reading Lloyd's book, Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale... and am deeply moved by Lloyd's story and so many other girls' stories that she featured in the book. It makes my heart ache to read about girls who are beat by their "daddy" because they did not make enough money on the track...
There is a corresponding documentary that shows the work of GEMS. You can find it broken into 6 segments on youtube. Please watch it and educate yourself on the horrifying issue. And read Lloyd's book to go even further in your understanding. Hopefully it will inspire a fighting spirit in your heart like it has in mine.
I recently finished reading Lloyd's book, Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale... and am deeply moved by Lloyd's story and so many other girls' stories that she featured in the book. It makes my heart ache to read about girls who are beat by their "daddy" because they did not make enough money on the track...
There is a corresponding documentary that shows the work of GEMS. You can find it broken into 6 segments on youtube. Please watch it and educate yourself on the horrifying issue. And read Lloyd's book to go even further in your understanding. Hopefully it will inspire a fighting spirit in your heart like it has in mine.
sincerely,
kelly glenn boylan