From: USA-TIP@googlegroups.com [mailto:USA-TIP@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Melissa Snow
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:40 AM
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Subject: [USA-TIP Listserv] Congressional Briefing - American Children are being Sold



A Congressional Briefing: American Children are being Sold for Sex



American children are being sold for sex to American men in the hundreds of thousands every single day. This is child sex trafficking – the victimization of a child through prostitution, pornography or sexual entertainment. It happens in every state, every day. It’s time to face the crisis that is stealing the lives of our nation’s children.

Shared Hope International will publicly release The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America's Prostituted Children on July 21, 2009, at a Congressional Human Trafficking Briefing sponsored by the Caucus on Victims’ Rights and the Caucus on Human Trafficking. The findings and recommendations from Shared Hope International's National Report will be revealed at the Briefing on July 21. The magnitude of the problem will be brought to light, as America’s modern-day slavery is exposed in the faces of children.



**The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking will be made available for download on Tuesday. Check www.sharedhope.org to download your copy.



Schedule for Tuesday:

Congressional Human Trafficking Briefing July 21, 2009
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Rayburn 2226
Audience: Open to the public

10:00-10:30am Ambassador Louis C. de Baca, U.S. Department of State, Office to

Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons: Overview of 2009 TIP

Report
10:30-10:50am U.S. Department of Justice Panel Discussion

*Andrew Oosterban, Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

*Robert Moosey, Civil Rights Division, Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit

10:50-11:00 am Q&A

11:00-11:45am NGO Panel Discussion

*Congresswoman Linda Smith (1994-98), Founder and President,Shared Hope International

*Ernie Allen, President and CEO, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

*Brad Myles, Deputy Director, Polaris Project

11:45-noon Q&A




Melissa Snow

Director of Programs

SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL

1501 Lee Highway

Suite #101

Arlington, VA 22209

Phone: 703.35.18062


email: melissa@sharedhope.org

www.sharedhope.org