tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57423158774240832922024-02-19T22:45:04.587-08:00Anti-Trafficking Advocacy Coalition (ATAC)ATAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226623898419752481noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742315877424083292.post-77622140897453638082011-10-24T10:34:00.000-07:002011-10-24T10:39:02.229-07:00ATAC and STEMS Politician Scorecard Project<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Anti-Trafficking Advocacy Coalition (ATAC) at NYU School of Law and Students to End Modern Day Slavery (STEMS) at Columbia University are proud to present the first Politician Scorecard for the Louisiana gubernatorial race. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">ATAC and STEMS will be scoring candidates for their record on human trafficking in the upcoming gubernatorial and congressional elections. Candidates will be evaluated based on their full record on human trafficking including voting, statements, and associations with organizations. The goal is to raise the profile of human trafficking in various local and national elections, and to inform voters about candidates’ stances on this important issue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">LOUISIANA</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">1. Bobby Jindal (Republican):<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Governor Jindal has been a consistent supporter of human trafficking legislation. As a Congressman, he backed significant pieces of legislation, and as governor, he was a principal backer for HB 49, eventually signing it into law. Unfortunately, Governor Jindal’s interest in human trafficking is focused primarily on law enforcement and expanding the laws, not on expanded social services for victims.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Governor Jindal’s failure to adopt a holistic approach makes it impossible for him to get a perfect grade. Combating human trafficking requires a holistic approach, which is illustrated in the 3Ps of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act: protection, prevention, and prosecution. Governor Jindal should take mor<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5742315877424083292&postID=7762214089745363808" name="_GoBack"></a>e steps to support victim protection through the funding of shelters and other victim services.<br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2. Niki Bird Papazoglakis:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Although seemingly an intriguing candidate due to her position as policy director of domestic violence awareness organization (PAVE), there is no real substantive information or her stance on human trafficking issues. Furthermore, there is very little information about her campaign as a whole. <br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">State: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Louisiana</span></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Name: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Bobby Jindal</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> (Republican)</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Background</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: (i.e. current position/occupation; prior involvement in politics; etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Any relevant human trafficking experience?</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The incumbent governor of Louisiana since 2008. He also served in the House of Representatives for three years. He has also served as the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services and was the youngest president of the University of Louisiana system.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Trafficking Record</span></span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Voting on legislation</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(list all votes on all registration relating to human trafficking):</span></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As Congressman, he voted Yes on:</span></span></u><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">H.R. 3042</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">H.R. 972</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">H.R. 4472</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">H.R. 7311</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As Governor, he signed the following bills into law:</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">SB 500</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Provides for Child Internet Safety (Includes Trafficking Penalties)</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">HB 564</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Creates the crime of trafficking of children for sexual purposes</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">HB 825</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Adds the crimes of human trafficking and trafficking of children for sexual purposes to the list of sex offenses and crimes of violence</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">HB 49</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Amends the crimes of human trafficking and trafficking of children for sexual purpose, creates tougher enforcement standards.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Legislative proposals</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(list all proposal and initiatives relating to trafficking):</span></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Jindal was one of the primary forces behind Louisiana HB 49, which broadened the state’s human trafficking laws by making it a crime to knowingly facilitate child trafficking through methods such as “advertising” on the internet.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Statements</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> (list all public statements made on trafficking, including the context of the statement and your source of that statement):</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">“This is a crime that exists all around the world, including Louisiana, which is typically under reported and difficult to detect...We must expand and utilize our laws to secure lengthy sentences and send a message that the crime of human trafficking will not be tolerated in Louisiana.”</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">“Our best protection measure for our children is to prevent them from being violated – not just to punish the criminals that brutalize them. This new provision in the law will help law enforcement officials target the monsters that post advertisements or list children for sexual services on the internet. These criminals are using the internet to expand the reach of their crime, facilitate their criminal enterprise and sexually exploit our children.”</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Stated in a Press Conference with Louisiana Law Enforcement Officials announcing HB 49.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Funding</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(list all forms of funding allocations made or taken away from anti-trafficking/victim protection and services initiatives):</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">None specifically found for victim protection and anti-trafficking organizations during his tenure as Governor. The majority of the funding has been allocated for the expansion of law enforcement capabilities in new crime prevention initiatives in conjunction with the expansion of human trafficking laws.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As Congressman, he voted for Trafficking Victims Protection Act and Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, indirectly helping fund victim protection organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Associations</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(list any board memberships, trusteeships, other connections to organizations that help combat trafficking or protect victims (or anything that you feel defeat the cause)):</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">LOUISIANA</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">State: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Louisiana</span></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Name</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Niki Bird Papazoglakis</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Background</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: Policy director of PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Trafficking Record:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Voting on legislation: </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">N/A</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Legislative proposals: </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">N/A</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Statements</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: N/A</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Funding</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> : N/A</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Associations</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Affiliations with domestic violence organizations through her work as the policy director of PAVE.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>ATAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226623898419752481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742315877424083292.post-79802157886913000052011-09-29T15:46:00.000-07:002011-09-29T15:46:44.802-07:00Freedom WeekATAC is participating in Freedom Week 2011! The third-annual Freedom Week will take place October 8-16, with great events all around NYC.<br />
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</div><div>On Tuesday, October 11th, ATAC will host "Immigration Law & Human Trafficking." Come learn from immigration experts as they explain how traffickers get around existing laws, and what we can do about it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>ATAC will also host a film screening on Saturday, October 15th.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://freedomweeknyc.org/">Check out Freedom Week's website</a> for more information. </div>ATAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226623898419752481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742315877424083292.post-87800239648423368682011-09-29T10:18:00.001-07:002011-09-29T10:18:19.481-07:00First General Meeting!<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To be discussed</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1) Volunteering for Freedom Week - October 8-16: A week of raising awareness and galvanizing public action against human trafficking throughout New York City <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2) New projects! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3) The ATAC board: Find out about how to get involved, and opportunities working under Advocacy Projects, Events, and Communications <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hope to see you there! If you are not able to attend, but are interested in working on a project or event, please contact Advocacy Chair Kate Dabbert at <a href="mailto:ked317@nyu.edu"><u style="text-underline: #001DBB;"><span style="color: #001dbb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: #001DBB; text-underline: none;">ked317@nyu.edu</span></u></a>.</span></div><!--EndFragment-->ATAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226623898419752481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742315877424083292.post-14898761614110779492011-09-19T20:01:00.001-07:002011-09-21T11:59:18.976-07:00Modern Day Slavery: An Overview<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light';">Reception to follow in Golding Lounge</span></i></div></div></span></div>ATAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226623898419752481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742315877424083292.post-81056015067138479772011-09-19T19:53:00.000-07:002011-09-19T19:53:13.075-07:00What is ATAC?<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">ATAC (Anti-Trafficking Advocacy Coalition) is a new student group at the NYU School of Law.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">ATAC’s mission is threefold:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">(1) to <i>educate</i> NYU School of Law and the greater student body about human trafficking, specifically, various forms of trafficking, its prevalence worldwide, and in NYC in particular, and how trafficking impacts students’ daily lives;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">(2) to <i>participate </i>in the fight against trafficking by volunteering with NYC victims’ service providers and advocates to serve trafficking victims and working on research or outreach projects with policy makers and NGOs; and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">(3) to <i>provide resources</i> to students interested in fighting trafficking, such as employer contacts, internship information, and networking opportunities.</span></div>ATAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226623898419752481noreply@blogger.com1