Asiamerica Mission to  End Modern Slavery (AMEMS) is a collaborative program of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries, the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON), GABRIELA New York and St. James Episcopal Church that aims to provide and mobilize community support and resources for survivors of human trafficking in New York City. As survivor advocates, AMEMS supports the development of campaigns for racial and economic justice, as well as for the protection and empowerment of survivors.

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<P><STRONG><I><SPAN>Communities Mobilizing Against Modern Day Slavery: Focus on Asia America</SPAN></I><SPAN> is a conference organized by the Asiamerica Mission to End Modern Slavery (AMEMS) a program of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) which seeks to put survivor voices in the lead of building a community-based movement towards ending human trafficking. Join us for a day of dialogue and strategizing with community supporters and advocates. Hear from trafficking survivors who are standing for their right to dignity, respect, and security.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>What is Human Trafficking?</STRONG></P>
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<P>Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation. After drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with illegal arms dealing as the second largest international crime industry and the fastest growing. It is a market-based industry with an estimated global annual profit of USD $31.6 billion. There are 2 general types of human trafficking—sex trafficking and labor trafficking</P>
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<P><STRONG>What is Labor Trafficking?</STRONG></P>
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<P>Labor trafficking is a common type of human trafficking that involves recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Human Trafficking in the US</STRONG></P>
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<P>•       The US State Dept. estimates 50,000 people trafficked into the US each year</P>
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<P>•       Human trafficking occurs in all 50 states, with the top 3 being California, Texas, and New York.</P>
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<P>•       In 2006, only 5,808 traffickers were convicted, which means that for every 800 people trafficked, only 1 person was convicted</P>
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<P>•       More than half of all foreign persons trafficked to the US are from the Asia-Pacific region, and are female.</P>
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<H2>For more information, visit http://endmodernslaverynow.org/ or email <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="mailto:amems.nyc@gmail.com" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">amems.nyc@gmail.com</A></H2>
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