On March 29,
protesters delivered 100 pairs of girls' shoes to Village Voice offices
in New York, representing the children bought and sold for sex on the
classifieds website Backpage.com, owned by Village Voice Media.
Along with the shoes came more than 225,000 signatures
on a petition on Change.org calling on Village Voice Media to stop
allowing child sex traffickers and pimps to advertise on their site. But
the ads for sex with minors are still running.
Now, child sex trafficking survivor "Paula K." is asking the owners of Village Voice Media -- who were just revealed by New York Times columnist
Nick Kristoff after intense investigation -- to use their power to
stamp out child sex trafficking on Backpage.com for good.
Paula
started a petition on Change.org telling Village Voice Media co-owners
Alta Communications and Brynwood Partners to do everything in their
power to shut down Backpage.com's adult ads section. Click here to sign Paula's petition now.
Paula was
drugged and forced into prostitution when she was 15 years old. Now,
having rebuilt her life, she is joining 51 State Attorneys General,
faith leaders and 10 U.S. Senators to publicly call on Village Voice
Media to shut down their adult ads where minors are sold for sex.
Already, several
big name companies with stake in Village Voice Media -- like Goldman
Sachs -- have sold off their shares in response to the pressure. Village
Voice Media owners Alta Communications and Brynwood Partners are tied
to big consumer brands like the Boston Celtics, Pretzel Flipz
and Balance Bar. If they feel the prestige of those brands is on the
line, the companies will have to take action to stop child sex
trafficking on Backpage.com.
Thanks for being a change-maker,
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