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Victims of Prostitution Reveal Truth about 'The Players Ball'
State Rep. Karen Yarbrough, Community Leaders Gather to Protest Annual Gathering That Glorifies Abuse of Women
12/3/2005 9:00:00 AM
To: Metro and Assignment desks
Contact: Samir Goswami of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 773-301-8925
12/3/2005 9:00:00 AM
To: Metro and Assignment desks
Contact: Samir Goswami of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 773-301-8925
News Advisory:
-- Victims of Prostitution Reveal Truth About 'The Players Ball'; State Rep. Karen Yarbrough, Community Leaders Gather to Protest Annual Gathering That Glorifies Abuse of Women
What: "The Player's Ball" is an annual celebration in Chicagoland honoring pimps. The "No. 1 International Pimp of the year" award is given to the man who has made the most amount of money prostituting women. This year's "Players Ball" is at the Mariella Banquet Hall in Maywood.
A coalition of state representatives, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, the Mayor of Maywood, and survivors of prostitution are having a press conference to protest this event. The Mayor and Rep. Yarbrough will call for a boycott of Mariella banquet hall.
When: Saturday, Dec. 3, 5 p.m.
Where: Mariella Banquet Hall (outside), 124 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, Ill.
Who:
State Rep. Karen Yarbrough
State Rep. Paul Froehlich
State Rep. Deborah Graham
State Rep. Marlow Colvin
State Rep. Cynthia Soto
Mayor of Maywood
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Polaris Project
Hudson Institute
Women victimized by prostitution and trafficking
Community leaders and activists.
Why: The pimps in attendance at the Players Ball are alleged to be those who profit from and commit sex trafficking, physical and sexual assault of adults and minors, kidnapping, money laundering, tax evasion, and racketeering. The Players Ball honors these behaviors and practices and allows criminals to operate flagrantly and arrogantly in our community.
Survivors of prostitution will expose the crimes that these "players" commit against women and children to earn profits.
The survivors will also push for passage of the Predator Accountability Act in Illinois that gives victims of trafficking and pimping the right to sue their abusers for monetary compensation for the abuse they endured and of the Federal End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005.
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-- Victims of Prostitution Reveal Truth About 'The Players Ball'; State Rep. Karen Yarbrough, Community Leaders Gather to Protest Annual Gathering That Glorifies Abuse of Women
What: "The Player's Ball" is an annual celebration in Chicagoland honoring pimps. The "No. 1 International Pimp of the year" award is given to the man who has made the most amount of money prostituting women. This year's "Players Ball" is at the Mariella Banquet Hall in Maywood.
A coalition of state representatives, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, the Mayor of Maywood, and survivors of prostitution are having a press conference to protest this event. The Mayor and Rep. Yarbrough will call for a boycott of Mariella banquet hall.
When: Saturday, Dec. 3, 5 p.m.
Where: Mariella Banquet Hall (outside), 124 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, Ill.
Who:
State Rep. Karen Yarbrough
State Rep. Paul Froehlich
State Rep. Deborah Graham
State Rep. Marlow Colvin
State Rep. Cynthia Soto
Mayor of Maywood
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Polaris Project
Hudson Institute
Women victimized by prostitution and trafficking
Community leaders and activists.
Why: The pimps in attendance at the Players Ball are alleged to be those who profit from and commit sex trafficking, physical and sexual assault of adults and minors, kidnapping, money laundering, tax evasion, and racketeering. The Players Ball honors these behaviors and practices and allows criminals to operate flagrantly and arrogantly in our community.
Survivors of prostitution will expose the crimes that these "players" commit against women and children to earn profits.
The survivors will also push for passage of the Predator Accountability Act in Illinois that gives victims of trafficking and pimping the right to sue their abusers for monetary compensation for the abuse they endured and of the Federal End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005.
http://www.usnewswire.com/
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/© 2005 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
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