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If there was no Demand,there would be no Prostitution. |
ANNOUNCEMENTS Help CAASE Win A Grant For $25,000 We need everyone's help in ensuring that CAASE wins a substantial grant from Pepsi. In the past week we have already moved from 165th place to 88th, so with your help we might be able to win! Please help us win by voting for CAASE's project and securing $25,000 towards our school-based curriculum "Empowering Young Men Toward Ending Sexual Exploitation". Simply click every day on: The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation has been chosen as one of the organizations to benefit from the program "We Give To Get". Read more to learn how to get fabulous deals throughout Chicago while helping charities you believe in. If you like "Groupon", then You'll LOVE "We Give To Get" We Give To Get is an online marketing & branding portal that brings Chicago land businesses and charities together to give a little and get a lot. How It Works When subscribers purchase the daily "Great Offer-Giving Opportunity", 10% of the purchase price will be donated to a nonprofit chosen by the subscriber. So every time you get a great deal at a Chicago restaurant, theater, museum, or fun cultural event, 10% of the purchase can support CAASE's important work. After each order is completed, consumers will receive a receipt/voucher via email that can be used to redeem the featured offer. Sign Up Now! Signing up for this great deal couldn't be easier. Simply visit: and register for free to start receiving amazing deals while supporting CAASE's work. So sign up today, and ask your friends to sign up as well. This is truly a "win-win" type of situation. The Economics of Human Trafficking: When Human Beings Become Commodities Please join CAASE and the Organization of Women in International Trade for a panel and networking event. All funds raised at the event will benefit CAASE. Robert Morris University Pre-registration is not available for this event, please pay by cash or check payable to CAASE at the door. $25 to attend. Speakers: Ms. Erin Knowles, STOP IT! (A Salvation Army Program) - International Issues of Human Trafficking *Thank you to Whole Foods for sponsoring this event!* National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Film Screening Please join CAASE as we partner with Illinois Rescue and Restore and other anti-trafficking organizations in Chicago to present the film "Cargo: Innocence Lost" in honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The Film: "Cargo" is a compelling documentary that unveils the dark underworld of sex trafficking through interviews with some of the country's top officials on the subject, victims' advocates. and victims themselves. The Event: Park Community Church Chicago, 60610 Panelists: PROMISE, International Organization For Adolescents, The Salvation Army STOP IT Initiative, and CAASE Cost: FREE Celebrate the holidays with the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) and The Voices and Faces Project (TVFP)! Join us in Designing the Perfect Holiday! Mingle with friends amidst trays of designer chocolates and decadent desserts. When: Where: Tickets: Swanky attire encouraged. For more information, contact Rachel Durchslag at 773-244-2230 X1 We have launched our Check it out at: www.enddemandillinois.org and find out ways you can be part of our exciting new campaign. Join the Younger Women's Task Force Chicago and the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation for their wine|art fall fundraiser to benefit both organizations! The Younger Women's Task Force Chicago Chapter is a nonpartisan, pro choice volunteer organization committed to improving the lives of Chicago women in their 20s and 30s. Learn more about their important work and support both organizations by attending a wonderful evening of wine, art and music.
Friday, October 16, 2009 Click here to purchase tickets Tom's of Maine's contest Tom's of Maine, a company known for its social responsibility and community involvement, is holding a contest which will result in 5 nonprofits being awarded $20,000. CAASE has been chosen as one of 50 finalists out of 2,000 applications. PLEASE HELP US WIN THIS GRANT. So please vote, and send this on to your friends, and post it on Facebook, and Twitter, and any other way you let people know about important causes. Thanks for your support! The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation. The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, along with our community partners (Voices and Faces Project, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center of DePaul University College of Law, The Polaris Project, and Women of Power Alumni Association) have launched the campaign "End Demand, IL". The campaign is a multi-year organizing and advocacy effort to transform Illinois' response to prostitution and sex trafficking, advocate for the creation of tools and resources for law enforcement to prosecute traffickers, pimps and those who profit from prostitution, deter men from buying sex, and create social supports and services for trafficked and prostituted individuals. To learn more about the campaign, and how you can get involved, please visit www.enddemandillinois.org. As of January 1st, 2009 CAASE and the Justice Project Against Sexual Harm (JusticePASH) Have Become One Organization CAASE is excited to announce a new development: we have recently incorporated the Justice Project Against Sexual Harm into our own organization to create a unique Illinois not-for-profit that holistically addresses the systemic shortfalls of our society's failure to prevent and deter sexual exploitation. The Justice Project Against Sexual Harm (JusticePASH) is the only organization in the country assisting victims of sexual assault and exploitation through the use of civil law. JusticePASH supports survivors navigating the criminal justice system to ensure appropriate prosecution of their perpetrators. It also engages in policy reform to make certain that our counter-trafficking and exploitation laws are utilized to best protect and serve their constituents. CAASE has hired Lynne Johnson as our new Advocacy Director. Lynne has been working in the violence against women movement for over 15 years. She has served as an attorney representing battered women, managed domestic violence and rape crisis programs, served as a trainer for the Chicago Rape Crisis hotline, and has been at the Chicago Foundation for Women since 2005 first as a Program Officer and then as their Director of Advocacy. Not only does Lynne bring a wealth of experience with her to CAASE, but brings an intense passion to end sexual exploitation in all its forms. We are honored that she will join our senior staff team to help us end the perpetration of sexual harm. You can reach Lynne at: 773-244-2230 X5 or lynne@caase.org.
DO YOU HAVE AN HOUR TO HELP END SEX TRAFFICKING IN ILLINOIS? The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation is looking for Illinois residents from a wide range of backgrounds to share their opinions about a new campaign. You will participate in one-on-one interviews the week of August 3rd with a communications expert who will ask for your feedback about our new campaign "End Demand, IL" and help us shape the campaign's messages. "End Demand, IL" seeks to reform Illinois prostitution and sex trafficking laws. Although at least 16,000 women and girls are prostituted and trafficked every day in the Chicago-land area, very little resources exist to help them and virtually no pimps or traffickers are brought to justice.Anyone who is interested in volunteering an hour of their time for this great cause, please email ashley@caase.org .Survivor Stories Still Needed In our on-going attempts to reform how Cook County law enforcement responds to sexual harm, CAASE is seeking brief stories from survivors of sexual violence in Cook County. If you or someone you know has had such an experience, and are willing to share your story, please let us know. The stories will be used to highlight rape in our County-personal identifying information will NOT be shared, unless you want it to be. Specifically we are seeking the following:
2) Location (zip code preferable or neighborhood/suburb) 3) Age/Gender 4) Name or Initials if you feel comfortable providing them 5) Any law enforcement involvement-was the case prosecuted by the State's Attorney and if so, what was the result? 7) A very brief two-paragraph description of the assault. Thank you very much for your assistance. We will not share any identifying information that you do not want to provide. If possible, please provide us this information by Thursday July 30th. Please email your stories to jenna@caase.org and call us at 773/244-2230 X4 if you have any questions. |
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