Women’s Empowerment: Fighting Slavery Sex & Abuse

Hear from the journalist and filmmaker of the documentary, My Underground Mother, a film about abuse and trafficking during the Holocaust with a talkback by the filmmaker along with a women’s advocate from Met Council.

This Program is about the strength of women, presented by Friends of ChappPAC through a generous grant by UJA Federation of New York. The program will start with a documentary showing of My Underground Mother, which traces Marisa Fox’s search for her mother’s hidden identity, which led her to a larger, overlooked story of Nazi trafficking during the Holocaust. Ms. Fox will answer questions after the movie. Micol Rieger, Coordinator of the Sex Trafficking & Prevention Initiative at Met Council, will also address the historical context of sexual violence toward women in the U. S. and how sex-trafficking and slavery, a $32 billion global industry, continues with one-third of its revenue generate in America today.

This program is made possible by a generous grant from UJA $5/ticket is a donation to UJA and the agencies it supports.

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