Moderated by Lola Ogunnaike and Marc Lamont Hill, the Town Hall Forum
Will Focus on the Human Trafficking Crisis Affecting Communities
Worldwide
Panelists Include Nicole Ari Parker, Tasha Smith, Ony Nwaohuocha,
Emelia Orubele, Omoyele Sowore, Temeka Weatherly and Leah Albright-Byrd
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The sexual exploitation of children has become the third largest money
generator for organized crimes, exceeding the sale of illegal firearms
and drugs.* BET Networks in association with Arise TV will address this
global issue in the BET News Special "STOLEN INNOCENCE: YOUR
DAUGHTERS ARE OUR DAUGHTERS" premiering Friday, May 23 at
7PM ET/PT on BET and Saturday, May 24 at 10 PM ET/ 7 PM PT on CENTRIC.
Moderated by Lola Ogunnaikeand Marc Lamont Hill, the
one-hour community town hall forum will focus on the recent kidnappings
of nearly 300 Nigerian school girls, the global response to this crisis
and the rising exploitation of children around the world.
From L-R: Temeka Weatherly (Director at Wellspring Living) Leah Albright-Byrd (Survivor and Founder of Bridget's Dream), Tasha Smith (Actress and Activist), Nicole Ari Parker (Actress and Activist) and moderator Lola Ogunnaike discuss sex trafficking in the BET News special "STOLEN INNOCENCE: YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE OUR DAUGHTERS" premiering Friday, May 23 at 7PM ET/PT on BET. (Photo: Business Wire)
Taped Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia at Turner Studios, the
town hall special will expand the conversation past the current
headlines of the Nigerian kidnappings and explore how the human
trafficking crisis is affecting our communities on a global scale and
its ties to many cities in the United States, including Atlanta.
Panelists include Nicole Ari Parker (Actress and Activist), Tasha
Smith(Actress and Activist), Ony Nwaohuocha (Attorney and
Journalist), Emelia Orubele (President/CEO American Nigerian
International Chamber of Commerce), Omoyele Sowore (Journalist), Temeka
Weatherly (Director at Wellspring Living), Leah Albright-Byrd
(Survivor and Founder of Bridget's Dream). Additional participants in
the town hall include Dr. Bernice King(Minister) and India.Arie
(Singer, Activist). Arise TV reporter Charles Aniagolu will be on
the ground in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to provide an update on the
recent kidnappings.
For more information go to BET.com/OurDaughters.
Join the conversation on twitter by using the hashtag #OurDaughters.
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.
The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can
be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom
and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer
brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com,
a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture,
and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to
54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel
and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment
tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings
for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event
Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with
festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides
ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the
extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
* The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Human Trafficking 2011, by
Amanda Walker Rodriquez and Rodney Hill.
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