GTT is proud to take on the heart-wrenching issue of trafficking.  Living in a border town, some of our members have been assessing regional needs and discovered AT LAST (Anti Trafficking Litigation Assistance Support Team), which is launching a free online resource for advocates representing trafficking victims through the legal system. 
 
To follow up and finish what we started on August 20th, we are meeting at the law firm of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins at 655 W. Broadway, Suite 1900, 92101, in downtown San Diego at 5 pm.  We will provide pizza and beverages at 5 pm then we’ll start hand redacting at 6 pm (no computers this time).  No special legal skills are necessary to participate; we will just be removing victims’ names from documents to maintain their confidentiality.  For more information, check out AT LAST at http://atlasteam.org/index.html. 

Click on this link to download Civil litigation on behalf of victims of human trafficking, an introductory guide to trafficking civil litigation, complements of AT LAST.  Also check out Rachel Shigekane’s article Rehabilitation and Community Integration of Trafficking Survivors in the United States, which appeared in the Human Rights Quarterly.  Also check out this short Lotus Outreach video on trafficking in southeast asia.

Thank you for making our Second Annual Community Picnic (Think Gather Feed) in Balboa Park a huge success!  Because of all the support of our amazing volunteers, supporters, performers, speakers, and co-sponsors, we fed 400 people at the picnic and got great input on the needs of folks with inadequate housing in San Diego.  

To celebrate our fabulous volunteers and supporters, we invite you all to a VIP reception on Thursday, November 20th at 6 pm, at the law firm of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, 655 W. Broadway, Suite 1900, in downtown San Diego where we will provide drinks and food.  At 7 pm, we will launch our Winter Survival Pack and Baby Bag project, assembling the packs and bags to help keep folks warm on the streets of San Diego this winter.

If you can’t make it to this assembly, look out for our full schedule for this winter’s homeless outreach project which we will be circulating soon.

Would you be willing to put a bin up at work for donations?  We’re looking for sleeping bags, blankets, backpacks, tote bags, warm clothing, shoes, coats, beanies, gloves, and non-perishable foods. Also we’d appreciate new onesies, undies, diapers, and baby wipes.  Click here for a flyer you can post nearby the bin and/or circulate to your colleagues, friends and families. 

Hope to see you this winter!!

The Girls Think Tank encourages everyone to get out and voice their choice today by exercising their fundamental right to vote.  Regardless of who you are and what your life circumstances, today is your day to stand up and be heard! 

“Election Day is the great equalizer. It is the one day where if all was right in our democracy, it would not matter if a person is rich, poor, black, white, educated or not, we all would have the same amount of power.” — Donita Judge, Ohio staff attorney, Advancement Project, August 13, 2008.

Follow this link to find out where you can vote and happy election day 2008!!  http://www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/rov/Eng/Epolling_query.asp

Title: GTT Ally Brigitte Hosts Monday Night Hour of Power: Energy Healing and Creativity Coaching
Location: 3361 4th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103
Description: Join Brigitte for a mini-treatment (15 minute session) of energetic healing with emphasis on the heart center and creating a new vision for yourself, allowing that which no longer serves you to be released. Enjoy combination of healing methods including Reiki and the Yuen Method. The Yuen Method deals with the core issues of any mental, physical, emotional, psychological block or stagnation.  Service by donation.  For more information contact Brigitte at 619-852-5773 or contactbrigitte@yahoo.com.

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