NEW Abolitionists

Emily Amick

Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
Now Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Schumer, Emily Amick previously spent nearly three years representing trafficking victims and leading anti-trafficking advocacy at Sanctuary for Families. Today, she is an integral part of Senator Schumer’s team, working to advance smart policy initiatives that will improve the lives of victims and ensure that the criminals behind this dangerous trafficking system are punished.

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank

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“The #MeToo movement must include sexual trafficking, sexual exploitation, and prostitution as core violations because they are the nth degree of abuse, violence, and rape. Prostitution is not a victimless crime or an equivalent exchange; demand creates a giant market which traffickers fill with their human products.”

– Mira Sorvino

“It’s impossible to describe the experience of being owned by someone else, but what I can tell you is that I will work tirelessly for the rest of my life to stop other people from having to experience what I did.”

– Kenya, Trafficking Survivor