[NEohioPAL]A Must See: "Body & Sold" @ Karamu!

Thu May 17 09:54:55 PDT 2007

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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>May 17, 2007</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3>KARAMU EXPLORES SEX TEEN PROSTITUTION AND SEXUAL ABUSE WITH OHIO PREMIERE OF <EM>BODY & SOLD</EM></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><STRONG>Cleveland (OH) </STRONG>- <STRONG>Karamu House</STRONG> Examines Child Sexual Exploitation Within The United States With <STRONG>Ohio Premiere </STRONG>of <EM><STRONG>Body & Sold</STRONG></EM>.  <STRONG><EM>Body & Sold</EM></STRONG>  runs though <STRONG>June 3, 2007</STRONG> in the <STRONG>Arena Theater</STRONG>.  The show starts at <STRONG>4 PM</STRONG>.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><STRONG>Written </STRONG>by <STRONG>Deborah Lake Fortson</STRONG>, <EM><STRONG>Body & Sold</STRONG></EM> brings awareness to the teen sex traffic trade in the United States with a production based on true accounts of victims who survived to tell their tale.  <STRONG>Heidi Bedrossian directs</STRONG>.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported the average age of a prostitute is 14 years with some being as young as nine.  In addition, the Fedral Bureau of Investigation reported more than 400,000 prostitutes in America although other agencies list the total at more than 800,000.  </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><STRONG>Deborah Lake Fortson</STRONG> created and stage <STRONG><EM>Body & Sold</EM></STRONG> in Boston.  The play is based on interviews with former victims in Boston, Hartford and Minneapolis.  Young Americans — six girls and two boys — tell how they left home and were seduced, lured, kidnapped into a life of prostitution; about the trouble in their families which forced them from home; how they became prostituted; the daily violence in “the life,”; how they escaped and their struggle to survive.  </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>It is designed to serve as a vehicle to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation in the United States.  "It gives kids a heads-up about what an abusive relationships looks like", <STRONG>Lake Fortson</STRONG> explained to the Boston Globe.  "They (victims) are psychologically terrorized."  The production features students from the Cleveland School of the Arts<STRONG>.</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
<P class=style2><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><EM><STRONG>"BODY<SPAN class=style3>&</SPAN><SPAN class=style4>SOLD</SPAN></STRONG></EM></FONT> is a powerful tool to create community dialogue about teen prostitution and child abuse.”<BR><EM>- Olinka Briceño, co-director, VOX Project in Boston</EM></FONT></FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT size=3><STRONG><EM>Body & Sold</EM></STRONG> by <STRONG>Deborah Lake Fortson </STRONG>runs <STRONG>May 12 - June 3, 2007</STRONG> at <STRONG>Karamu House </STRONG>in the <STRONG>Arena Theater </STRONG>at<STRONG> 4 PM</STRONG>.  <STRONG>Tickets</STRONG> are <STRONG>$6 for youth </STRONG>and <STRONG>$8 for adults</STRONG>.  <STRONG>Karamu </STRONG>is located at <STRONG>2355 E. 89th. Street</STRONG>.  For more information call <STRONG>216.795.7077 </STRONG>or visit </FONT></FONT><A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000099 size=3>www.karamu.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>.  To learn more about <STRONG><EM>Body & Sold</EM></STRONG> or to fight against child sexual exploitation email </FONT><A 
href="http://by108fd.bay108.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=2EBAAE8C-A3CB-485C-AC53-9E9F0AE82256&start=0&len=6059&src=&type=x&to=info@bodyandsold.org&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=cbfd2519b6f26d6e547b50cf09ffeec9ab89900daa7874bae5b44b0570741e49"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000099 size=3>info at bodyandsold.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3> or visit </FONT><A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000099 size=3>www.bodyandsold.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>Media Contact:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>Vivian Wilson</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>216.795.7070 (x.215)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>Neal Hodges</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>216.795.7070 (x.249)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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