We Need Your help to pass TVPJA in the New york State ASsembly

The TVPJA passed in the New York State Senate but has not yet been brought to the floor of the New York State Assembly for a vote. This bill needs to be on the agenda. Here's what you can do right now.

Call Speaker Carl Heastie:

• Call New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie at 518-455-4800. 
• Use the following script: "Hi, my name is ________________, and I'm a resident of New York. I'm calling to encourage Speaker Heastie to bring the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act (bill number 506) to the floor of the Assembly. Trafficking victims cannot wait until next session for these crucial protections."

Tweet at Speaker Heastie and other Key Leaders:

• Tweet at Speaker Heastie, asking him to support the TVPJA. His Twitter handle is @CarlHeastie
• Use the following tweet: ".@CarlHeastie Please bring the#TVPJA up for a vote! #ENDtrafficking"
• Tweet at Key Leadership, asking for their support of the TVPJA:
  
  1.  Assembly Majority: @NYSA_Majority
  2. Assembly Minority: @NYS_AM
  3. Governor Cuomo: @NYGovCuomo

Show Your Support for the TVPJA on Social Media:

• Like New York's New Abolitionists on Facebook, and repost us!
• Follow New York's New Abolitionists on Twitter, and retweet us

• Share these sample posts:
  

• “I support the #TVPJA because traffickers should be punished,NOT victims. Please join me in urging the NY State Assembly and Speaker Heastie to pass the #TVPJA. For more info, visit www.TVPJA.com.”
• “Every day the NY State Assembly and Speaker Heastie wait to pass #TVPJA, more girls are trafficked
  into sexual slavery. Visit www.TVPJA.com to take action!”
• “Call Speaker Heastie at 518-455-4800 and urge him to pass #TVPJA. The time for action is now. #ListenToSurvivors”

• “Every day we wait to take action, more girls are beaten, raped, and sold. Victims can’t wait. Support #TVPJA: www.TVPJA.com"