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SANDS OF SILENCE Documentary Survivor Virginia Isaias met Meryl Streep in March at the Women in the World Summit: Stories and Solutions. Photo by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle Inspired by this event, Virginia went on to create her own 'solution', and launched FSTH, Human Trafficking Survivors Foundation in October! Chelo in Noticiero Telemundo Global Slavery Remembrance Day Human Trafficking Awareness Event in Frisco, Texas featuring Chelo’s work. GRSD's Venita Benitez (right on photo) has partnered with SOS to raise funds for SOS_SLAVES game-for-change. DONATE to SOS_SLAVES Game Please help us REACH THE YOUTH and ENGAGE them to change the Trafficking Game! Your donation is TAX-deductible! Chelo's FATHER receiving SPAIN's National Social Volunteer Work Award by the CROWN PRINCE. As a surgeon, he would often operate for free those who could not afford surgery. As a politician, he kept his moral integrity.  When he retired, he advocated for the homeless.        Click on picture above to watch video EN ESPAÑOL "Don Domingo, el voluntario fiel" Artículo de Chelo sobre el premio que entregó el príncipe a su padre publicado en el Diario La Rioja en diciembre Recent video interview with Chelo on human trafficking By Dena Betancourt Thank you! SANDS OF SILENCE / SOS_SLAVES amazing team! Lara Weithorn Maria Zeiss Vicente Franco David Navas Ian P. Hosfeld Dogtown Sound

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Dear Blanca Oraa, A quick glance to these efforts may overwhelm you... and that is EXACTLY why I need your help!! Please help us fight sexual slavery! Chelo      CNN HERO OF THE YEAR   Anuradha Koirala, leading anti-trafficking activist and founder of Maiti Nepal, with Chelo and her family at the CNN Heroes Awards Gala Fundraiser for MAITI NEPAL We had a successful fundraiser in Malibu, CA, to support their anti- trafficking work. Special thanks to co-host Susan Stiffelman, as wel as to Kay Gabbard, Kiki Larouge, Randee Yingling, Lorena Manriquez, Dena Betancourt, Ian Thompson and Alice and Brad Howe. Read the Malibu Times article here               SOS_SLAVES:           CHANGING THE TRAFFICKING GAME Partnered with USC Marshal School of Business Los Angeles Community Consultancy program to develop a Business Plan for our social impact game. Big thank you to the team members: Abby Chao, Anqi Ran, Laura Wang and Daniel Yu.              SEED FUNDERS SOLD IN AMERICA Survivor Maria Suarez at BITAHR Human Rights & Sex Trafficking Film Forum  SOLD IN AMERICA:  A Modern-Day Tale of Sex Slavery tours the world! Produced by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle and Cari Lutz Directed by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle Best Documentary WIP San Francisco Women's Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Montreal Human Rights Film Festival, Canada Ventura Film Festival California Awareness Festival Santa Monica, CA Women's Film Institute Shorts Tour, USA Loisaida Cortos On The Move, Barcelona Filmmor Women's International Film Festival-Istanbul Women's International Film Festival-Miami

FILM AWARDS  2010 PACIFIC PIONEER AWARD THE WINDMILL LINKS ENVIRONMENTAL FUND under the CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DONATE to SANDS OF SILENCE Documentary Please help us BREAK THE SILENCE with this moving and fascinating film! Your donation is TAX-deductible! "La voz de las  esclavas" Artículo sobre mi trabajo publicado en el Diario La Rioja en diciembre Sands of Silence / SOS_SLAVES showcased at: Women in the World: Stories and Solutions, New York, March National Sexual Assault Conference Los Angeles, Sept. The Windmill Links Environmental Fund Event, Pico Union, Los Angeles, Nov.  BITAHR Human Rights and Sex Trafficking Film Forum, Boston, Dec. Fundación Ibercaja, Logroño, Spain, Dec. Global Remembrance Slavery Day, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX, Jan 2011 Selected to attend PBS/CPB Producers Workshop

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