[NOW Action List] Must See TV on PBS Tonight

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All NOW Actions Media Activism		Must See TV: Must See TV on PBS Tonight On Thursday October 20 at 10pm EST, PBS will be airing a documentary titled "Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories," depicting a national family court scandal that is putting children into the hands of a physically or sexually abusive parent.  Nationwide, supporters of battered mothers in custody challenges have been demonstrating at family courthouses and other locations in support of the documentary and in protest of the court scandal.  The film is generally set to air on Thursday, October 20, but different show times are possible, including Friday or the weekend. To get more information about the documentary and to see when it is airing in your area, go to: http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html and type the title of the documentary in the search field.  If the PBS station in your area is not airing it, please call your local station and insist that they do.  Your local station phone numbers can be found at the web site listed above.    It is important that we make sure that all local public television stations air the show and that we tune in for this program to show our support for PBS and their commitment to showing this documentary.  Please send your own message to Pat Mitchell, CEO of PBS to show your appreciation to PBS for airing this important film. Your emails are especially important, as we know that PBS is being flooded with emails from bogus "fathers' rights" activists opposing the airing of the film. You may use our suggested comments or enter your own. More great TV: Lifetime Mini-Series Dramatizes Tragedy of Human Trafficking On Monday, Oct. 24, and Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 p.m. EST, Lifetime television network will premiere Human Trafficking, a two-night miniseries that exposes the terror and abuses of the trade.  Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland star.  Human trafficking is the buying and selling of individuals for the purposes of slave labor and sexual exploitation. This illegal practice is estimated to bring in $10 billion a year for its criminal operators.  The U.S. government estimates that approximately 800,000 people are abducted from their homes and trafficked into another country; about 15,000  are brought into the U.S. each year  In addition, millions more are untraceably trafficked within their own borders. Women and girls are disproportionately represented among the victims ? about 80% of the estimated total. Many are beaten, threatened with their lives or their relatives' lives, often locked up and kept from talking to anyone who could help them and generally find it extremely difficult to escape. Visit the miniseries website to learn more about the dangers of human trafficking. Thanks to both PBS and Lifetime for airing programming that addresses such important women's rights issues.
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