Clarksville, TN – Come out to The Gilroy for a night of clean family friendly comedy tonight, Sunday June 12th at 7:00pm, benefitting the Stop Child Trafficking Now organization. The show will feature comedian Jonnie W. from Knoxville, TN, comedian Brian Bates from Donelson, TN, and national headlining comedian Henry Cho.
Henry has been featured on The Tonight Show and the Late Late Show. His one hour special, “What’s That Clicking Noise?” is currently running on Comedy Central. He has also appeared in several feature films and sitcoms. In December 2010, Henry Cho performed at Comedy on the Cumberland’s benefit comedy show for the Downtown Kiwanis Club, and their children’s charities.
[1]Henry Cho performing at the Comedy on the Cumberland
Human sex trafficking is the slavery of women and children forced to perform various sex acts for money at a variety of locations across the state for the purpose of making money for their captors. The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children reports that one in four children who runaway from home are approached for commercial sexual exploitation within 48 hours of running away. The average age of entry into the business of sex trafficking is 13.
[2]According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, eighty-five percent of Tennessee counties stated that they have investigated at least one human sex trafficking case over the last 24 months. Seventy-two percent of the total counties in the state reported at least one case of minor human sex trafficking. There were 16 entities that reported an excess of 50 cases and eight reported over 100 cases of minor cases of human sex trafficking.
For more information on Tennessee human sex trafficking and its impact on children and youth see: TBI releases first ever study on Human Sex Trafficking in the State [3].
Tickets to the show are $20.00 and proceeds raised will go to benefit Stop Child Trafficking Now. You can also buy you tickets online at http://sctnowcomedybenefit.eventbrite.com/ [4]. The Gilroy is located at 140 University Avenue. Doors will open at 6:00pm.
For more information about the event, or ticket information please email myersteam@yahoo.com [5] or call 931-980-4547.
About Henry Cho
[6]Comedian Henry Cho figures his real life is so much like a sitcom he might as well turn it into one. That’s what he’s done in a series now in development with CBS-TV/Paramount Studios. Cho’s executive producers on the project are Late, Late Show host Craig Ferguson and Jim Hope, who counts The George Lopez Show and Titus among his production credits. This is the first project for Ferguson’s newly-formed production company Green Mountain West.
“As creator and producer of the show,” says Cho, “I’m looking forward to starring in something that’s based on my life and my standup routines.”
Cho is particularly proud of the team he’s assembled. “Craig Ferguson is unique,” Cho says. “Most major TV stars don’t go to network meetings. But Craig does. He’s 100% involved. His input is invaluable. Because he’s also a standup comic, he gets everything I’m trying to do. Jim Hope will co-write the show with me. We’ve been looking for a project to work on together for the last 17 years. Now we have that opportunity.”
Visit Henry on the web at: www.choindustries.com [7].
About Jonnie W.
[8]“Once in a generation, someone comes along with the power to inspire us all. Jonnie W. will make fun of that person on stage, and you’ll feel better about yourself.
One of Jonnie’s favorite activities is composing bioggraphical information about his life and carreer, and writing about himself in third person.
He lives in Nashville, TN. because that’s where all his stuff is.
To learn more about Jonnie, check out his website at: www.jonniew.com [9].
About Brian Bates
[10]Brian Bates has been laughed at all his life by friends, family, Sunday school teachers, guidance counselors, etc. He knows this because they were always quick to point out they were laughing at him instead of with him.
After years of counseling, his therapist suggested Brian start recouping some of his therapist bills by charging the people who laugh at him. “Why be publicly humiliated for free?” his therapist asked. “Make them pay for it.” That’s when a stand-up comedy career began. The rest, as they say, is history.
Brian has performed at comedy clubs and corporate events all over the United States. His clean, smart comedy style allows him to work in almost any setting whether it be a club, corporate event, or even a church.
To learn more about Brian, check out his website at: www.brianbatescomedy.com [11].
About Stop Child Trafficking Now
[12]SCTNow exists to stop child trafficking by targeting the source of child trafficking: predators who drive the sex industry everywhere in the world, including in your local community. SCTNow has partnered with specially trained operatives familiar with what it takes to infiltrate, investigate and bring to justice the predators victimizing children worldwide.
Stop Child Trafficking has chosen to fund a bold, new approach, one that addresses the demand side of child sex trafficking by targeting buyers/predators for prosecution and conviction. While over 260 organizations are currently focused on rescuing children, until the demand side is addressed, the supply will always exist. Few people know that virtually no convictions have occurred in the U.S. in the last 10 years, thus this heinous crime grows.
SCTNow has launched a national campaign to raise money for retired elite military operatives targeting the demand side of trafficking. These Special Operative Teams gather information on child predators both in the U.S. and abroad, information that will be used to convict child sex buyers. These operatives use the skills developed in the War on Terror in this war to bring down predators. Professional law enforcement have vetted this strategy and are eager to work with these operative teams once funding is secured.
For more information, please visit www.sctnow.org [13].