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Thanks for the kind words, Todd! by @lizsteinonline

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Liz Stein spoke Monday at our press conference in Manhattan, about the broader impact of the Epstein files.

We're on the road now - the Reading Room is in Ohio until 10/11, and the Bookmobile is heading to Manchester, NH, and then Maine. Come see the files for yourself - link in bio to RSVP. by @lizsteinonline

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We will not be silent…

Because somewhere, right now, there’s a young woman who feels special — and she has no idea yet that she’s prey.

We are done being quiet so other people can stay comfortable. Our silence protected them for a hundred years. Our voices are going to bury them. by @lizsteinonline

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Elizabeth “Liz” Stein — Survivor. Human Trafficking Specialist. Survivor Advocate. World Without Exploitation STAND Fellow.

I survived. I show up. In 1994, as a college senior, I encountered Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York. For more than 25 years I carried that truth until I publicly named myself on the day of the Maxwell verdict in 2021.

In 2025 I stood with other survivors to demand the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the full, timely release of records needed to expose the truth. Delayed, partial, or duplicative disclosures sabotage justice and retraumatize survivors — and I refuse to let that stand.

My work centers on survivor-led accountability: full transparency, criminal prosecution of co‑conspirators, and systemic reform. As a STAND Fellow and anti‑trafficking expert, I press for policies that prioritize survivors, and I speak and write to make truth the foundation of justice.

#lizstein #risesurvivorrise by @lizsteinonline

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On Gandhi’s birth anniversary, we gathered at Asia Society to honour people who stand with the Last Girl.
Apne Aap is informed by two Gandhian principles. Ahimsa means nonviolence: challenging the violence of buying and selling another human being. Antyodaya means the uplift of the person who comes last. In the communities where we work, that person is often a girl.
At Apne Aap, we begin with her. Our ten assets (a safe place, an education, an identity, a livelihood and friends who stand beside her) help her gain control over her own life.
We also remembered our dear friend Gloria Steinem. For nearly two decades she chaired Apne Aap’s advisory board. She came to India, sat with women and girls in our communities and listened to them.
Thank you to our 2026 honorees: Rachel Foster, Lauren Hersh, Rebecca Zipkin, Liz Stein, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Janet Jensen. Thank you also to Asia Society and to everyone who joined us on October 2.
Choose one commitment, and give it a next step and a date. Help a girl stay in school. Support a survivor’s access to justice. Open a path to a livelihood.
The Last Girl is where we begin.
#LastGirlAwards #ApneAap #GandhiJayanti taken in New York City by @lizsteinonline

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Six leaders advancing women’s rights and survivor justice.
Liz Stein brings survivor expertise. Janet Jensen supports organizations working with survivors. Dr. Vandana Shiva connects environmental questions with women’s lives. Lauren Hersh, Rachel Foster and Rebecca Zipkin of World Without Exploitation connect advocacy with public education and policy work.
Their contributions take different forms. Together, they show the range of work that goes into challenging exploitation and expanding women’s rights.
These are this year’s Last Girl Awards honorees. Get to know the work behind the names, and join Apne Aap for our tenth annual gathering this Friday.
October 2 • 6:30 PM Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York. Registration link in bio.
#LastGirlAwards #ApneAap #SurvivorJustice taken in New York City by @lizsteinonline

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What makes the Epstein case important is not that the circumstances were unusual, but that they illuminate a problem that exists far beyond this case. Survivors of trafficking routinely encounter systems that are fragmented, difficult to navigate and, at times, more concerned with process than with the people those systems are supposed to serve. The failures may look different from case to case, but the consequence is often the same: survivors are left to navigate the aftermath while law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, social-service systems and other institutions move on.

The question, then, is not simply what happened to survivors, but what happened around them. Who had information? Who had the authority to act? What was overlooked, dismissed or never pursued? And are the institutions responsible willing to examine their own role in what survivors experienced?

The partial release of the Epstein files by the DOJ included the names and identifying information of survivors who had a reasonable expectation of privacy. At the same time, redactions protected powerful individuals whose roles in the case warranted scrutiny. For survivors of sexual violence and trafficking, the message is deeply consequential.

Privacy is not a courtesy extended to survivors. It is an obligation. And when the government fails to protect it, it undermines the very trust on which the pursuit of justice depends. by @lizsteinonline

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Yesterday, our Executive Director, Dr. Kristen Ali Eglinton, joined profoundly courageous Epstein and GBV survivors, artists, activists, and advocates in Union Square for 60 Million Survivors Rising: NYC - a moving gathering of survivor power and solidarity, calling for justice, accountability, healing and an end to the systems and cultures that enable sexual and gender-based violence. Being there listening, singing, rising, and standing alongside survivors meant more than we can possibly capture in words. We were especially moved to be there with Epstein survivors & extraordinary advocates Jess Michaels and Liz Stein - survivors and thrivers whose courage, truth-telling and continued fight for justice remind us of what becomes possible when survivors are heard, believed, supported & able to stand together. Yesterday we shared with Jess and Liz our work with survivors globally - we are truly a family. And we were so moved to see one of our favorite artists, MILCK, standing with survivors & singing “Quiet” - a song that’s meant so much to movements against GBV around the world & to us personally.

We were also joined by our dear friend Michelle from NYC Pride, who came to stand & rise alongside us & give as she always does from her heart 🥹.
For nearly two decades, Footage has worked alongside women & girls in all their diversity, LGBTQIA+, gender expansive folks & communities affected by GBV, forced displacement and intersecting forms of violence and exclusion around the world. Yesterday, we were there supporting survivors, as we do across our work globally, while also continuing to meet and build relationships w/organizations & communities for FemSMS NYC, our newest intervention sharing trusted, compassionate information with immigrant, refugee & exiled LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers, including around safety and gender-based violence. Yesterday was unforgettable. We won’t give up! Thank you for never giving up to these souls: @jessmichaelsspeaks @lizsteinonline @vdayorg @feminist @aapolicyforum @milckmusic @eveensler @katiephang @one_billion_rising @susanceliaswan @epsteinsurvivorsisters @tainaasili @resistancerevivalchorus @meechelleb @kaeglinton many many more ❤️‍🩹 taken in Union Square, NYC by @lizsteinonline

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For too long, sexual violence has been treated as something survivors were expected to carry quietly. But we are changing that.

We are speaking openly about what happened to us, demanding accountability from the people and institutions that failed us, and making clear that our experiences will not be dismissed, buried, or forgotten.

As survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, we are not fighting only for ourselves.
We are fighting for the survivor who has never been able to anyone what happened to them. For the survivor who was not believed. For the survivor who was told to stay quiet because the person who harmed them was too powerful, too wealthy, too connected or too important to hold accountable.

We are fighting for the millions of survivors across this country who know exactly what it means when systems fail to protect them.
Because when survivors step forward, something changes. Not all at once. Not easily. But our voices can give other survivors permission to speak their truth.

When survivors rise together, we make visible what too many people would rather keep hidden. We challenge the systems that protect perpetrators and silence survivors. And we remind one another that we are not alone. by @lizsteinonline

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Survivors know where systems fail them. Their experience should help shape what changes.
Liz Stein brings lived experience to her work as a human trafficking specialist and survivor advocate. She works for accountability and policies that respond to survivors’ needs.
Liz is among this year’s Last Girl Awards honorees. Her work is a reason to put survivor leadership at the center of the conversation.
If that matters to you, we invite you to join us.
October 2 • 6:30 PM
 Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York. Registration link in bio.

#LastGirlAwards #ApneAap #SurvivorLeadership taken in New York City by @lizsteinonline

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THIS FRIDAY, WE RISE.

At Union Square, survivors and allies from every community, every story, and every generation will come together in collective power.

More than 60 million survivors live in the United States. Imagine what happens when we stand together.

Join survivors, artists, activists, advocates, organizations, and allies for a fierce, joyful expression of survivor power—featuring voices, music, drumming, resistance, resilience, and community.

BRING YOUR PEOPLE. BRING A SIGN.WEAR RED & BLACK. COME RISE WITH US.

9 Union Square South, NYC
East 14th Street & Union Square East
Friday, September 25
4:30 PM — Gather
5:00–7:00 PM — Rally

Let us know you’re coming:
60MillionSurvivorsRising.org/NYC by @lizsteinonline

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Trump wants us to forget. Not happening. by @lizsteinonline

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