There are a couple of great opportunities you can participate in wherever you are in the country. First a webinar. Another event is one that you can organize in your church wherever you are! On March 13, 2011, churches around the world will be celebrating Freedom Sunday. This is the basis of the celebration: Freedom [...]
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Event opportunities wherever you are!
Posted: March 3, 2011 in What You Can DoTags: Child Slavery, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Events, human trafficking, human trafficking events, Human Trafficking in America, modern day slavery, What you can do!
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The Connection Between Faith, Human Trafficking, and Immigration
Posted: February 28, 2011 in Forced Labor, modern day slavery, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Forced Labor, Human Rights, human trafficking, immigration, modern day slavery, Slavery in America, What you can do!
“Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalized [sic] by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom” (The Independent, 2007). Marino Lucas, Jose Velasquez, and Jose Hari had [...]
CALL TO ACTION – Funding for Foreign Aid
Posted: February 25, 2011 in Take action, What You Can DoTags: foreign aid, human trafficking, modern day slavery, policy, What you can do!
What are three of the key contributors to human trafficking in the world? According to Kevin Bales’ research, Poverty Corruption Lack of enforcement of existing laws What are the priorities of foreign aid? Disaster relief and humanitarian assistance Development assistance Security assistance As you can see, these conditions and priorities overlap. But as you may [...]
Top 14 ways to be an abolitionist
Posted: January 24, 2011 in Take action, What You Can DoTags: End Human Trafficking, Ideas, Stop slavery, What you can do!
People are always wondering what they can do to help end slavery. Here’s a list of the top ways you can be an abolitionist right where you are. But what would you add as number 15? 14. Educate yourself – get updates. Subscribe to email updates, Twitter feeds, and RSS feeds by anti-slavery organizations and [...]
Ask Hershey to Become Slave-Free!
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Child Slavery, Forced Labor, human trafficking, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Child Slavery, Cocoa industry, Fair Trade, Forced Labor, human trafficking, Unfair trade, What you can do!
The Not for Sale Campaign is running a campaign to put pressure on Hershey to ensure there is no slavery in their supply chain. Read on to find out why this is even necessary, and what you can do about the problem.
Where to shop to combat slavery?
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Forced Labor, Resources, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Bonded Labor, Buy slave free, Child Slavery, consumption, Forced Labor, human trafficking, modern day slavery, thoughtful consumption, What you can do!
Many people may have heard about slavery being intimately connected to the supply chain of things we buy everyday, including food. I’ve added a new tab to the Resources section called Shopping. At these are stores you can purchase products not only guilt-free, but purchase them knowing that people’s lives have been improved by creating what you [...]
