What you can do!
On this page you will find Information about how you can become involved, which organizations have specific needs and links to those sites. At the bottom of the page is a list of What You Can Do from least involvement to the most involvement.
Easy
On the web
- Become friends with abolition organizations on myspace or Facebook
- Join the “No More Slavery (Connecticut)” group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23049106064)
- Subscribe to e-mail updates from an abolitionist organization
- Put a link to an abolitionist organization on your personal e-mail
- Add a banner from an abolitionist organization to your email signature
- Add the link to an abolitionist organization to your favorite website links or business blog
Learn
- Become friends with abolition organizations on myspace or Facebook
- Join the “No More Slavery
Donate
- Donate $25 to an abolitionist organization
- Free the Slaves-How You Can Help
- Love 146-Get Involved
- Paul and Lisa Program Wishlist
- Polaris Project-Ways to Take Action
- World Vision-Ways to Give
Events
- Host a dinner to raise awareness
- Show a documentary or film about child sex slavery in your town to raise awareness
Express yourself
- Wear a t-shirt from an abolitionist organization
Organize
- Download the Love146.org poster image, copy fliers, and post them all over your school
Political Action
- Call your congressman/woman and encourage him/her to support the Trafficking Victims Protection Act reauthorization
Shopping
Buy gifts handmade by former slaves:
- www.freetheslaves.net
- NightLight- beautiful jewelry made by former prostitutes/slaves in Thailand
- Made by Survivors- a variety of goods including bags, cloth goods, jewelry, paper products
- Shop in Light-a variety of goods including bags, cloth goods, jewelry, paper products
- Not For Sale Freedom Store- a variety of goods including books, clothing, music/video, jewelry, soccer balls!
Moderate
On the web
- Email abolitionist newsletters to friends, family and coworkers with a personal note
- Investigate publications and websites that could be used by traffickers to advertise trafficking victims
Donate
- Donate $50 to an abolitionist organization
- Free the Slaves-How You Can Help
- Love 146-Get Involved
- Paul and Lisa Program Wishlist
- Polaris Project-Ways to Take Action
- World Vision-Ways to Give
Events
- Host a dinner to raise awareness
- Set up info tables at summer festivals
- ‘Fasting for Freedom’ : Organize 24-hour fast — the moneythat would normally go to purchasing food can go to fighting child sex trafficking
- Organize a house party event in your region to raise awareness
- Have your youth group at your local place of worship sponsor an event that will raise awareness of child sex slavery
- Organize a benefit dinner with a speaker from an abolitionist organization. Ask a local restaurant to donate food forthe event.
- Organize tournaments/games, benefit concerts, art auction/exhibition
- Organize a game with raffle. Donate the proceeds toan abolitionist organization
- Have people financiallysponsor you to ‘give up’ something, such as drinking soda, candy orwatchingTV and donate the money to an abolitionist organization
- Help start a walk-a-thon in your city to raise money for one of the highlighted organizations
- Help organize a competitive sport tournament to raise awareness about child sex slavery
- Start a child sex slavery awareness day on your college campus
Express yourself
- Get all your friends to write your local paper and encourage them to cover the events around the issue of human trafficking
- Write an article for your school paper about the issue of human trafficking
- Use sidewalk chalk to write statistics about child sex slavery in approved areas
Organize
- Start a student group at your high school that focuses on bringing awareness of the human trafficking to your peers and local community
- Ask a local bookstore or coffee shop to put posters from an abolition organization in their window
Political Action
- Write a letter to your city mayor asking him/her to involve your city in the fight to end child sex slavery
- Write a letter to your senator asking him/her to support stronger enforcement of the US anti-trafficking law
- Write your congressman/woman and encourage him/her to fight for more money to go towards ending child sex slavery
- Write your congressman to raise awareness for child sex slavery
Shopping
- Boycott industries/companies where slavery is documented:
- No Dirty Gold campaign (www.nodirtygold.org)
- Chocolate (www.freetheslaves.net)
Most intensive
- Start a local community group that works to bring awareness of child sex slavery in your city
- Organize a local human trafficking taskforce in your city to raise awareness
- Make fighting child sex slavery a career
- Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center 1.888.3737.888 if you are or know a trafficking victim
- Become a monthly financial partner of one of the highlighted organizations
- Intern with an abolitionist organization
Come back soon for more! (5/9/2008 )
Comments
Hi. I’d like to know if there’s any e-mail or website where I can send some slavery complaint that is happening in India. I have a presentation full of pictures of people working in a shoe factory. They sleep in the factory and have horrible working conditions.
Thanks.
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How may i join an organization in Connecticut to help stop human trafficking. i have law enforcement experience and would like to be on the front lines.
Hi Craig,
Police departments are definitely on the front lines of this. The FBI, US Attorney, and others related to law enforcement and the DOJ are very much on the front lines. In the US, most organizations do not go in and “rescue” people, but work with these types of organizations to assist victims once they are out, or help victims who are able to leave without assistance from law enforcement.
Good luck!