Tomorrow, January 11, is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. If you’ve been a long-time reader of my blog I’ve certainly rattled this cage many times–there are more slaves right now than at any other time in history–here in the United States as well as internationally. Children and adults, in the sex trade, garment workers, agriculture [...]
Posts Tagged ‘human trafficking’
21 Sep
That’s Two per Minute…
Every 26 seconds, another child somewhere is being lured in to the sex trade or slavery. Two million underage kids are forced into having sex with adults, perhaps multiple times each day. Forty bucks can mean freedom for more kids. The 26 Seconds challenge asks us to donate $40 to Destiny Rescue to continue their [...]
25 Mar
Volunteer in Honor of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Today, March 25, is the 100th anniversary of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City. In 1911, when the fire broke out in a garment industry sweatshop that was locked to keep laborers inside and union organizers outside–many of the women workers–most of them immigrants working in inhumane conditions, perished. What was [...]
30 Nov
Polaris Project—Fighting Slavery Today
It is the second largest, and fastest growing, criminal industry in our world, and yes, slavery is happening “over there” even now…but it is happening “over here” too…right now…today. The Polaris Project is named for the North Star, Polaris, that guided slaves toward freedom along the Underground Railroad, and is an organization that is committed [...]
24 Jul
We’ve Run Out of Visas for Crime Victims
Immigration is an issue that grabs people’s spirit close to the root—I find people getting passionate about the issue more than I’d expect, and from that passion and oftentimes, anger, rash decisions get made and harsh laws get enacted. I don’t know how to defuse the level of heels-dug-in irrationality (on both sides, I fear), [...]
8 Jun
Somaly Mam
Somaly Mam is one of the most extraordinary women with the most extraordinary stories I’ve ever heard. She was born into a family struggling with extreme poverty in Cambodia. In addition to economic despair, her family was an oppressed ethnic minority forced to make unspeakable decisions to survive. Somaly was sold into sexual slavery by [...]
