Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and January 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
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National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. We like to think that slavery was abolished a century and a half ago. Unfortunately, slavery still exists around the world–even in the United States. According to End Slavery Now, There are an estimated 20.9 Million people trapped in some form of slavery today. It’s sometimes called “Modern-Day … Read more
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
There are more people in slavery today than at any time in history! January is Slavery & Trafficking Prevention Month and January 11th is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. According to Free the Slaves, Although there are more people in slavery today than ever before, slavery represents the smallest percentage of the world’s population than at … Read more
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
According to Free the Slaves, 21 to 36 million people are enslaved around the world, 22% of them sex slaves. Trafficking doesn’t just happen in Thailand or India–it happens right here in the United States, and it happens to helpless children and vulnerable women. It’s hard to get a handle on exactly how many sex … Read more
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Modern day slavery doesn’t mean men, women, and children picking cotton under the watchful eye of the plantation overseer, although forced agricultural labor is one form of slavery. More often, slavery today means a young girl being held captive and forced to work as a prostitute for a controlling pimp. Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. … Read more
Review: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t imagine that I have never read this book, even though it’s been on my to-be-read list for years. I thought I had a pretty good idea about what it was about, but I wanted to read it because of its … Read more
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Didn’t Abraham Lincoln end slavery 149 years ago with the Emancipation Proclamation? Fortunately for slaves on Southern plantations, yes. Unfortunately for many other slaves around the world, no. According to the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST): There are more slaves in the world today than at any point in history. Slavery is more … Read more
Uncle Big Bud
On Martin Luther King Day, I wrote about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Uncle Big Bud. Today, the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, is a good time to reflect on the changes that have happened in the last 40 years, and a book by one of my clients is an excellent way to see the … Read more
Slavery and Abortion: Moral Relatives
No, I’m not talking about moral RELATIVISM, but the relationship that those of us who believe in absolutes of right and wrong see between slavery and abortion. I’ve been thinking a lot about this because I’m editing a book written by a man who is a descendant of a slave and a slave owner. He … Read more