Stop Child Trafficking Now: WALK

This weekend, September 26-27, 2009, individuals, corporations, religious organizations, communities and student groups come from all over to participate in the inaugural WALK to Stop Child Trafficking Now! This global event is slated to attract thousands of people who will walk throughout the world, while raising funds and broadening awareness for Stop Child Trafficking Now.

When Weekend of, September 26-27, 2009
What Flagship Walk in NYC, Community & Campus Walks
Where Throughout the World
Who Thousands from around the world
How Walking to raise funds to Stop Child Trafficking Now

All participants who raise $100 or more will receive a one-of-a-kind SCTNow Walk t-shirt and will have the opportunity to earn many other exciting prize incentives.  There is no minimum fundraising amount required to participate in the walk events.

Click here to find the walk near you and sign up to walk now!

Stop Child Trafficking on 9/9/09

9/9/09

$9 is not a lot of money. With $9 you can buy a couple drinks from Starbucks, hit up the dollar menu at a fast food joint, or you can use $9 t0 help prevent millions of kids from being trafficked. Join us for a 1-day fundraiser for the Born to Fly Project to stop child sex trafficking:  9,000 people each giving $9 on 9/9/09.

The Born to Fly Project is a strategic 4-stage plan to educate kids, parents, and teachers about the dangers of child trafficking—with the ultimate goal of ending it.

To learn more about the Born to Fly Project and to give your $9 please visit their site here.

Car Wash Across America

Wash cars and save lives. Love146 presents Car Wash Across America. The goal is to tell the story of 146, raise awareness and raise funds to end child sex slavery and exploitation. Visit Love146.org for some free resources to make your car wash a success and more information on how you can get involved.

Reality TV and Child Sex Slavery

Stephen Baldwin

I received an email earlier this week from the organization Love146. For those of you that don’t know Love146 works toward the abolition of child sex slavery and exploitation through prevention and aftercare. I wanted to pass this info on to all of you reality TV buffs.

Beginning Monday, June 1st NBC launched a month long reality showed titled “I’m a celebrity get me out of here” in which celebrities compete against one another to become king or queen of the (Costa Rican) jungle.  Each celebrity is playing for a charity of his/her choice. The catch is, America actually gets to vote who stays in the jungle and who goes home. The longer a celebrity stays the more money will be donated to his/her charity. Stephen Baldwin chose to play for Love146…If you’re an avid reality show junkie consider voting (toll free or online) during the duration of the show. The longer Stephen stays the more money and awareness will be raised to serve children.

So this month as you sit on your couch watching celebrities eat bugs and complain about the humidity take the time to vote for Stephen Baldwin and help the great cause of Love146.

A Must Read

Steve Chalke, Chair of Stop the Traffik & UN.GIFT Special Advisor on Community Action against Human Trafficking recently released the book, Stop The Traffik: People Shouldn’t Be Bought & Sold. This book is full of useful tips and ideas designed to empower individuals to be part of the global movement, to get involved to join the fight and “stop the traffik”. Click here to order a copy and then pass it on to a friend.

Leave a comment a share other books on Human Trafficking that you would recommend.

A Language of Hope

I recently watched this video from Rob Morris the co-founder and president of Love146 and found it to be very insightful. You can learn more about Love146 by visiting their website at love146.org. They are a wonderful organization and I encourage you to consider supporting their work.

Free “Not For Sale” Audiobook

This month, Not For Sale has partnered with Christian Audio to bring you a FREE download of the Not For Sale Audiobook (a $25 value).

Not For Sale is the book that recounts David Batstone’s investigative journey around the world as he uncovers the global slave trade.

“[It] exposes the alarming rise of one of the great moral crises of the day, human slavery. His well-written accounts of victims and survivors will inspire you to join the growing twenty-first century abolitionist movement.” 

- Ambassador John Miller, director of the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

This is a great resource not only for those already involved in the fight against human trafficking, but a great way to inform those who don’t know much about it. So, spread the word.

Click HERE to get your free copy.

Creating Awareness Creatively

Martin Williams a marketing firm based in Minneapolis developed this handshadows piece for Not For Sale. It is simply amazing. Very creative and very effective. If you have not checked out Not For Sale I highly encourage you to. They have some wonderful resources to help abolish modern day slavery.

Sign a letter asking President Obama to fight Human Trafficking

At the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency Barack Obama affirmed that combating human trafficking must be a priority for the U.S. Government. Please take a moment to sign this letter asking our new President to seek justice on this issue by clicking here. Thank you for taking a moment of your time to speak for those that can not speak for themselves.

Human Trafficking in the News

In protest of human trafficking Enterprise-Record – Chico,CA,USA At the Chico City Plaza on Sunday, Skye Li and her friends and family protested human trafficking and slavery in honor of National Global Human Trafficking … See all stories on this topic

‘Life’ movement evolves USA Today – USA Christians have taken up a fight for global good, targeting human trafficking and the sex trade industry that tortures souls around the world. … See all stories on this topic

Human trafficking protest held at Lake Eola MyFoxOrlando.com – Lake Mary,FL,USA by the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking to raise awareness about the international crime of human trafficking and the violence it brings to an … See all stories on this topic

Proving the benefit of drug trafficking Times Online – UK For the purpose of making the required assumptions in order to determine whether a defendant had benefited from drugtrafficking, the Crown was required to … See all stories on this topic

Sonoma County Declares “Human Trafficking Awareness Day” KTVU.com – San Francisco,CA,USA The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and other local agencies have proclaimed Sunday “Human Trafficking Awareness Day” to put a spotlight on the issue and … See all stories on this topic

Event aims to raise awareness of human trafficking Delaware News – Delaware,OH,USA Villa Milano, 1630 Schrock Road, will host “The Power of One,” a human trafficking awareness event, from 10:30 am to 2 pm Saturday, Jan. 17. … See all stories on this topic

Human Trafficking Awareness Day WCTV – Tallahassee,FL,USA Human trafficking is modern day slavery exercised through forced labor, debt, bondage, forced marriage and commercial sexual exploitation. … See all stories on this topic

Ky. advocates: Fighting human traffickers difficult Louisville Courier-Journal – Louisville,KY,USA By Peter Smith • psmith@courier-journal.com • January 11, 2009 While Kentucky lawmakers passed tough new penalties in 2007 against human trafficking, … See all stories on this topic

Editorial: Fight against human trafficking Ventura County Star – Camarillo,CA,USA To learn more about the trafficking of society’s most vulnerable members and the efforts to combat this modern-day form of slavery, go to the Human Rights … See all stories on this topic

Striking the Brothels’ Bottom Line New York Times – United States In trying to figure out how we can defeat sex trafficking, a starting point is to think like a brothel owner. My guide to that has been Sok Khorn, … See all stories on this topic