National Freedom Day-2010

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month culminates in National Freedom Day Feb.1
National Freedom Day is an observance in the United States that honors the signing of a resolution that proposed the 13th amendment of the nation’s constitution on February 1, 1865. Abraham Lincoln, who was the president at the time, signed the resolution to [...]

Alameda County’s crackdown on human traffickers gets tougher

The state’s new asset forfeiture law is being applied in an Oakland case, authorities say
By Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune
Posted: 01/25/2010 12:01:00 AM PST
Updated: 01/25/2010 09:19:00 AM PST
OAKLAND — On a warm May evening in 2008, Richard Ashley, an Oakland minister at the time, met a man named Kalvin Craven in a motel parking lot.
Craven was 20, a cocky [...]

We can all work together to eradicate modern slavery

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Luis CdeBaca,
Ambassador-At-Large
January 6, 2010
Dear Friend,
Happy New Year!  I am energized and hopeful about the good work we can do together in this important anniversary year.  2010 will mark the 10th year since the promulgation of the United Nation’s Palermo Protocol and the signing of the Trafficking Victims Protection [...]

Global Slavery and the Plague of Poverty in the Majority World

Years passed, but she continued to trust that her prayers for deliverance would be answered…and they where

Presidential Proclamation: National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

The White House Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release: January 04, 2010
Presidential Proclamation:

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
A PROCLAMATION
The United States was founded on the principle that all people are born with an unalienable right to freedom — an ideal that has driven the engine of American progress throughout our history. As a [...]

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is January 11, 2010
In Las Vegas, the Associates and Sisters have been working very hard to use this date, as an awareness and educational “moment”. To commemorate this day, Associates and Sisters have been stuffing “thousands” of small plastic bags with rosary beads and prayer cards, to be handed [...]