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8 posts tagged Slavery
Art Show to End Human Slavery
Our family had the priviledge to attending the Not-For-Sale “Free to Create” Art Show in Fayetteville on Saturday night…
If you’re not familiar with NFS, I’d encourage you to spend some time on their website as they couragously fight to free the 27 million people that are entrapped in slavery today. Tragically, the vast majority of slaves today are children in forced labor situations and sex-trafficking. These are children just like yours and mine…sweet, innocent and deserving life.
At the art show, we saw this painting (sorry my picture doesn’t do it justice), and it captured me.
- African child by Freedom Rodriguez (image is copyrighted)
Why did it capture me…see those eyes? Those eyes are a reminder that every child deserves life, and, honestly, I forget those eyes everyday. So, this is my reminder to not forget…a reminder to stand up for life and protect those who can’t protect themselves.
have to give some kudos to MTV EXIT Campaign to frame human trafficking in a way that brings attention to the fact it is a highly organized industry.
this is from Change.org’s End Human Trafficking Blog Post International Traffickers Association
“I freed a thousand slaves but I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”
Harriet Tubman
TED.com “Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery”
In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground research — and names the price of freeing every slave on earth right now.
Kevin Bales is the co-founder of Free the Slaves, whose mission is to end all forms of human slavery within the next 25 years. He’s the author of “Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves.”
“Call + Response”
There are 27 million slaves in the world today.
What are we going to do about it?
“Subverting Empire” by Rick McKinley
At Q in 2009, Rick McKinley shared these closing comments. Truth be told, at the time I wasn’t really sure what he was talking about. Today, I’m beginning to learn just how necessary these words are.
