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October 2008 Blog Posts (13)

Another chance to see Call + Response

Haven't see Call + Response yet?

Some of you have another chance!! After it's week long run a few weeks ago the film will be newly released in some locations and re released in others. Check below for the dates of when it will start playing and the locations.

This is a very impacting movie about current day slavery around the world. Something that's so different about this film is that it was made by a musician. He calls out to other musicians who respond with music on… Continue

Added by Lydia on October 31, 2008 at 8:19pm — 1 Comment

DOJ Issues Regulations for T visas, available to Victims of Trafficking

http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/obtainlpr/oblpr071.htm

Added by Mindy Lee on October 30, 2008 at 4:45pm — 1 Comment

Historic verdict as Niger is convicted of failing to protect woman sold into slavery

Story Taken from Independent News

Historic verdict as Niger is convicted of failing to protect woman sold into slavery

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi in Niamey

Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Hadijatou Mani said: 'No woman should suffer the way I did'

The West African regional Court of Justice has… Continue

Added by Charles Lee on October 30, 2008 at 4:07pm — 1 Comment

Busted in LOS ANGELES + Palm Springs Check it out

Check this article out. Another story about a 28 year old being busted for running a trafficking ring in LA.
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9262088&nav=menu191_2

Added by Johnny on October 29, 2008 at 7:52pm — 1 Comment

What Can WE do about this?! Please Read

http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D943QMH01

Illegal immigrants, 23 of them from India. Somehow trafficked to North Dakota of all places (yup) and were forced to pay $20,000 and were promised green cards and premanent residency. But now they are being prosecuted for having illegal counterfeit documents with fake SOcial security numbers. My guess is they didn't really want to be tricked into coming here to "rebuild after Hurrican Katrina" ....

What can be… Continue

Added by Johnny on October 28, 2008 at 7:35pm — 1 Comment

Latest Operation Cross Country II Targets Human Traffickers!!!! Check this story out!

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9247191

Big big operation throughout 29 cities in the US.

Here's some other news sources about it:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_10831378
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102703094.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/27/child.prostitutes.freed/

Added by Johnny on October 28, 2008 at 12:44am — 1 Comment

A must read..

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cut, paste, read....

Added by Greg Russinger on October 27, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Path to Freedom for Nigerien Woman

Read this article from BBC
Copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7692396.stm

Added by Lydia on October 27, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Youngsters

Yesterday I went to the pumpkin patch just outside the city of Portland with 3 fellow JustOne members. We all happened to be wearing our bright red JustOne hoodies...seriously we did not plan that! This girl came running up to us and was asking if we were from One Voice because she's starting a thing at her high school in Scappoose. I gave her a card and wrote my info on it so we can get in contact with each other and tell her about meetings. She was so pumped! It was really cool to see a high… Continue

Added by Monica Lauritsen on October 26, 2008 at 8:41am — 2 Comments

JustOne LA Benefit Photos Uploaded

We (JustOne) had our first LA Benefit last month at the Paseo in Pasadena. The following is a brief slideshow of some of the photos taken during the night:

Thanks for your continual support of… Continue

Added by Charles Lee on October 26, 2008 at 12:01am — No Comments

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 <---Download it Free right now!

Hey Guys, just wanted to quickly share the Trafficking in Persons Report 2008.
It's the Department of State's compiled information about the Trafficking situation Country By Country!
In it you will find some good information about what is going on, how the governments are intervening and what NGOs are doing. It's a great little window into tons of countries. Check it out here--->

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

Added by Johnny on October 24, 2008 at 9:23am — No Comments

Slavery Map

I just stumbled upon this slavery map through callandresponse.com. It gives one some idea of the kind of slavery that's taking place in the United States. People report incidents of slavery and put it on the map.

http://slaverymap.org/

Added by Lydia on October 20, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

United Nations Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons

The United Nations just released their "Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons" this past Thursday (October 9th). It is a thorough document (over 500+ pages) that provides up-to-date stats, legislative development, and global strategies. According to UN’s website, the goals of this toolkit are to:

* Prevent and combat trafficking,

* Protect and assist its victims, and

* Promote international… Continue

Added by Charles Lee on October 17, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments