11 Ideas for the 11th (National Human Trafficking Awareness Day)

January 11th will be National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

There are over 27 million slaves STILL!!! around the world today. Many of them are in trafficked into the United States every year (estimated at over 14,000 per year). In light of this reality and our observance of this trafficking awareness day, we at One Voice to End Slavery created . Here’s what we can do about it:

#1 Learn more.
Find useful documents to download at www.freetheslaves.net, www.onevoicetoendslavery.com
and http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

#2 Memorize ONE Phone Number – 888-3737-888.
This is the national trafficking hotline number. If you suspect slavery or exploitation, call this number. To find out more about what to look for, visit www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking.

#3 Give.
Send $11 to a local anti-slavery/trafficking agency, coalition, organization, or shelter. Everything helps. Visit www.slavery.alltop.com.

#4 Advocate for change.
Call or write your elected officials. Tell them that you care about the issue of human trafficking and want stronger laws to protect victims and prosecute criminals. Keep reminding them. Get news from www.polarisproject.org on how to engage in political action and advocacy.

#5 Vote.
Let your voice be heard by voting to create a campaign to build more trafficking shelters at www.change.org/ideas/view/national_campaign_to_build_more_trafficki...

#6 Consume wisely.
Hold businesses accountable and ask corporations to join the fight against slavery. Visit www.chainstorereaction.com and email companies to ensure that their products are slave-free. Soon you will be able to demand a SLAVE-FREE brand.

#7 ‘Face’-slavery.
Post articles, videos, tag-lines and/or replace your facebook picture with the One Voice to End Slavery logo all day.

#8 Movie Night.
Host a film and invite your friends over and/or head to your local theatre. Movies like Trade, Call+Response, Cargo, Fields of Mudan, Slumdog Millionaire, etc.

#9 Do what you love.
Use your talents to fight slavery. Do an art project and display it in a public place. Use a sports event to raise awareness and funds for the issue. Talk about the issue at a concert, or make it a benefit for survivors. Film a movie on the state of modern-day slavery. Write about the issue and post it on your blog.

#10 The Freeze Project.
Learn more on how you, your group, friends, faith community, school, business, can put a freeze of trafficking. Go to www.thefreezeproject.com.

#11 Body Activism.
Purchase a One Voice to End Slavery hoodie or t-shirt and let what you wear speak loudly. Upload a picture of your hoodie or t-shirt on our web site. For more information, visit www.just4one.org or www.onevoicetoendslavery.com.

This is a resource created by One Voice to End Slavery.

Click on the following link for a pdf insert of the list of items above:

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