All Stories
www.ungift.org
... (read more)…WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
love146.org
This past Wednesday was my first day on the Love146 team. I came into a new office, sat at a new desk and was welcomed by new co-workers.After setting up my work email account, I found a message from Dr. Gundelina Velazco, our Director of Asia Aftercare, telling ... (read more)
Is Black History Relevant in 2012?
freedomcenter.org
Is studying black history relevant in 2012? One could presume that since African-American innovations are more visible and greater accepted into popular culture that there is no longer a need to engage in discourse on the topic of black history. However, had it not been for the vision of ... (read more)
Letting Go of Shame
www.hagarinternational.org
There is a shame that does not go away.The shame of being taunted and teased for my disability, of being poor.The shame of being abused, and holding those secrets in my heart.Hagar found me and protected me. But it s still complicated. The court case. School (it s always been hard for me). My family.Sometimes I have just wanted to ... (read more)
Resolution - 2012
www.madebysurvivors.com
The New Year begins with new promises, new resolutions, and new goals for each one of us. But every time we somehow don’t succeed to keep all the resolutions or promises. Yet, we don’t lose hope. Hope is what keeps us get going. So this year also I have ... (read more)
Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, how are you going to take action?
news.change.org
There are more slaves on the planet today than ever before in history.They are sex workers in East Asia, cocoa harvesters in West Africa, miners in the Congo, factory workers in Latin America and even agricultural workers right here in the United States. Â Children, women and men of every ... (read more)
Voice of Survivors: Human Trafficking Prevention Month
www.stopmodernslavery.org
Every day, in every nation on the planet, children are sold and bonded into slavery. Thousands of children. I know, I was one of them.When I was seven years old, a woman approached my family promising to give me a good education and a better life. My ... (read more)