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People and Organization's from across TN will participate in bringing awareness regarding Human Trafficking in their state during the month of May. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Trafficking In America Task Force coordinates Human Trafficking Awareness Month for the state of TN in May along with http://www.ABridgeofHope.org Memphis, TN. Both non-profit charitable organizations are originators of TN's Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and are dedicated to bringing awareness to...
The Trafficking In America Conferences are designed for the general public to become informed and educated by Experts and Authorities; to protect their at-risk youth; and to mobilize and engage people across America to help turn this horrendous crime of human trafficking around. Prevention is the key with this year's theme, Creating a Culture Free of Slavery. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) April 09, 2013 Yvonne Williams, co-founder and President of Trafficking in America Task Force is proud to...
The conference, designed to engage more people in the crusade to end modern day slavery, is open to the general public. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 Nashville, TN, March 21, 2013 – The Trafficking in America Task Force is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Americans about the sale of men, women and children into sexual slavery and forced labor, a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. The annual Trafficking in America Conference, which is open to the general...
Yvonne Williams, co-founder and President of Trafficking in America Task Force is proud to announce one of the Key Note Speakers for the 2013 Trafficking In America Task Force will be Frank Schaeffer, American author, film director, screenwriter, public speaker, and activist. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 The Trafficking In America Conferences are designed for the general public to become informed and educated by experts and authorities; to protect their at-risk youth; and to...
<cite> </cite> <cite>Call to Action: Join the Fight to End Modern-Day Slavery</cite> OAKLAND, Calif., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Made In A Free World (formerly Slavery Footprint), a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending modern-day slavery, today announced a new initiative aimed at engaging more Americans in the ongoing fight against human trafficking. The Be Here Now video campaign references moments in history when people stood up...
FreedomCommons.org provides first-ever ratings for members of Congress on anti-trafficking support; equips Americans to connect and take action in their communities WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency that brings rescue for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression, launched The Freedom Commons (freedomcommons.org), an online destination for anti-slavery advocates to...
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Starlet Demi Moore and Philanthropist Arden Wohl will co-host the GEMS Benefit Gala on October 17(th), 2012 at El Museo del Barrio in New York City. The gala will honor Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, GEMS, the largest service provider to commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked girls and young women in the US. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this event will go to GEMS critical services for victims and...
CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Right now there are more slaves on earth than at any other time in history: 27 million worldwide. Many of those being bought and sold are caught up in the sex trade, and many of them are children. Mary Frances Bowley, author of The White Umbrella: Walking With Survivors of Sex Trafficking, hopes to inspire those who want to help, but do not know where to begin. "Sex trafficking isn't just going on 'out there' somewhere. It's happening in your...
Highlighted as an anti-trafficking leader in President's Remarks, IJM celebrates new Executive Order and calls for next steps to be taken NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Human rights organization International Justice Mission today welcomed President Obama's first major address on human trafficking and celebrated the announcement of an Executive Order to end labor trafficking in U.S. Government overseas contracts. "I've signed a new Executive Order that...
Grant provided by Google.org will mobilize millions of Americans WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International Justice Mission (IJM), Polaris Project and Slavery Footprint announced today that they will be implementing a multi-impact unified initiative to mobilize millions of Americans to fight modern-day slavery around the world. Google.org will be funding the creation of this $1.8 million unified initiative in the United States, as one of three multi-year...
