This guest post is by Kit, a blogger for Readingteen.net. Kit usually reviews young adult books, but attempted to tackle the subject of human trafficking for an assignment. I love Kit’s use of stories in her essay. I might often write about human trafficking, but I am guilty of rarely paying tribute to real people’s [… Read More]
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May
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Essay: The Slaves of Today
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Human Trafficking, Int'l Issues, Oppression, Statistics, Women
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May
Action: Letting Your Leaders Know You Don’t Like Slavery
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Action, Current Events, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Legal, Oppression, Petition, Politics, USAMost of the time I wake-up thinking about my plans for the day, the coffee I’m convinced I need, and whether I am in trouble for sleeping in too late. But this morning, while ingesting my cereal, for some reason I was also ingesting the reality there are people- real actual people- that are trapped. [… Read More]
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Apr
Review: Charities to End Malaria
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Disease, Malaria, Medical, Organizations/Charities, ResourcesCharities and Organizations Against Malaria If you haven’t read it yet, read Malaria 101 on the Average Advocate! Considering malaria is a pretty big issue and it threatens the lives of many, here is a compilation of organizations to donate to to help end malaria. Because of organizations like these, the awareness of malaria as [… Read More]
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Apr
Malaria 101
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Action, Disease, Humanitarian Aid, Malaria, Petition, Poverty, StatisticsWorld Malaria Day Every year on this designated day (April 25th), we are reminded that malaria still exists. I have had a few friends who have caught malaria overseas, convincing me that it is nothing I’d want to contract. But, horrifyingly, an African child has a bout with malaria an average of 1.6 to 5.4 [… Read More]
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Apr
Action: Cover the Night to End Slavery (KONY 2012 Pt. 2)
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Action, Child Labor, Current Events, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Int'l Issues, Media, Oppression, Organizations/Charities, Petition, Politics, SpiritualityWhat is KONY 2012 again? Did you see the viral video by INVISIBLE CHILDREN a month or so ago? Many of us did. Over a hundred million of us did. A lot of people who watched this video had never heard of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) before, let alone the horrifying brand of slavery [… Read More]
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Apr
Art of Advocacy: What to Do With that Blasted Holy Discontent
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Art of Advocacy, Biblical Perspective, Human Trafficking, Organizations/Charities, Psychology, Resources, SpiritualityYWAM I used to be a radical. After high school, I moved to Hawaii to be part of a Christian organization called YWAM (Youth With A Mission). YWAM is spiritual, an environment where individuals discover who God is, being empowered to help others do the same. Although faith is at the core of their efforts, [… Read More]
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Apr
Revolution: The Hunger Games
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Current Events, Human Rights, Int'l Issues, Media, Oppression, Politics, Refugees/IDPsThe Hunger Games Have you ever been to an opening night movie? I’ve been floating through life, a virgin to this experience until the Hunger Games came out a week ago. I had some qualms; I love to sleep and am paranoid when afraid I won’t get enough rest. I didn’t want to be forever [… Read More]
- Thank you for your thoughtful post. And oh my gosh--that pic of the child soldier with wings! I think that ...
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Mar
Human Trafficking in Virginia: Is There Hope Tonight?
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Child Labor, Human Trafficking, OppressionThis guest post is by Dorothy, the “Vicar of Vibe” who lives by the motto of “love God, love others, it’s simple…” She is creative, bubbly, and full of passion to end modern slavery. Dorothy leads the Loudoun County (VA) Human Trafficking Task Force, works for Starbucks, and thrives on a creative team, blogging about [… Read More]
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Mar
A Current Event: The Movie Star, the Nuba Mountains, and a Genocide
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Action, Current Events, Developing Countries, Genocide, Int'l Issues, Media, Oppression, Organizations/Charities, Petition, Politics, Refugees/IDPsThanks to George Clooney and Enough Project, another situation in Africa (besides Joseph Kony) is being highlighted. Actually, it probably wouldn’t be getting attention, except Clooney and some others got themselves arrested, protesting outside of the Sudanese Embassy. Way to get attention, Mr. Celebrity. You all remember Sudan’s Darfur, right? You know, there were a [… Read More]
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Mar
For the Love of Controversy: The Kony 2012 Campaign
By esejadmin7 | Filed in Current Events, Human Trafficking, Int'l Issues, Media, Oppression, Organizations/Charities, Orphans, Petition, Refugees/IDPsOn Wednesday morning I woke up to a world which was talking about Joseph Kony. My husband and I sat there, refreshing the Invisible Children’s Facebook page to see the number of likes go up by the second. I am always bitter that stupid things trend on twitter like #thingsnottodoaftereatingtacos or names of obscure celebrates [… Read More]
- Perfectly said my dear friend!
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