Viewing Women Through The Eyes of “The Wife of Noble Character” (Proverbs 31:10-31)
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"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." ~Proverbs 31:30
Archive for November, 2008
Nov 25, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Silence is acceptance
The World Congress III against the Sexual Exploitation of Children seeks to prevent the sexual abuse of children.
Nov 24, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Matching Gift Increases Donor Impact In Fight Against Slavery, Violent Oppression
WASHINGTON, DC – IJM donors have the opportunity to see the impact of their financial support doubled this Thanksgiving. The Maclellan Foundation has offered to match all new gifts to IJM dollar-for-dollar up to $200,000.
Nov 24, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
IJM Canada, Cambodia Featured in "100 Huntly Street" Telethon
ONTARIO, CANADA ? November 24 through 28, IJM?s work in Cambodia will be featured on the annual telethon of 100 Huntley Street, the flagship production of Canadian broadcaster Crossroads Christian Communications. The daily program, which has been on the air for more than 30 years, hosts an annual telethon to enable viewers to support organizations making an impact in the world. The program?s producers have set a goal of raising $250,000 for IJM during this exciting week.
Nov 22, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
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Nov 21, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Lang Lang: Music for children
World-renowned pianist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lang Lang launched a new foundation to help support young musicians.
Nov 19, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Former Slaves Receive Vital Government Financial Assistance
BANGLAORE, INDIA ? On Monday, 20 October 2008, six victims rescued from slavery at a farm last spring through the collaboration of IJM and local authorities received 20,000 rupees each (approximately $408 USD) in government rehabilitation assistance ? the equivalent of more than seven months of wages for many of the workers.
Nov 14, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Illinois Teens Raise $10,000 for clean water
I spent an incredible weekend with over 2000 passionate high schools students from Illinois. Blood:Water Mission was a mission focus for the Illinois Christian Teen Conference. The theme of the conference was "clean" and their mission focus was to raise money for Blood:Water Mission and its clean water projects.
Nov 12, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Reversibility of Hiv/Aids stigma
I have been thinking about the best way to carry out my blog in order to generate genuine interest and going as far as being thought provoking and in the process eliciting contribution to the subject at hand from people from all walks of life. I would try as much as possible to have open ended discussions on topics that I am writing whilst trying to raise questions that readers could venture to answer or forward more angles to look at the problem. I hope to generate constructive discussions which can be a source of insightful information and if possible provide a new way of approaching such emerging facets of an old problem.
Nov 11, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
November is National Adoption Month
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November is National Adoption Awareness Month. You might wonder what that tidbit of information might have to do with a blog on disabilities and the church. There are a number of convergences when one closely examines the intersection of adoption and disabilities. So, let’s look at a few of these convergences and then look at a few ways local Christians and the local church can intercede on behalf of orphans.
Nov 10, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Craigslist Agrees to Curb Sex Ads
By BRAD STONE
Published: November 6, 2008
The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The online classifieds company Craigslist said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with 40 state attorneys general and agreed to tame its notoriously unruly “erotic services” listings.
Prostitutes and sex-oriented businesses have long used that section of Craigslist to advertise their services. Along with their ads, they often include pornographic photos.
Early this year, the attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, representing 40 states, sent a letter to Craigslist demanding that it purge the site of such material and better enforce its own rules against illegal activity, including prostitution. The two sides began a series of conversations about what Craigslist could do to prevent such ads from appearing.
“They identified ads that were crossing the line,” said Jim Buckmaster, chief executive of Craigslist. “We looked at those ads, we saw their point, and we resolved to see what we could do to get that stuff off the site.”
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Nov 06, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
San Francisco Defeats Proposition K!
Helps to Ensure Victims of Human Trafficking are not Overlooked!
We at Not For Sale would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of San Francisco for taking an analytical look at Proposition K and realizing the dangerous implications it contained for victims of trafficking.
As an organization Not for Sale, along with the “No On K” Coalition, actively worked to defeat this Proposition and on November 4th San Franciscans came out and voiced their opposition to K. Proponents to K attempted to hide the dangerous implications of K by downplaying the significant role human trafficking plays within the industry in San Francisco and characterizing the efforts of Not for Sale and other organizations as “racial profiling”.
Upon first glance Proposition K, a proposition to decriminalize prostitution, might seem like a ballot measure that would increase the rights of individuals working within the sex industry. In reality this proposition, masquerading as a progressive measure, would have greatly undermined the efforts of local law enforcement to prevent and combat human trafficking. This initiative would have essentially tied the hands of San Francisco law enforcement when attempting to combat human trafficking. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris voiced her opposition for Proposition K stating it “would expressly bar the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking crimes… Many people in the commercial sex trade have been trafficked and forced to participate in commercial sex. This measure would attempt to provide safe harbor to their traffickers.”
The dark secret about Proposition K, discovered by many San Francisco voters, is that Prop K would have created a legal loophole emboldening human traffickers within San Francisco by providing them with virtually free reign. Not for Sale and many others worked tirelessly to ensure that victims of human trafficking were not further marginalized by the passage of Proposition K.
Lets continue to work together to ensure the victims of human trafficking have the rights and services they desperately need and deserve.
Thank you San Francisco for your support!
Kilian Moote
Program Director
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Nov 06, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
