Call + Response
August 2, 2008
“…never forget, justice is what love looks like in public…”
Call+Response is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals a terrifying secret: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. In 2007, slave traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined. Call+Response goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving. First hand accounts from luminaries like Cornel West, Julia Ormond, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Ashley Judd, and Nicholas Kristof provide the backdrop of for this 21st century nightmare. Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed artists including Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, members of Nickel Creek, Rocco Deluca, move this information into inspiration offering this century its first abolitionist songs.
Watch the trailer here:
Visit the Call + Response website for more information: www.callandresponse.com
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7 Terrible Abuses Suffered By Women Around The World
July 27, 2008
For most of us in the West, the biggest troubles in our lives are petrol prices, long working hours, and increasing food costs. For many women in the world, these are the least of their concerns. Terrible atrocities are committed against untold numbers of women around the world every day and for most of these women, justice will never be served. This is a list of the worst of the atrocities. In no particular order:
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How to Buy a Child in 10 Hours
July 8, 2008
ABC news has an excellent story about child slavery. Link to the article here complete with compelling video footage, or for convenience the entire article is copied below:
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Top 10 Facts about Modern Slavery
March 23, 2008
Our friends over at Free The Slaves (freetheslaves.net) have provided a lot of great resources about modern slavery. Begin with the “top 10 facts about modern slavery,” watch two great videos about human trafficking, preview the interactive map, and visit Free the Slaves for more information…
Top 10 Facts about Modern Slavery:
- Slavery: Forced to work without pay under threat of violence and unable to walk away.
- 27 million slaves in the world today
- Slavery is not legal anywhere but happens everywhere.
- The majority of slaves can be found in
- At least 14,500 slaves are trafficked into the
- Slaves work in fields, brothels, homes, mines, restaurants, — anywhere slave owners can feed their greed.
- Human trafficking is the modern-day slave trade.
- $90 is the average cost of a human slave around the world.
- Slave owners use many terms to avoid the word slavery: debt bondage, bonded labor, attached labor, restavec, forced labor, indentured servitude, and human trafficking.
- It is possible to end slavery in 25 years. Everyone has a role to play – government, business, international organizations, consumers, YOU.
Kevin Bales, explains how we can end slavery and human trafficking:
Amazing Grace in theaters now
February 23, 2007
Amazing Grace, based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce, is in theaters now! Visit the movie’s website here. Continue reading for more resources…
Erasing Hate Tour 2007
February 20, 2007
Erasing Hate is a lecture-discussion series in February-March 2007 in cities around the
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Agents of Change: Not For Sale Campaign
February 16, 2007
27 million people are enslaved today. Not For Sale is a campaign of individuals, musicians, artists, people of faith, businesses, schools, and sports teams united to stop it. The Not for Sale Campaign combines technology, intellectual capital, abolitionist groups and a growing network of individuals like yourself - joined together to end slavery in our lifetime. Read on to learn more…
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Agents of Change: The Blind Project
January 17, 2007
The Blind Project is a group of young professionals in the advertising industry. Located in New York City, they are investing their talents and resources with the hopes of making a change and causing awareness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia. View a preview for their upcoming documentary.
Agents of Change: T.E.N. Charities
January 10, 2007
T.E.N. Charities is a local and international response to the human rights emergency of human trafficking - the modern practice of slavery. Beyond raising awareness they also provide a way to become involved in the struggle to end slavery, and give you the tools and support you need to mobilize your friends and your community. Read on to learn more…
Agents of Change: The Amazing Change
September 25, 2006
In conjunction with the release of the film Amazing Grace Walden Media is launching an integrated social justice campaign to carry on William Wilberforce’s vision of mercy and justice called The Amazing Change aimed at:
Increasing literacy about the historical issue of slavery and the abolitionist movement;
Raising awareness about modern day slavery and other forms of oppression;
Motivating people to get involved to abolish slavery;
Raising a new generation of youth who care about suffering in the world and become abolitionists;
Engaging new activists in a life-long journey to invest their time, influence and resources back in the world;
Providing much-needed funding to organizations that are working to abolish slavery.
Learn from them and sign the petition to abolish slavery “www.TheAmazingChange.com” they are trying to get 390k signatures by February.
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