Think slavery ended when ol’ Honest Abe signed the Emancipation Proclamation? Think again.
Human Trafficking (n): modern day slavery - the sale, transport, and profit from humans who are forced to work for others against their will; see debt bondage, bonded labor, attached labor, forced labor, indentured servitude
Ladies and gentlemen, there are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world today, 80% of which are female and 50% are children. Nearly 200,000 slaves currently live in the US and thousands are trafficked into our country every year. Think California has clean hands with this issue? Negative. 17,000 slaves are brought into and through California per year. Interested in other guilty places? Try Australia, Burma, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines, Turkey, Greece, Haiti, Saudi Arabia, the United States… the list goes on. Globally, the slave trade generates $32 billion annually, making it the 2nd largest criminal activity. That’s ridiculous. People are not objects or property to buy and sell.
STOP (n): a grassroots movement against human trafficking and modern day slavery
Modern day abolitionists needed. Do you have what it takes? STOP and think.
“Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.” – Dalai Lama
For more information about the organization STOP and/or meeting times and movie dates, go to their website located here: http://www.csuchico.edu/stop/index.php
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