http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Tbo8vyZlY&hl=en&fs=1& Too many people got nothin’ to eat While the rich man a feast on his kill Too many people got blood on their hands Thinkin’ there’s nothin’ else they can do And you go ’bout your day thinkin’ it’s okay Won’t hurt you now if you just look away Imagine one day it’s you, …
Week Six Read A Crime So Monstrous by Ben Skinner, as an exercise in information gathering. It’s one of the best books I’ve read on human trafficking, as he documents his journey to learn more about the new slave trade. It began as a journalistic endeavor: “Before I met those slaves and those traffickers, I …
Here’s a Q&A session with Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In case you haven’t read my previous post on Van Jones and green jobs, here it is. And here’s a video clip of Van at Sojourners’ Mobilization to End Poverty conference back …
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There are an estimated 27 million people in modern day slavery around the world. Between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year. Approximately 80% are women and girls. Up to 50% are minors. Around 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the US from overseas and enslaved every year. About the …