Maria's story: From Guatemala to Hell

This is excerpted from Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter’s book, The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today. The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), based in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, works with survivors of sexual slavery. In their training sessions and public seminars, they present the story of a young girl …

Human Trafficking

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but with the busyness of the last quarter and the downtime afforded me by this spring break, I’m only getting around to it now. I’m only offering a snapshot, providing some links, hoping you’ll go look up some stuff for yourself and get involved in …