Tag Archives: Abolition

11 Practical Ideas to Combat Slavery

Posted in January 4, 2010 by Charles in Humanitarian, Justice | 31 comments

During the month of January, I will be posting several blog posts about slavery in our world today along with practical ideas to help end it in our lifetime. As some of you may already know, January 11th will be National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. I thought it would be appropriate to kick off this month's focus by...

Thoughts About Freedom Day 2009

Posted in April 21, 2009 by Charles in Arts, Conferences, Creativity, Humanitarian, Justice, JustOne, One Voice | 7 comments

Freedom Day came and went this past Sunday in sunny (i.e., extremely hot) San Dimas, CA. We had a few hundred show up to (1) learn more about the issue of modern-day slavery, (2) network with amazing organizations, and (3) collaboratively work together with practical tools to end slavery in our lifetime. This was the second Freedom Day that we at...

Final Round – Please Vote with Me to Fight Slavery on Change.org

Posted in January 6, 2009 by Charles in Humanitarian, Justice | No comments

As many of you already know, there are over 27 million modern-day slaves around the world. Nevertheless, most don't know that thousands of these slaves are trafficked into the United States each year (~14,000 to 17,500 annually). Many of victims of human trafficking end up in labor farms, restaurants, massage parlors, prostitution, and domestic service. Change.org has created...