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11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery

Today is January 11th, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

Each January 11th, we at One Voice to End Slavery post an updated version of the previous year’s list of “11 Practical ideas to Combat Slavery” in hopes that it will be a resource to those desiring to end slavery. This year, we’re calling it “11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery”.  We think “Ending” slavery is a more appropriate title since several currents efforts by organizations, companies, and governments have shown effective in actually putting an end to slavery in various parts of our world.

This list was originally created a couple of years ago and since has been updated to include new ideas.

You will see a link below to a pdf document that contains the information presented on this post. You’re welcomed to download it and pass it along. It is already formatted to be used as an insert for your school, organization, or business.

We invite you to join us in a movement to end slavery in our lifetime.

#1 Learn more.
Find useful documents to download and blogs to read at http://slavery.alltop.com/, http://thedailyreviewer.com/top/slavery, http://ftsblog.net/, and http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2010/

#2 Memorize ONE Phone Number – 888-3737-888.
This is the national trafficking hotline number. If you suspect slavery or exploitation, call this number. To find out more about what to look for, visit www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking.

#3 Give.
Send $11 to a local or global anti-slavery/trafficking agency, coalition, organization, or shelter. Everything helps. Organizations like Polaris Project, International Justice Mission, Free the Slaves, Love146, Stop the Traffik, Salvation Army, and many others are doing phenomenal work in this area.

#4 Advocate for change.
Call or write your elected officials. Tell them that you care about the issue of human trafficking and want stronger laws to protect victims and prosecute criminals. Keep reminding them. Get news from www.polarisproject.org on how to engage in political action and advocacy.

#5 Consume wisely.
Hold businesses accountable and ask corporations to join the fight against slavery. Visit www.chainstorereaction.com and email companies to ensure that their products are slave-free. Soon you will be able to demand a SLAVE-FREE brand.

#6 ‘Face’-slavery.
Post articles, videos, tag-lines and/or replace your Facebook or Twitter avatar with the One Voice to End Slavery logo all day. Click here for logo.

#7 Movie Night.
Host a film and invite your friends over and/or head to your local theatre. Movies like The Dark Side of Chocolate, At the End of Slavery, Very Young Girls, Playground, The Candy Shop, Trade, Call+Response, Cargo, Fields of Mudan, Slumdog Millionaire, etc.

#8 Do what you love.
Use your talents to fight slavery. Do an art project and display it in a public place. Use a sports event to raise awareness and funds for the issue. Talk about the issue at a concert, or make it a benefit for survivors. Film a movie on the state of modern-day slavery. Write about the issue and post it on your blog.

#9 Body Activism.
Purchase a One Voice to End Slavery hoodie or t-shirt and let what you wear speak loudly. Upload a picture of your hoodie or t-shirt on our web site. For more information, visit www.just4one.org or www.onevoicetoendslavery.com.

#10 Contact Local Media.
Write an email, letter, or call your local media to do a story about modern-day slavery or cover one of the organizations you support. Ask them to provide more coverage about the efforts to end slavery in your area. In addition, if your local paper has a section of their paper dedicated to escort services, ask them whether or not they know for sure if the businesses highlighted are not fronts for prostitution and/or slavery.

#11 Pray.
For those with a faith perspective, spend some time praying for people directly impacted by slavery as well as those working to fight it.

Please click the following link to download this information in pdf form:

National Awareness Trafficking Day PDF

There are 88 comments on this post
  1. charlestlee
    January 10, 2011

    Blog Update 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery: Today is January 11th, National Human Trafficking Awareness Da… http://bit.ly/gs2ia0

  2. charlestlee
    January 10, 2011

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    • chadharvey
      January 10, 2011

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    • Mike_Lehr
      January 11, 2011

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  3. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT)

  4. Something Beautiful
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT) // 2day is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

  5. Jonathan D. Blundell
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT) // 2day is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

  6. Red Oak Laundry Love
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT) // 2day is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

  7. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let's end it in our lifetime. http://bit.ly/dRotU6 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery

  8. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let's end it in our lifetime. http://bit.ly/dRotU6 11 Practical Ideas cc @catalystleader @qideas

  9. DK Daniel Kim
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let's end it in our lifetime. http://bit.ly/dRotU6 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery

  10. Rob Morris
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let's end it in our lifetime. http://bit.ly/dRotU6 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery

  11. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… (Please RT)

  12. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 Great orgs @ijmhq @freetheslaves @Polaris_Project @officiallove146

  13. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let’s end it in our lifetime. http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery

  14. Mike Rusch
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let's end it in our lifetime. http://bit.ly/dRotU6 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery .

  15. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Yes, Slavery Still Exists. Let’s end it in our lifetime. http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… 11 Practical Ideas cc @catalystleader @qideas

  16. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… Great orgs @ijmhq @freetheslaves @Polaris_Project @officiallove146

  17. Justice League
    January 11, 2011

    Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Here are 11 Practical Steps to End Slavery via @charlestlee http://bit.ly/hdylTn

  18. Justin McRoberts
    January 11, 2011

    [email protected]_League: Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Read 11 Practical Steps to End Slavery via @charlestlee http://bit.ly/hdylTn

  19. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Thanks everyone for your multiple RT's re: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 // Let's continue to get the word out

  20. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking #NHTAD(Please RT)

  21. gregrussinger
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking #NHTAD(Please RT)

  22. Aaron Cohen
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending #Slavery http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking @charlestlee

  23. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… #HumanTrafficking #NHTAD(Please RT)

  24. Diana Scimone
    January 11, 2011

    Excellent list, Charles! Thank you for all you’re doing to stop the traffic.

    Diana Scimone
    Director
    The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking
    http://www.born2fly.org
    http://www.dianascimone.com

  25. Polaris Project
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #NHTAD

  26. Diana Scimone
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #NHTAD

  27. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    RT @AaronCohen777: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending #Slavery http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking @charlestlee // Thnx Aaron

  28. Human Trafficking Awareness Day | Hempfield UMC Blog
    January 11, 2011

    […] and guest speakers. Click HERE for more information. Blogger Charles Lee has some practical tips HERE of how you can get involved in ending slavery and answering the call of Isaiah 58:6 to “loose […]

  29. IJM HQ
    January 11, 2011

    Thanks @charlestlee for incl @IJMHQ in "11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery:" http://bit.ly/fGqaTc #endslaverytoday

  30. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day! Here are 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT)

  31. Charles
    January 11, 2011

    Thanks Diana! Truly appreciate your efforts towards ending slavery.

  32. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day! Here are 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… (Please RT)

  33. Anna M
    January 11, 2011

    RT @AaronCohen777: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending #Slavery http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking @charlestlee

  34. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Let's End Slavery in Our Lifetime – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT)

  35. Heather
    January 11, 2011

    Here are a few resources not mentioned above:

    http://www.theblindproject.com/
    http://www.somaly.org/whoweare/somaly
    http://www.afesip.org/

    short to watch:
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amexica/115408245483?v=wall

  36. Tom Davis
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: Let's End Slavery in Our Lifetime – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT)

  37. gregrussinger
    January 11, 2011

    Let's End Slavery in Our Lifetime – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT)

  38. VOX Culture Houston » Blog Archive » National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
    January 11, 2011

    […] 11 Practical Steps Check out our friend Charles Lee’s blogpost here. He lists 11 things to help end modern day […]

  39. charlestlee
    January 11, 2011

    Let’s End Slavery in Our Lifetime – http://charlestlee.com/humanitarian/… (Please RT)

  40. badthing
    January 11, 2011

    RT @AaronCohen777: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending #Slavery http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking @charlestlee

  41. Emily Williams
    January 11, 2011

    RT @charlestlee: Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. 11 Practical Ideas to Ending Slavery – http://bit.ly/dRotU6 (Please RT)

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    January 11, 2011

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  44. TAMMY TODD
    January 16, 2011

    RT @AaronCohen777: 11 Practical Ideas to Ending #Slavery http://bit.ly/dRotU6 #HumanTrafficking @charlestlee

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