January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month

 

Did you know that January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month?  

In 2010, President Barrack Obama proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and urged all Americans to educate themselves about all forms of modern slavery and the signs and consequences of human trafficking. To read his proclamation visit Here

Considered taking time this month to learn more about this topic.  Here are some simple things you can do.

 

Educate yourself:

• For a list For a list of Suggested Books go Here
• For Suggested Movies/Documentaries go Here
• Visit Polaris Project and familiarize yourself with the signs
• Visit Shared Hope and learn how pimps target their victims.

 

Educate someone else:

• Tell someone else that slavery still exists (a friend, your small group, co-workers)
• Host a movie night and show one of the suggested movies from the link above

 

Get Involved:

• Enter the Human Trafficking Hotline # into your phone 888-373-7888
• Take the survey at Slavery Footprint to see how many slaves work for you.
• Research organizations in your area that are fighting against human trafficking and sign up for their newsletter or email.
• Pray, Pray, Pray - There is no better weapon in the fight against Human Trafficking

Specifically, January 11th is the day set aside as Human Trafficking Awareness Day.  Consider setting a timer on your phone to go off every 2 minutes as a reminder that every 2 minutes a child is trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation.  When someone asks you about your timer be prepared to share this statistic with them.