The Candy Shop is a finalist in The 2010 Doorpost Film festival and is now available for online viewing.
The movie stars Doug Jones, who some of you may remember from another Doorpost Film, The Butterfly Circus, and Curt Roland.
It’s just under 30 minutes long and will definitely give new meaning to the term “Candy Shop” for you.
I encourage you to take half-an-hour and watch it.
Continue reading The Candy Shop available for online viewing
Traffick911 in the Dallas area has launched a number of PSAs just in time for the Super Bowl to raise awareness and to help fight human trafficking.
According to recent stats, 15% of all phone calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline come from Texas and it’s estimated that an event like the Super Bowl will bring hundreds (if not thousands) of young girls to the area for the sole purpose of being prostituted to the football enthusiasts.
Continue reading I’m not buying it – The Super Bowl & Sex Trade
Jan. 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Modern day slavery exists in the world today for 27 million held in some form of captivity. 80% of them are women; 50% are underage children and 70% of the females are trafficked for sexual exploitation purposes.
These are not prostitutes. These are women and girls that are being prostituted.
According to the Trafficking in Persons Report, every year:
On Jan. 12, 2010 a massive earthquake destroyed much of Haiti. Since the earthquake it’s estimated that more than 2,000 Haitian children have been sold into slavery and trafficked to other countries.
Each year, 800,000 people become human trafficking victims and are transported across international borders. According to the Texas Attorney General, 20 percent of those people (or 160,000 people) pass through Texas.
Closer to home, Irving Police busted a man earlier this month for trafficking children through Dallas.
Modern slavery is alive and all around us.
Find out more…
And finally, I challenge you to do at least 1 thing today to help raise awareness. Whether it’s a Facebook status update, changing your online avatar, a Twitter update, sharing a link to this post or one of the great resources listed here… do something.
Coming later this month…
I meant to get this vidoe/post up earlier today but alas, time wasn’t on my side.
This is the re-cap video from Thursday night’s Freeze Project in Rockwall ::
We had a decent response — 15 or so showed up to take part.
But in the midst of several hundred people (if not thousand) we were a bit over-shadowed. We plan to do it again towards the end of summer — so hopefully you’ll come out and join us if you’re in the Dallas area.
The key was raise awareness about modern day human trafficking (aka Atlantic Triangular Trade — argggh!) and we did that — so that’s what matters.
Find out more and learn how to hold your own Freeze Project at www.thefreezeproject.com
Next Thursday, May 20th, we’ll hold Dallas’ own Freeze Project at the Harbor in Rockwall to raise awareness about human trafficking.
The Freeze Project is another great initiative of JustOne…
The Inspiration:
The idea was inspired by a group in New York called Improv Everywhere. Props to them!
Our Twist to the Idea:
Our twist to this idea would be to use this creative method for drawing attention to social injustices around the world.
Continue reading Dallas Area Freeze Project :: May 20th