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I’m not buying it – The Super Bowl & Sex Trade

I'm Not Buying It
I'm Not Buying It | traffick911.com

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.
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Help end modern day slavery (2011)

Slavery is wrong
Slavery is wrong

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:

  • 200,000 American children are at risk for trafficking into the sex industry
  • 14,500-17,500 people are trafficked into the United States
  • 5,000-7,000 people are trafficked into the United States from East Asia and the Pacific
  • 3,500-5,500 people are trafficked into the United States from each of the following regions: Latin America, Europe, and Eurasia

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.

“You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.” – William Willberforce

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.

Help end modern day slavery (and five ways you can help)

Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day…

It’s also the just a few days away from the 146th anniversary of the day our 13th Amendment was introduced to Congress — which set out to abolish slavery in the United States.

Yet today — modern day slavery still exists — in so many forms.

Sex trade, immigrant farmers working in Florida, children mining for coltan, chocolate and coffee farmers around the world — and so much more.

I encourage you to do a 5 things today…

1. Change your Twitter/Facebook/MySpace avatar to support One Voice to End Slavery:

2. Join One Voice to End Slavery

3. Visit the Human Trafficking section on Change.org and read at least 5 articles

4. Share the link to at least one story from Change.org on Facebook or Twitter

5. Watch David Bastone talk about human trafficking at Google:

Then let us know what you learn.

What impacted you the most? What did you learn when doing one (or all) of the steps above?

What other steps have you taken to end modern day slavery?