End It

Ministries for Trafficking:

http://worldrelief.org/Page.aspx?pid=3064

http://exoduscry.com/

http://stoptraffickfashion.com

http://daughtershouse.wordpress.com/resources/

http://magdalenestl.org/

http://www.gems-girls.org/get-involved http://www.gems-girls.org/about/research-resources

http://www.somaly.org/

http://www.love146.org/

http://www.thea21campaign.org/

http://3strandsglobal.com/index.cfm?pID=3331

http://www.worldvision.org/our-impact/child-protection

http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/

http://run2rescue.com/faq.html

http://www.hagarusa.org/

Love Alone is Worth the Fight

Ways to Fight Trafficking (adapted from various sources including: http://projectrescue.com/5-ways-you-can-fight-sexual-slavery/)

Learn

-Read articles about trafficking occurring in Missouri, the US, and overseas
-Read book on trafficking. I personally can recommend these books: Half the Sky:Turning Opression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. "Girls Like Us" by Rachel Lloyd. "Passport through Darkness" By Kimberly L Smith. Terrify No More by Gary Haugen.

-Watch a documentary on trafficking. 

-Read in the Bible what God has to say about justice and the oppressed

Pray

-Set aside time to pray for those in slavery

-Organize a prayer group

Give

-Support and/or fund-raise for a ministry that fights trafficking through prevention, rescue, and after-care. 

-Host a fund-raise party where people can buy products that vulnerable women make to help prevent trafficking

-Sponsor a child who is vulnerable to being trafficked

Serve/Educate

-Tell your friends, family, church, etc. about what you have learned about trafficking

-Host a documentary night or a book study 

-Get involved with organizations that fight trafficking

-Learn how to identify victims of sexual slavery and trafficking from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rescue & Restore Campaign.

-Lobby Politicians

We Are Called to Speak

Proverbs 31:8-9

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, 

 for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; 

 defend the rights of the poor and needy."

Who is at risk of becoming a victim of human sex trafficking? 

Since trafficking victims can be rich or poor, men or women, adults or children, and foreign nationals or U.S. citizens, everyone is at risk for being trafficked. However, traffickers typically prey on individuals who are vulnerable in some way because they are easier to recruit and control. Some examples of high risk populations include undocumented migrants, runaways and at-risk youth, and oppressed or marginalized groups. (http://www.bridgetsdream.org/faq-s.html) 

For more information read here: http://love146.org/slavery/

Running for Freedom

Update: Half-way to my goal of $325, but would love to see my goal exceeded! Thanks for your participation! 

Tread on Trafficking

As I made the decision to run the MO' Cowbell Half Marathon, I decided to also support an organization, Love146, that supports a cause I strongly believe in: ending child trafficking and exploitation. I will have regular updates on this blog and on this website Running for Freedom. If 25 people give $13 to match the 13 miles I will be running, I will achieve my goal of $325. Follow along and consider supporting these efforts to fight trafficking!