We are starting the new year with a new campaign to spread awareness of human trafficking through reading. See our article about our Read/Recommend
/Act Campaign. Also in commemoration of the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we have organized numerous events to build awareness and promote preventative action in SW Florida. If you live in Florida, we hope you will attend one of these events. If you live elsewhere and would like help to organize similar events, that's our mission!! We'll be glad to help. Nola Theiss Executive Director |
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Thank You
Again and OOPS!
Last time we told you about Xtric8, a socially conscious company which sells a"Silence" T-shirt to educate people about human trafficking, but we gave you the wrong web address. so here's the correction:
Go to www.Xtric8.org
They are giving HTAP a percentage of the sale price of each T-shirt sold as a donation.
In addition to human trafficking, they support a number of other worthy causes. We are proud to partner with them.
Update on Made by US event
On November 19, the first annual "Made by US" event was held in Ft. Myers. Women-made fashion, food and social change was highlighted in a fashion show and market and women -owned cottage industries were supported as were both HTAP and the GRACE Project. Gari Lewis, the originator and organizer of the event vows to do it every year and is willing to advise other groups who may be interested.
Viewing/Reading
Recommendations
It's taken me a while to get to Victor Malarek's "The Johns" and I don't know what I was waiting for. As we all become more and more aware that we can't stop sex trafficking if we don't address the demand, this well researched book written in 2009 addresses the role of pornography, the legalization/decriminilizat
ion of prostitution debate and the cultural role in the creation of demand. Malarek calls prostution the "Oldest Oppression" with good cause!
So many movies, TV shows and novels now have human trafficking as one of their main plot lines, it's hard to even keep a list. Ruth Rendell's recent novel "The Vault" is just one of many examples. It's a real indication of how far we've come in building awareness nationally and on a global level. |
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What's Happening in Our Community?
We are very happy to announce a series of events which will highlight nationally known advocates against human trafficking. These events are being held at Edison State College, Lee Campus, Ft. Myers, FL and will feature the new movie "Immokalee USA" and director Georg Kozulinski will speak about the filming experience on January 9. Theresa Flores, survivor, social worker, author and human trafficking advocate will speak on January 19. A panel of local experts talking about the work being done in SW Florida with volunteer opportunities will be held on January 26.
We hope the combination of this exploration of labor trafficking, domestic minor sex trafficking and effective partnerships and action will offer inspiration to others to join the fight.
A Word about Theresa
Theresa Flores is an amazing woman. I had the opportunity to co-present with her at a conference in Dothan, Alabama in 2010 and have become a great admirer of her work, her energy, her resilience and her dedication. When the Zonta Club of Sanibel- Captiva decided they wanted to create an awareness event that would bring home the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking, she was the first person to come to mind. Her appearance here triggered a series of events planned at Edsion State College as well as a number of events on Sanibel. If you would like to see a short clip of a speech she recently gave, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QW_nsAjweE
and if you want more information about all the events, call
239-395-2635 or info@humantraffickingawareness.org.
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HTAP's Read/Recommend/Act Campaign
We believe that the more available information about human trafficking is, the more likely it is that people will learn and take action.
- Read these books and learn more about human trafficking.
- Recommend these books to your local library and bookstores and encourage others to read and buy these books.
- Act on what you've learned.
HTAP's Recommended Reading List
"A Crime So Monstrous" by E. Benjamin Skinner
"Ending Slavery: How we Free Today's Slaves", Kevin Bales.
"Girls Like Us", Rachel Lloyd
"Half the Sky" by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn
"The Johns" by Victor Malarek
"The Natashas" by Victor Malarek
"Nobodies" by John Bowe
"Not for Sale" by David Batsone
"The Slave Across the Street" by Theresa Flores
"The Slave Hunter" by Aaron Cohen and Christine Buckley
"The Slave Next Door" by Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter
"Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery" by Siddharth Kara
"Somebody's Daughter" by Julian Sher
"Stolen Lives" by Jaycee Duggard
These authors all have their own stories to tell, their own research to share and their own points of view. After you've read them, you will have a well rounded knowledge of human trafficking and be ready for more. That is why we are open to suggestions for additions and reviews. |
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Presidential Proclamation
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, January 1-February 1, 2012
Excerpts from this year's Annual Proclamation. For the complete procalamation click here: Presidential Proclamation
"Human trafficking endangers the lives of millions of people around the world, and it is a crime that knows no borders. Trafficking networks operate both domestically and transnationally, and although abuses disproportionally affect women and girls, the victims of this ongoing global tragedy are men, women, and children of all ages. Around the world, we are monitoring the progress of governments in combating trafficking while supporting programs aimed at its eradication. From forced labor and debt bondage to forced commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude, human trafficking leaves no country untouched. With this knowledge, we rededicate ourselves to forging robust international partnerships that strengthen global anti-trafficking efforts, and to confronting traffickers here at home.
My Administration continues to implement our comprehensive strategy to combat human trafficking in America. By coordinating our response across Federal agencies, we are working to protect victims of human trafficking with effective services and support, prosecute traffickers through consistent enforcement, and prevent human rights abuses by furthering public awareness and addressing the root causes of modern slavery. The steadfast defense of human rights is an essential part of our national identity, and as long as individuals suffer the violence of slavery and human trafficking, we must continue the fight.
With the start of each year, we commemorate the anniversaries of the Emancipation Proclamation, which became effective on January 1, 1863, and the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery, which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln and submitted to the States for ratification on February 1, 1865."
--- Barack Obama
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New ARTREACH banner
The banner above shows the art and artists from the Quality Life Center during a program we held in October and November. Quality Life Center does an amazing job, providing students with mentoring, academic and social opportunities as well as programs like ARTREACH. We created two banners: one for the students which is displayed at the facility and one that we display at outreach and training events.
These students used a price tag theme to show that human life has no price and is not for sale. These students also wrote poetry which is used in the banner.
This banner as well as another one from another group,
Pine Manor Association, which we will highlight in the next newsletter are outcomes of a new format for ARTREACH: 90 minute programs and extended art sessions during existing afterschool programs. It has been an exciting challenge to adapt to the schedules of these students who are in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Because these afterschool classes often include boys and girls, we are focusing on information that will teach the kids how to protect themselves, but we also look at the demand side of the issue.
We have also created a website for the ARTREACH program:
www.htapARTREACH.org which showcases the work and the participants in these programs.
If you are interested in conducting an ARTREACH program in your community, we would be glad to help you. To learn more, click here: www.htapARTREACH.org |
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