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Celebrate National Freedom Day

Celebrate National Freedom Day February 1st, 2018 is National Freedom Day in the United States. National Freedom Day is celebrated because on February 1st, 1865 Abraham Lincoln signed the joint resolution from the House and the Senate that eventually

Read Polaris Project’s New Report on Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses

Read Polaris Project’s new report on Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses In a new report created by the Polaris Project, more than 9,000 illicit massage businesses (IMBs) have been found across the United States, many of which are venues for hu

Update Your Spring Wardrobe with Fair Trade Items

Update Your Spring Wardrobe with Fair Trade Items Spring is in the air in mid-March. Celebrate the new season by updating your wardrobe with fair trade items to ensure you are living a slave-free lifestyle. Need fair trade inspiration? Check out our

Host an Aruna Run in Your City

Host an Aruna Run in Your City An Aruna Run is a 5k run/walk where participants are able to raise funds that help secure freedom for a specific woman trapped in sexual slavery today. When you sign up to run in an Aruna run, you are given the name of

Celebrate the Passing of the FOSTA-SESTA Bill

Celebrate the Passing of the FOSTA-SESTA Bill The FOSTA-SESTA bill will make it possible for federal and state prosecutors to target websites that host sex-trafficking ads and enables victims and state attorneys general to file lawsuits against those

Buy Fair Trade Flowers this Spring

Buy Fair Trade Flowers this Spring Fairtrade certified flower farms ensure safety and good conditions for workers, important when employees are often vulnerable young women. Fairtrade flower workers earn a wage that is at or above the national minimu

Give a Fair Trade Mother’s Day Gift

Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May. Celebrate by giving all the mothers in your life a gift that is fair trade. If a product is fair trade certified, that means it is made with slave-free labor. Help encourage this practice by incorporating fai

Buy Fair Trade Wine

Buy fair trade wine for National Wine Day! In April of 2017, the New York Times published a story exposing the modern day slavery that exists in Italy’s wine industry. The report focused on a woman named Paola Clemente, a woman who spent 12 hours a d

Host a Movie Night and Watch Beasts of No Nation

The use of child soldiers is illegal under international law, and is a particular and horrible form of modern-day slavery. Children who are associated with armed conflicts experience incredible psychological trauma, and often struggle to regain any s

Plan a Visit to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

If you are looking for a vacation destination, consider traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio and visiting the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and particularly the modern-day slavery permanent exhibit, Invisible: Slavery Today. The National Und