Tweet Free to Live will bring together worship leaders Jon Egan and Meredith Andrews, as well as, Tom Davis-CEO of Children’s HopeChest, for a night of worship, speaking, and a call to action. We cannot ignore the millions living in the awful bondage of sex trafficking and Free to Live is bringing awareness in a multi-media, multi-sensory event sure to empower and equip you to fight against this awful crime against humanity. Here are the dates and the best part is the tickets are completely free! DATE CITY May 11, 2011 Louisville, KY May 12, 2011 Decatur, (Atlanta) GA May 13, 2011 Weddington, (Charlotte) NC May 14, 2011 Madison, (Huntsville) AL May…

Tweet How well have we remembered..? The 13th Amendment states Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.   That was written in 1865. Right after a bloody war. Fast forward to the year 2011. And we have forgotten. The US has once again become a hotspot for slavery.We are a destination country for slave labor. Sure, we made the term a little fancier. We call it Human Trafficking (HT). But as I sat through a week of training on fighting against HT, I heard story after…

Tweet They say if  you don’t learn from history you are bound to repeat it.   Go back to America in the early to mid-1800s. Although newly formed as a nation, we were already divided on what would become an issue that led to a very bloody war. Slavery.   The Northern States saw slavery as being contradictory to the ideals and principles upon which they had fought the Revolutionary War and sought the gradual emacipation of slaves. In the South, however, the slave population was much larger and played a key role in their economic success. More slaves=more profit from free labor. White males believed they should not be…

Tweet Glad you asked! 🙂 I am attending the CNMI Human Trafficking Intervention Coalition Regional Training Conference.   For those of you that may be new to my blog, abolishing human trafficking in an issue I am very passionate about. I tread, I donate, and I plan to spend my life fighting against this disgusting and awful industry. So when a friend told me she could get me in on this conference, I was all over it!!   The FBI is coming, and Homeland Security, and a bunch of lawyers and other really important people fighting this crime. The training should be awesome and I am pretty stoked to have…

Tweet There has been lots of buzz on my Twitter feed over CNN’s Freedom Project that was launched this week.  I won’t add much to the noise other than to say that I am so thankful that this issue is coming to light in such a well-known and well-respected forum. My heart breaks over the statistics, but beyond that my heart breaks over the precious children being subjected to such an evil. May we eradicate modern-day slavery so everyone may know what it feels like to be free! Check out the Freedom Project blog and follow them on Twitter for all the latest updates!

Tweet I found this blog post today entitled “Why I Stopped Serving the Poor,” and I must admit, I mostly clicked on it because I curious. Seeing as much of my life lately has been obsessed with this idea of loving and serving those at the margins, I figured I should see why someone would stop doing that. It was, in the end, one of the most powerful things I have read in a really long time. The author, Claudio Oliver, lives in Brazil and has spent his life there serving the poor and needy. So why would he write this..because so many people need to hear it and need to…