Monday January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and the month of January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month .
Show your support for survivors, buy a survivor-made Akun bracelet and wear it to tell the world about human trafficking!
Please share this with your friends and family, together we can end human trafficking in our lifetime!
Reality Check
Today there are 27 million people being held as slaves which is more than at any other time in history.
Learn more about Slavery in the 21st Century – Free the Slaves
The U.S. spends more in a single day fighting drug trafficking than in it does in an entire year fighting human trafficking
From Time Magazine’s article: South Africa’s New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It
Thousands of kids are trafficked in the U.S. every year.
One of many stories of trafficking minors in the U.S. – Human trafficking industry thrives in Portland metro area
Human trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world.
Read Eve Blossom’s Huffington blog post
Progress
The Obama administration and congress have indicated that they plan to put more resources and increase U.S. efforts in the fight to stop human trafficking.
On January 4, 2010 the president proclaimed January to be National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
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