WELCOME...
...Not for Sale is a campaign of students, entrepreneurs, artists, people of faith, athletes, law enforcement officers, politicians, social workers, skilled professionals, and all justice seekers, united to fight the global slave trade.
Not for Sale aims to educate and mobilize an international abolitionist movement through the innovation and implementation of open-source activism. Inside the United States, the campaign identifies trafficking rings and collaborates with local law enforcement and community groups to shut them down and provide support for the victims. Internationally, the campaign partners with poorly resourced abolitionist groups to enhance their capacity. Every single person has a skill that they can give to free an individual living in bondage.
WHAT’S HAPPENING...
Urgent Appeal: Rescue Trafficked Kids from Myanmar Disaster
Child Safe House on Myanmar – Thai Border Takes on New Urgency
The crisis for kids in Myanmar (Burma) reaches red alert!
It now appears
that over 116,000 individuals have lost their lives, leaving many children abandoned
and destitute. Traffickers swiftly will take advantage of this tragedy.
In late March Not For Sale teamed up with One Child at a Time to begin the construction of an emergency care safe house for kids rescued from trafficking. Two months ago, the poverty and political instability in Myanmar caused a steady flow of trafficked kids from Myanmar into Thailand. With a village haven for nearly 125 rescued kids already completed, the Thai abolitionist Kru Nam implored us to do more to help new kids in peril. She was daily encountering Burmese children who had been put up for sale.
Now, with the devastation of the cyclone, we must accelerate our efforts to complete the safe house and provide critical care. We aim to raise $50,000 before the end of May. Please give generously so that the children of Myanmar can have a future free for play, love and dignity.
Not for Sale BLOG
All Hands on Deck... Wexler muses on a recent piece by Nicholas Kristof from The New York Times. Read more here.
LEARN HOW YOUR CHURCH CAN FIGHT GLOBAL SLAVERY
Over the past year, Not for Sale has been greatly encouraged by the response from churches and faith communities across the United States towards the issue of human trafficking. In less than a year, over 2500 congregations have verbally committed themselves ‘Abolitionist Churches’, affirming their stance against modern day slavery in all its forms and declaring their unity with those that are oppressed. In conversations with leaders across denominations, the biggest question we continue to hear is “what can our church do to make a difference right now?”
In response, we at the Not for Sale Campaign humbly offer a plan of action toward effectively changing the sociological, environmental, political and economic factors that allow human trafficking and slavery to continue, both in your region and around the world.
Download The
Abolitionist Church Handbook to learn more about how your
congregation can combat modern-day slavery.
U2 + Not For Sale = One Love
Get your special edition of U2's Joshua Tree Album, with essays from Bono & David Batstone.
U2 has put out a 3-disc box-set containing the Joshua Tree CD, with new mixes and recorded live performance. This package also includes a 56-page hardback embossed book, featuring previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos and original essays by Bono, Edge, Adam Clayton, Brian Eno, and David Batstone. In 1986, Bono and Dave traveled across El Salvador and Nicaragua to support human rights in the region!
With
a $250 donation, you can provide a future for trafficked kids in Peru,
and get a David Batstone signed copy of the deluxe edition of the Joshua
Tree!
The donation given for this incredible album will benefit Not For Sale's project Generacion in Peru - providing safety, hope and a future to abandoned street kids prone to trafficking in Lima. The Not For Sale Campaign is aiming to help the organization raise $100,000 to buy a house for the surfing tribe and build a vocational training center for the children. All proceeds from sales of this remarkable album will go to benefit this project!
Act now and Dave will sign his essay reviewing the experiences that led to “Bullet the Blue Sky” and “Mothers of the Disappeared,” two key songs on the album.
GET THE ALBUM - Donate today!
U2 and Not For Sale...sharing one love for the poor and oppressed.
Advocate for trafficking survivors
Join
the team at Not For Sale in advocating for the rights of trafficking survivors
in Washington DC!
The T Visa came into law with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. It was introduced to protect women, children and men who are survivors of human trafficking. The T Visa is a significant benefit for survivors, yet the legislation does not do enough to protect survivors and has been poorly implemented. If we are going to put an end to slavery within the United States, we must offer protection and a future for the survivors. Join the Not For Sale team in Washington DC on October 8 - 9/2008 to advocate for more effective implementation of these important T-Visas.
1. Participate in advocacy workshops focused around the principles of "smart
activism"
2. Hear from a trafficking survivor
3. Discuss human trafficking with leading public officials and with the
NFS team
4. Learn how to "map slavery" in your local region
5. Advocate for an improved T Visa program
Our mission: Make modern-day slavery, trafficking survivors, and the T-visa program priorities in 2008/09 for DC decision-makers.
Will you join us?
Spaces are limited. Sign-up soon for Not For Sale Advocacy Days! We look forward to meeting you there.
Together in the cause,
The Not For Sale Campaign
Ready
to get started? All you need to do is create a new account at our Freedom
Store. You will be directed to a list of our merchandise with wholesale pricing.
Once you make your first qualifying purchase of $950 or more, you will be recognized
as an Outposter every time you log in. After that first purchase, we only require
you to buy ten items or more each visit.