September 29, 2009
Posted by Laura Aguirre
Tickets on Sale Now!
The first Global Forum on Human Trafficking, presented by the Not For Sale Campaign, will be welcomed in by an exclusive acoustic performance by award-winning artists.
This unprecedented event premiers the first evening of the Global Forum, a solutions-based conference bringing the world’s leading experts together to end modern-day slavery.
The Abolition Concert aims to raise over $10,000 in ticket sales with 100% of the proceeds funding a music program at the Surfing Tribe in Peru to rehabilitate survivors of human trafficking.
Artists Scheduled to Appear:
* Grammy Award Winner, T-Bone Burnett
* Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
* Brant Christopher
* Bradley Corrigan of Dispatch
Don’t miss this incredibly rare performance of artists in the Abolitionist movement!
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 7pm in Carlsbad, CA (near San Diego)
Already registered for the Global Forum? FREE concert entry to all Global Forum registrants.
Still need to register for the Global Forum? Click here!
Space is limited! You can purchase your tickets HERE for $20. They will run for $35 at the door until sold out!
Concert co-sponsored by:
February 8, 2010
Posted by Kilian Moote
This Valentines Day our gift to you is an enhanced Free2Work.org, which will help you know what the likelihood your chocolate, is produced using bonded or forced child labor. “As consumers its our responsibility to know if the goods we buy are perpetuating exploitative labor. Unfortunately, no standard or system can ensure a product is 100% slave-free but as consumers, it is our responsibility to know which products are less likely to be produced by slaves,” David Batstone, President of the Not for Sale Campaign. “The concentration of slave labor used in chocolate production has significant implications for the credibility of the entire industry”. This week before you purchase your loved ones chocolate checkout the companies rating on Free2Work.org!
Every year on Valentines Day we purchase chocolate and other wonderful gifts for those we love and care about. These same delicious boxes of chocolate that signify love and care to us might mean pain and suffering to others. A recent report by the Department of Labor documented that some chocolate we consume is still tainted by forced labor. The report highlighted that forced and child labor continue to occur in a region that produces 70% of the worlds chocolate nine years after these labor abuses were exposed.
February 8, 2010
Posted by Allison Trowbridge
California State Senate has passed SB 657, which seeks the elimination of slavery and trafficking from product supply chains. The bill calls for retailers and manufactures to “develop, maintain, and implement a policy setting forth its efforts to comply with state and federal law regarding the eradication of slavery and human trafficking from its supply chain.” The bill further stipulates that this policy must be posted on companies’ websites.
Click here for a fact sheet about the bill.
The bill will now be introduced and debated in the California State Assembly.
With the world’s tenth largest economy, California is a global importer and exporter of goods. SB 657 will enable consumers, retailers, and manufacturers alike to hamstring human trafficking and stop slavery, in California and around the world.
January 29, 2010
Posted by Allison Trowbridge
Imagine a church in San Diego, CA proclaiming that they won’t stand by while individuals in their community are for sale: That’s a remarkable action. Now imagine that a church in Bangkok, Thailand stands beside them to proclaim that same truth: That’s a revolution.
In less than one month, faith communities across the globe will partner together to proclaim that no human being should be for sale.
Consider bringing your congregation into the modern Abolitionist movement. Join in spirit, action and solidarity by participating in Freedom Sunday on February 21, 2010. Preach on modern-day slavery, sing redemptive songs, take action in your own backyard, and stand with the international movement to free the captives.
With just a click, you can register your congregation and receive the downloads and resources you need to involve your faith community.
January 27, 2010
Posted by Kilian Moote
On Wednesday, January 20, a package of five bills passed the Michigan House of Representatives aimed at stopping human trafficking in our state. The legislation defines various expressions of “trafficking,” clarifies penalties for those convicted of the crime, and addresses issues of restitution for survivors. 
The bills are HBs # 5575, 5576, 5577, 5578, and 5579. They can be viewed on the official State of Michigan website: www.legislature.mi.gov
January 18, 2010
Posted by Allison Trowbridge
Not For Sale raised more than $85,000 (three times its original goal!) from small, one-time donations from students at the Passion2010 event in Atlanta. Wow!!
AND THEN a couple attending the conference — so inspired by the generosity of the students — committed to double every gift made by the students to non-profit organizations. We are completely stunned by this generosity.
This money will enable Not For Sale to build multiple outposts in Nepal, rescuing hundreds upon hundreds of young girls from being trafficked into India’s brothels.
To learn more about Not For Sale’s work in Nepal and how you can be a part, click here!
It’s amazing what students can do when they engage in the movement to end modern-day slavery. If you are a student and want to learn more about how you can get involved, click here for ways you can take action!
January 18, 2010
Posted by Laura Aguirre
Human Trafficking is illegal in every country, yet is the fastest growing criminal industry on the globe. This March is your opportunity to influence the laws that can Re-Abolish the slave trade.
WHO: Modern-day Abolitionists
WHAT: Global Advocacy Days 2010
WHERE: Washington, DC | Ottawa, CAN | Canberra, AUS
WHEN: March 1-2, 2010 (DC) | March 24-25, 2010 (CAN) | March 2010 (AUS)
WHY: Because global advocacy will make a global change.
HOW: Register now to guarantee your place & be matched with your Senators’ and Representatives’ offices.
Join Abolitionists from across the globe advocating for an end to modern-day slavery.
Together with those in your region you’ll visit your Senators’ and Representatives’ offices and be a voice on behalf of the most oppressed in our world. We’ll give you the training and resources you need, and send you out to impact legislation from within the networks of government power.
Take your place in the history of the modern-day Abolitionist movement. Become a global agent of change.
Space is limited!
Questions? Check out the website endglobalslavery.org or email endglobalslavery hailing from notforsalecampaign from the TLD of org
January 8, 2010
Posted by Kilian Moote
President Obama has just begun a month-plus of awareness events on human trafficking with a proclamation declaring January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. All of these events will culminate in the annual celebration of National Freedom Day on February 1st. Likewise many state and city governments, along with civil society, are taking time to acknowledge and focus on human trafficking as we begin the new decade.
Not For Sale Campaign, along with our many partner organizations like Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), are hosting awareness events beginning on January 11th and running until President Lincoln’s birthday on February 12th. For a list of events occurring in San Francisco Click Here or for a list of events occurring in Los Angeles Click Here.
Continue to check the Not For Sale Campaign calender for update list of events!
December 23, 2009
Posted by Kilian Moote
Congress passes measure to increase funding to fight trafficking!
In mid-December Congress passed an omnibus appropriations bill for FY2010, covering six agencies (Transportation-HUD; Commerce-Justice-Science; Financial Services; Labor-HHS; Military Construction-VA; and State-Foreign Operations). The bill included needed funding increases to fight human trafficking and provide services to survivors.
Some of the agency highlights include:
- Human Trafficking Prosecution United (HTPU) within the Department of Justice (DOJ): 5.3 Million or 50% increase from last year to improve the units ability to tackle the 600% increase in cases over the past 4 years.
- Human Smuggling and Trafficking Prosecution Unit in DOJ: Saw their budget increase by 25% from 2009-2010.
- Victim Service: Department of Health and Human Services and other related agencies were granted 12.5 million for victim assistance, a 25% increase from last year.
The Not For Sale Campaign is a proud member of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a coalition of human trafficking organizations which lead efforts to secure the unprecedented increase in funding for victim services and programs to combat trafficking. Over the past year ATEST members worked together to connect with congressional members and their staff to support the funding levels authorized by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008.
ATEST is a project of the Silicon Valley-based philanthropic organization Humanity United.
December 9, 2009
Posted by Allison Trowbridge
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has just announced that the Not For Sale Campaign will be one of the featured non-profits on his new mobile payment device, SquareUp!
SquareUp allows individuals to use their iPhone to accept payments from anywhere on-the-go, and each time a transaction is made, one penny of the transaction is donated to a featured non-profit of the user’s choice.
Click HERE to watch Dorsey demo the new product at LeWeb in Paris!
December 8, 2009
Posted by Allison Trowbridge
LIVE from PARIS: Watch Now!
NFS Board Member Erik Lammerding will present from mainstage to thousands of the world’s tech leaders at the esteemed Le Web conference.
Erik speaks on the ways NFS is utilizing technology to advance the movement to end modern-day slavery.
WATCH IT NOW: Click HERE to see Erik’s presentation!
