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“What’s the Role of Faith in Fighting Slavery” by David Batstone
My own human rights agency, Not For Sale, is convinced as well that people of faith have a unique, vital role to play beyond the ending of forced labor. It’s not enough to extract an individual from bondage. Once people are set free from a rug loom, a rice mill, a brothel, then what? If we do not shift our cultural values and generate new economic and political options, modern-day slavery will continue to thrive. In other words, we have to move upstream to identify the root problems for slavery and create effective solutions.
David Batstone to Speak at National Prayer Breakfast
President and Co-founder of Not For Sale, David Batstone, will speak tomorrow at the prestigious National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. A number of anti-slavery organizations will join the President of the United States, Members of Congress, and other dignitaries at the 60th annual event.
Policy Reform Suggestions
To effectively combat human trafficking as a cohesive movement we need to continuously evaluate and urge policy reform so we can better serve and protect human trafficking victims. To do this we have partnered with other leading abolitionist groups across the country; together comprising the Action Group to End Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery.
