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Just clicked “Submit” on my DTS and Southwestern apps.

I winced as my finger went down…

It’s all you now, God!

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Look At This Resilient Dog of the Day: A Welsh Corgi named Ole, who managed to survive the avalanche that killed one of his...

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What If This Year Was Different?

The New Year rolls around and most of us find ourselves making promises to improve our lives from the previous year...

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NJ Woman Saved From Forced Prostitution After Sending Brother Facebook Message

“The victim’s smart phone did not have service to call out when she...

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The Resolutions of God (Tyler David/Austin Stone)

God is going to do 2 things this year:
- Exalt His name
- Work everything out for His people’s good...
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Posts tagged "New York City Urban Project"

Deirdre Mars: Beyond Fair Trade Durability, Part 1
World of Good on eBay
Eco Fashion World
Worldstock Fair Trade on Overstock

Featuring my original song: Taking a Stand

Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! This is the 7th video in my series of anti-slavery or anti-human trafficking videos. Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.

Ten Years Into the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement Brutal Sweatshop Conditions Endure
Major American Brands Silent on Alleged Rights Abuses at Overseas Factories
Inspection Report of the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS) efforts to combat harboring and employing illegal aliens in sweatshops.
US Trafficking In Persons Report 2011
Do Something: Background on Sweatshops
Do Something: 11 Facts About Sweatshops

Sign the petitions to tell companies we want to wear clothes free of child slavery and abuse!:

Forever 21 | Urban Outfitters

Featuring my original song: Taking a Stand

Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! This is the 6th video in my series of anti-slavery or anti-human trafficking videos. Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.

© Courtney Wong 2012

Sources:
International Labor Rights Forum
Global clothing brands boycott Uzbek cotton
Responsible Sourcing Network videos
US Department of State Trafficking In Persons 2011 Report

I’ve released my 5th stopmotion video in my anti-slavery youtube series. This month, we’re discovering how children in Cote d’Ivoire are impacted by our demand for chocolate–just in time to respond by how we make our Valentine’s Day chocolate purchases!

Slave- and Child-Labor Free Chocolate
Fair Trade Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

Featuring my original song: Taking a Stand

Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.

Sources:
Ivory Cocoa Farms Child Labor: Little Change
Cocoa Campaign: International Labor Rights Forum
2011 Tulane University Report: Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana
ILO and Chocolate and Cocoa Industry Forge New Partnership to Combat Child Labour in West Africa
US Department of State Trafficking In Persons 2011 Report
Hershey’s $10 million Pledge to Improve West African Cocoa Farming & Fight Child Labor
Slavery In the Supply Chain (video discussing how to find fair trade chocolate)

All January 2012 proceeds from “Calling Out to You (Pour L’Haiti)” will be donated to World Vision for Haiti relief efforts! Buy it TODAY!
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List of top-rated organizations (by American Institute of Philanthropy) involved in Haiti relief efforts

Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! This is the 4th video in my series of anti-slavery or anti-human trafficking videos. Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.

Sources:
US Trafficking In Persons Report 2011
NY Times Economix: Haiti’s Economy
Painful Plight of Haiti’s Restavek Children
Amnesty International: Annual Report 2011
Children Sold by Traffickers for as Little as 76 Pence Each
Rape Flourishes in Rubble of Haitian Earthquake