Stop Trafficking

The Stop Trafficking newsletter, hosted by the STOP ENSLAVEMENT web domain, serves as a forum for exchange among religious congregations and their collaborating organizations:
• to promote awareness re. human trafficking;
• to exchange best practices in advocacy for and
empowerment of survivors of human trafficking;
• to recommend actions to counter human trafficking.

Current Issues
English
January 2012

Español
noviembre 2011

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Salvatorian Advocacy for Victims of Exploitation©
Copyright & Privacy

The SAVE Project link
provides you with up-to-date information and helpful resources on human trafficking.
Jean Schafer SDS, editor of Stop Trafficking:
jeansds@stopenslavement.org

SDS Hope House

Support SDS Hope House
(More information)

Education:

NEW 'Indoctrinated: The Grooming of Our Children into Prostitution' DVD Order Form

See the Stop Trafficking Archives for handy one-page handouts to use in educational settings and to spread awareness.

Prostitution Research and Education (PRE),
a nonprofit organization, conducts research on prostitution, pornography and trafficking, and offers education and consultation to researchers, survivors, the public and policymakers.

Action for Immigrants:

Use the above link to join the 'postcard' campaign since immigration reform legislation is being debated in the U.S. Congress. Help show your Senators and Representatives that supporters of immigrants want elected officials to enact meaningful and compassionate immigration reform. (Sponsored by USCCB).

Stop Trafficking believes that justice for immigrants helps in the fight against human trafficking.

Click the arrow to see the current petitions.

Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition »

Note: Stop Trafficking does not endorse the content of all links. They are posted for reader education and discretion.

January is
National Human Trafficking Awareness Month

See the Stop Trafficking Archives
for handy one-page handouts to use in
educational settings and to spread awareness.

Stop Trafficking! is made possible through the supportive sponsorship of national and international congregations of women religious and their partners.

About the Sponsors:

Corporate Stance
Religious congregations and collaborators that have taken a corporate stance against human trafficking.

  • Benedictine Sisters of Cottonwood, ID
  • Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica Atchison, KS
  • Blauvelt, NY Dominicans
  • Conference of Benedictine Prioresses
    (57 monasteries)
  • Congregation of Notre Dame
  • Congregation of St. Agnes, Fond du Lac, WI
  • Daughters of the Holy Spirit
  • Daughters of Wisdom, US Province
  • Dominicans of Adrian, MI
  • Dominicans of Mission San Jose, CA
  • Dominicans of Oxford, MI
  • Dominicans of Racine, WI
  • Dominicans of San Rafael, CA
  • Dominicans of Sinsinawa, WI
  • Dominicans of Sparkill, NY
  • Dominicans of Springfield, IL
  • Dominicans of Tacoma, WA
  • Dominican Sisters and Associates of
    St. Mary of the Springs, Columbus, OH
  • Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Region 1
  • Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY
  • Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s (ICCR) Human Trafficking Subcommittee
  • International Congregation of Notre Dame
  • Lay Salvatorians
  • Loretto Justice and Peace Network
  • Loretto Women’s Network
  • Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
    (Stella Maris Prov. NY)
  • Missionary Franciscan Sisters of
    the Immaculate Conception
  • Religious of the Good Shepherd
  • Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
  • School Sisters of St. Francis
  • Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary, USA Province
  • Servants of Mary, Ladysmith, WI
  • Sisters for Christian Community
    Desert and Mountain Region
  • Sisters of Charity of Halifax
  • Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, KY
  • Sisters of Christian Charity
  • Sisters of Divine Providence
  • Sisters of Divine Providence, Marie de la Roche Prov. Pittsburgh, PA
  • Sisters of the Divine Savior
  • Sisters of the Holy Cross
  • Sisters of the Holy Family
  • Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
  • Sisters of Notre Dame, California Province
  • Sisters of Notre Dame, Chardon Province
  • Sisters of Notre Dame, Covington Province
  • Sisters of Notre Dame - Toledo, OH Province
  • Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, USA
  • Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great
  • Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul,
    Ontario Canada
  • Sisters of Saint Anne St. Marie Province
    USA, Canada, and Chile
  • Sisters of St. Basil
  • Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalicio (Felician Sisters)
  • Sisters of Saint Francis of Colorado Springs
  • Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate
  • Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
  • Sisters of St. Francis of Redwood City, CA
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, MA
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Los Angeles
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, PA
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny,
    Prov. of USA and Canada
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, CA
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
  • Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, MA
  • Society of the Divine Savior
    (Salvatorian Priests and Brothers)
  • Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Amer. Prov.
  • Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union USA-East
  • U. S. Governance Circle, Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

 

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sponsors the Blue Heart Campaign against human trafficking.

Blue Heart

The Blue Heart represents the sadness of those who are trafficked while reminding us of the cold-heartedness of those who buy and sell fellow human beings. The use of the blue UN color also demonstrates the commitment of the United Nations to combating this crime against human dignity.

By wearing the Blue Heart you raise awareness of this crime and join the campaign to fight it. Materials and more information on the Blue Heart campaign can be found at www.unodc.org/blueheart.

The Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center
provides updates on current and pending U.S. legislation. On the site you may customize e-letters to legislators and pass information along to colleagues.

Contacting the Congress is a site that provides complete up-to-date information on each senator and representative, their addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e- mail addresses.

The HumanTraffickingSearch site is content-driven search portal, which compiles online resources on Human Trafficking worldwide in 14 languages.

The End Internet Trafficking Coalition (EITC)
is working to eliminate human trafficking via the Internet.

Declaration of the UISG Network

Questionnaire of INRATIP (English)
Also in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French and Polish by e-mailing Elma van den Nouland, SRTV at: womenreligiousagainsttrafficking@live.nl

Resources:

Breaking the Snares, a free 33-page educational packet, is available for parish use. Developed by Sheila Novak SDS, it provides information on human trafficking and practical ways to involve the faith community in learning and acting against this human rights abuse. Versions of Breaking the Snares
are available for Jewish, Evangelical, Lutheran
and Catholic traditions. To order: stoptraffick@aol.com

Teachers Manual by Pierrette Boissé CND.
Contact Jeanne Bonneau CND: jbonneau@cnd-m.com

Download the 'Trafficking in Women and Children, an Information and Workshop Kit', produced by the Justice and Peace Committee of the International Union of Superiors General, Rome. Available also in French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Polish. To order the UISG kits in the other languages.