Not For Sale - campaigns against slavery

amigos-

tonight I did a fair amount of learning about some of the stuff that's going on w/ modern day slavery. It's a hot-button issue right now b/c of the release of 'Amazing Grace', the movie about Wilberforce's work to end the slave trade in the UK empire. The movie's producers were hoping it would spark a larger conversation and movement about modern day slave traffic, and that it has.

There's so much good being done right now, and it's sort of overwhelming to know where to spend our time and our money. But, I just wanted to let you know of a few resources and media pieces I found regarding modern day slavery and human trafficking.

- http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ - a central hub for news and action. You can be emailed news and updates (http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/Subscribe.aspx).

- http://www.concerttoendslavery.com/ - 2 videos here, a trailer for International Justice Mission and for the Not For Sale Campaign.

- www.ijm.org - International Justice Mission. Totally legit. Gary Haugen=stud. Among many other things, IJM goes undercover and documents illegal activities and then runs the evidence up the political food chain until someone deals with it. Secret cameras and stuff... kinda cool.

- http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/ - make sure you see the movie. Trailer is on this site.

- http://www.theamazingchange.com/ - You can sign the petition here.

Various associated myspace pages:
http://www.myspace.com/tremolomusic
http://www.myspace.com/notforsalecampaign
http://www.myspace.com/amazingchange
http://www.myspace.com/internationaljusticemission

Mike Metzger w/ TCI is also doing a series on Wilberforce in his weekly commentaries:
http://www.claphaminstitute.org/commentaries.html

This email will be posted to my blog if anyone wants to check it out over there. http://brodybond.blogspot.com

May we become more and more a part of not letting where we are born decide what is acceptable.

Brody

love wins.