What is another form of enslaved labor? By Maria Elena Perales How often do we stop to check the tag of the t-shirt or blouse we wear? Do we have any idea of where it was made? Do we ever wonder who made it or how much...
Incarcerating Human Trafficking Victims is an Injustice Sister Sally Duffy, SC In August of 2018 Sasha Naiman, deputy director of Ohio Justice and Policy Center (OJPC), contacted me asking if I would write a letter to Governor John Kasich. I agreed to also engage other Women Religious...
Human trafficking and homelessness Sister Michelle Loisel, DC We know that sex trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud, and/or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation or to induce another individual to sell sex. Labor trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud, and/or coercion...
The Real Cost of Migrant Labor in the U.S. By Christine Commerce When we think of child labor, do we conjure up images of children in India working 12-hour days making rugs? Do we have images of youth who are supporting their families by farming the land...
How many slaves work for us? By Maria Elena Perales Do we, as consumers, know how we contribute to forced labor? For example, the clothes we wear, the coffee we drink, and the fish and chocolate we consume all contribute to our slavery footprint. Have we ever...
Freedom Is Coming Judy Molosky, CSJ February 8th is the Feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita (ca.1869-8 February 1947). All who work to end Human Trafficking take Josephine as our model of how to live in hope while in bondage. We pray for the same energy and...
May Justice Flourish Jeanne Christensen, RSM In our day may justice flourish and peace abound throughout all the nations! (Psalm 72: 7) We must pray for our brothers and sisters throughout the world for whom justice is simply an illusion. Among these are persons traumatized by the evil...
Lights of Hope in the Darkness Anne Victory, HM The time has just changed from daylight savings to standard time for many across the world, and in the northern hemisphere, the days are shorter, darker, and in some regions, colder. World, national and local events seem to...
TACTICS SIMILAR TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING Sally Duffy, SC Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently began bussing immigrants to places such as New York City, Chicago, and Washington DC to draw attention to more traditional cities governed by Democrats. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida financed the flying of immigrants,...
How Bad Can a Chocolate Pumpkin Be? Jeanne Christensen, RSM The Catholic Health Association has a spring campaign called “How Bad Can a Chocolate Bunny Be?” Let’s plagiarize and ask “How bad can a chocolate pumpkin be? Or a chocolate turkey? Or a chocolate Christmas tree?” How bad?...
