Land of the Brave? Yes. Home of the Free? Not really. Theresa Flores July has always been one of my favorite months. My family always held our annual Family Reunion on the 4thof July in Indiana and got together each year with those with whom we shared...
“That they all may be one.” John 17:21 By Margaret Louise Brown Christ’s Farewell Discourse, as written in the Gospel of John, shares His final request. That humans live together as one. At the same time, the Bible reminds us that humans are easily distracted by their desire...
Words Survivors Want to Hear Kathleen Bryant RSC We have so much to learn from the soulful stories of victims, survivors, and thrivers from their experience of being trafficked. We have even more to learn from their collective wisdom and resilience. I invited survivors/thrivers to share the words...
The Journey Makes Us One By Sr. Judy Molosky, CSJ My Lenten readings from Pope Francis to Olga Segura have all repeated the same prophetic call to “build communities of care,” and it’s not just an Easter or Earth Day call. It’s a survival imperative whether we’re...
A Century Later Human Trafficking Activists Continue Her Work By Sr. Maryann Mueller, CSSF Women's History Month was first observed in Sonoma, California, in 1978 as Women's History Week. Nine years later, after petitioning from the National Women's Project, Congress extended the observance of Women's History to...
Let Us Celebrate Courage, Resilience and Compassion By Jeanne Christensen, RSM February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita. Why do we celebrate her? Because she is the patron saint for persons who are trafficked and exploited. Human trafficking is an insidious, violent, demeaning and...
Connecting the Dots By Sister Anne Victory, HM Remember those childhood puzzles and exercises of “connecting the dots?” By following the numbered sequence, an image would emerge that was not apparent at the start. What looked like a random scattering of numbers and dots was transformed into...
Embracing the Radical Hope of Advent By Jennifer Reyes Lay, Executive Director of AEHT Focusing on the reality of human trafficking and working to end it as my full-time job, I am frequently asked by people, “How do you do it? How are you able to face...
The Beauty and Challenges of the Autumn Season By Kathleen Coll, SSJ The autumn season is a favorite of mine. Usually, the weather here in the mid-Atlantic is mild with cool evenings, Autumn can also bring cold rainy days with colder days ahead. We need to remain...
Preying on the Vulnerable……Let Us Pray and Advocate by Sally Duffy, SC [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="645"] "Farmworkers picking & bagging lettuce" by yaxchibonam is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0[/caption] Labor trafficking advocacy can often get overshadowed by sex trafficking in discussions with state and federal legislators. This is...
