Human Trafficking: What Can We Do About It? Where Is God in This Tragedy? How Can We Find the Courage to Fight This Indignity? By Mary Anne Silvestri, Co-Founder of ESTHER Ministry (End Slavery, Trafficking Humans and Effect Rescue), St. Joseph Church, Long Beach CA In 2014, after attending...
A New Year: Making Resolutions By Jean Schafer SDS Yes, most of us make them, but 40% of us don’t keep them. We can find many suggestions for resolutions online – to promote health or wellbeing, to advance personal growth or peace of mind. Check online and...
Happy, Joyous, Free by Ann Marie Jones This year of 2020 can actually bring some very good news! The following is a tale of a life that moved from chaos and darkness to freedom and shining light. Once, I was not the happy person that I now...
Childhood sexual violence on the reservation: It has to stop! by Sister Teresa Ann Wolf, OSB To Avina it was part of her job; she had been requested to demonstrate how to make dream catchers to a women’s group. While she waited her turn on the program, she...
“Charity is directed at the effects of injustice, its symptoms. Charity addresses problems that already exist. Justice is directed at the root causes of social problems. Justice addresses the underlying structures or causes of these problems.”...
Words Do Make a Difference By Kris Wade, Executive Director of The Justice Project KC, and Member of The Alliance Survivor Services Working Group. As awareness of present-day slavery expands, more attention is being given to human trafficking through prostitution. Prostitution is often viewed as a “victimless...
The Nexus Between Covid-19 and Human Trafficking By Jeanne Christensen, RSM Justice Advocate – Human Trafficking Sisters of Mercy of the Americas West Midwest Community This was originally written for and published in the July Mercy Now eNewsletter The Alliance to End Human Trafficking’s Advocacy Committee has been exploring, writing...
Human Trafficking: The Legacy of 400 Years of Racism and Colonialism By Jennifer Reyes Lay, Executive Director of AEHT As we approach the annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30th, it is important to reflect not only on the present reality of human trafficking...
Refugees and Human Trafficking in the Context of a Pandemic by Kathleen Bonnette, Th.D. Globally, there are more than 70 million displaced people who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and persecution. A refugee is an officially recognized and vetted displaced person, who...
May, 2020 The Value of Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic Joan Dawber, SC It is springtime. I look out of my window and see the beauty of a flowering pear in full bloom. Each day I go for a solitary walk and I end the walk by picking...
