“I have a little glad news to share. A few days ago, I received an email from Nancy O'Malley, the District Attorney of my county (Alameda County) of about 2 million people, to tell me that because I have visited over 600 massage parlors, bars,...
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — A worldwide network of 2,000 Catholic religious sisters marked the 10th anniversary of its efforts to combat human trafficking and slavery July 29. Speakers from the Talitha Kum organization headlined a United Nations panel on the eve of the U.N. annual observance...
Better Companies, Better World Linda Haydock, SNJM To change corporate business practices on human trafficking is a long-term, demanding, and often daunting task. Let us celebrate the progress we have made. A powerful alliance is formed when religious women and men, ecumenical and interfaith groups, and non-profit partners...
On Thursday, July 18th The Alliance to End Human Trafficking was proud to gather with hundreds of other Catholics from across the country for a day of action in Washington DC to protest the inhumane treatment and conditions in migrant detention centers, particularly those holding children....
July 30 is designated as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons by the United Nations. Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means(such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or...
Denver, Colo., Jul 1, 2019 / 03:48 am (CNA).- Human trafficking is “happening closer to us than we think,” and Catholic groups are increasingly committed to fighting it through advocacy, prayer and action, global anti-trafficking leader Sister Gabriella Bottani, S.M.C., has said. “What we should do,...
June 7, 2019 Cleveland Ohio The The Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT) is proud to announce that it has hired Jennifer Reyes Lay as Executive Director, effective July 1, 2019. “We were blessed with a number of interested candidates for this position, and believe that...
Are Migrant Children Welcomed in Jesus’ Name? by Jeanne Christensen, RSM World Refugee Day is June 20. On that day, people all around the world will remember those refugees and immigrants who have been lost as well as those who have survived. According to the 1951 Refugee...
The Power of Why?: Addressing the Root Causes of Human Trafficking by Ann Scholz, SSND, Associate Director for Social Mission, LCWR There is an old, and perhaps over-used story, about a village on the edge of a river and babies. Perhaps you’ve heard the parable of the...
April 4, 2019, will be an important day in MPI’s history, as the organization will become a signatory to “The Code,” an important document—and pledge—by a global network of associations and corporations committed to taking significant actions in the worldwide fight against human trafficking. MPI’s original...
