Campaigns for Mid-Term Elections Accelerate By Catherine C. Darcy, RSM In his 2026 message for the 12th Day of Prayer and Awareness of Against Human Trafficking, Pope Leo XIV wrote: Geopolitical instability and armed conflicts create fertile ground for traffickers to exploit the most vulnerable, especially displaced...
The Sacred Call to Advocacy By Ann Scholz, SSND, PhD Last month, forty-two women religious and their colleagues and advocates from 17 states gathered on Capitol Hill. They came at the invitation of the Alliance and the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd...
At the intersection… By Bridget Bearss, RSCJ As members of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking community of partners, collaborators and those engaged in direct advocacy and accompaniment, we each make a commitment to refuse to look away. Opening our hearts, our minds and our lives to...
Don’t Hesitate By Judy Molosky, CSJ My favorite quotation in life is “the unreflected life is not worth living,” attributed to Socrates. And I always respond with “the unlived life is not worth reflecting upon”. I try to live life fully each day – except when I...
Rethinking Our Investments: Primary Prevention and its Promise for Healthier Outcomes by Laura Krausa, MNM I’ve had the great privilege of working for the past 17 years in violence prevention. It wasn’t something I set out to do, but my career landed in a place where this...
Easter Reflection by Georgette Lehmuth, OSF During Lent I read A Time of Grace and Peace: Daily Reflections, Actions and Prayers, written by Alice Camille (Twenty-Third Publications 2026). On the Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Ms. Camille’s reflection is titled: Hearing or Listening? The action she recommends is...
ALL INCLUDED by Sally Duffy, SC, Board Chair I can remember talking with my brother-in-law, John, shortly after my sister gave birth to their fourth child twenty-seven years ago. Ryan was born with Down syndrome and had a number of medical complications that were life-threatening. John was...
Beyond Rescue: Healing the Invisible Wounds of Trafficked Boys and Men by Michelle Loisel, DC When we speak about human trafficking, public attention most often turns, rightly, to the suffering of women and girls. However, 40% of the detected global trafficking victims are male (men and boys)....
A Powerful Public Witness by Maria Elena Perales, Board Member For some time now, on the second Saturday of January, people in Los Angeles have participated in a Freedom Walk that brings them together to pray, hear powerful survivor stories, advocate, and serve as a public witness. The...
Advent Reflection: Hope Unfolding by Katie Boller Gosewisch In the Advent season, we are invited to believe that hope is not only possible, but already unfolding among us. Advent reminds us that light grows gradually, often quietly, through the steady work of communities committed to compassion and...
