As we listen to the nightly news, tune in on political debates, and read various publications, we can’t help but notice that climate change is a “hot” topic. Those studying climate change and its effects on the earth and its inhabitants are clearly sounding an alarm to all of us and urging each of us[continue reading]
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What Can You Do?
As consumers, we hold the key to eliminating the forced labor of children and adults throughout the world. In a society that often values things more than people, this can present quiet a challenge and we may not know where to begin. As part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) 2018 List of Goods[continue reading]
Words Matter
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.” – Yehuda Berg Everyday human beings[continue reading]
Trauma and Trafficking
“Human trafficking is one of the darkest and most revolting realities in the world today, ensnaring 41 million men and women, boys and girls.” – Father David Charters, second secretary of the Vatican’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations. Those who are trafficked are daughters and sons, mothers, brothers, fathers and sisters. Most often,[continue reading]
Human Body as Currency
Lucie Amrhein’s mother was 22 years old when she responded to a “help wanted” ad for a nanny and left her home in Belgium to serve a family in the United States. Unaware of the need for a visa upon departure, she realized after arrival in her new country that she didn’t have legal status.[continue reading]