...and What You Can Do About it
- Learn about trafficking and slavery. Read books, attend awareness events, screenings, join a blog or start one.
- Talk about it. Not everyone knows about trafficking and slavery, talk about it with your friends, family and co-workers.
- Use social media to spread the word. Post facts about trafficking, slavery and event notices on Facebook and Twitter.
- Volunteer at CASTLA, FreetheSlaves, PolarisProject, Anti-slavery, some of the non-profit organizations doing ground breaking work fighting slavery.
- Write a blog. Keep the public engaged by blogging about trafficking and slavery facts, stories, resources, legislations and events.
- Visit The Library of Congress Thomas to stay abreast of pending trafficking and slavery bills.
- Adopt a liberator. Help the heroes who risk their lives to free slaves. Please, click FreetheSlaves for more information.
- Start a petition. Contact local representatives about passing legislation that cracks down on traffickers.
- Start a ChainStoreReaction. Send email letters to hundreds of importers and encourage them to take slavery out of their products.
- Report crime. If you suspect an illegal activity call the National Human Trafficking Training Resource Center 1-888-3737-888.
- Support Fair Trade products. As a consumer you have a voice that can be heard. Support fair and lawful labor practices.
- Get fellow students involved. Form awareness group at your school or join existing groups to fight against trafficking and slavery.
- Join the movement by signing up to receive updates, Antislavery, PolarisProject, Free the Slaves, CASTLA.
- Contact local media. Live in an area where trafficking and slavery are problems? Ask local reporters to cover it.
- Turn awareness into art. Make trafficking and slavery a theme of a song, poem, play, film, documentary, upload it on YouTube.
- Create a resource exchange. Consolidate your trafficking and slavery resources with those of your friends and family.
- Host an anti-trafficking expert at your school or get trained. This is an excellent way to inform friends, students and your community.
- Consider buying your favorite items through eBay Giving Works. Read more about eBay Giving Works here.
- Shop online to help furnish apartments for trafficking survivors.
- Start an anti-trafficking Meetup online. Polish your leadership skills, inspire people, BE that change.
- Speak a language other than English? Consider creating a web page resource in that language.
- Donate. CAST, FreetheSlaves,Antislavery, are suggestions for donations.
- Read the book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Sources: Antislavery,PolarisProject, CAST, FreetheSlaves, NHTRC & DisposablePeople.org.