DC Stop Modern Slavery (DC SMS) is an active group growing in the community to take action against ending modern slavery wherever it occurs, beginning in our own city. DC SMS vision is to have a world without slavery and conquering that through community education and action. On October 22, 2011, thousands of people and many organizations will gather on the National Mall for the "DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk," a united effort to celebrate human rights and raise funds for the fight against human trafficking. The event will include a 5k walk, a resource fair, live music, and luminary speakers.
Funds will help:
- Rescue and provide emergency, short-term, and long-term care and services for victims.
- Create, strengthen, and implement anti-trafficking laws; train law enforcement to identify victims and implement laws effectively.
- Operate the national human trafficking hotline that handles tips of potential human trafficking situations, provides general information to the public; and offers training and technical assistance.
- Raise awareness about all forms of human trafficking.
Human trafficking is modern-slavery and is now considered the 2nd largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Cases of human trafficking has been reported in all fifty states as well as DC. Victims are trafficked for a wide variety of purposes, such as commercial sex, agricultural work, and house-keeping. Yet they all share the loss of the world's most cherished rights: freedom.
Please Join DC SMS, and help spread awareness and funds to combat human trafficking on October 22,2011.
For more information or to sign up for the walk: http://walk.stopmodernslavery.org
You can donate at: Donations DC SMS
Thanks for reminding me . I will def be there!
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