Archive by Tag | justice

The A21 Campaign

The A21 Campaign is committed to abolishing injustice in the 21st century.  According to their website, their goal is "to raise awareness, take legal action and offer rehabilitation services to rescued victims of human ...

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A Few Quotes About Justice From Martin Luther King Jr.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.  He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating ...

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Shared Hope International

Shared Hope International is working to abolish human trafficking and modern-day slavery by helping women and children enslaved in the sex trade.  Their mission statement is . . . Shared Hope International exists to rescue ...

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The Reality of Human Trafficking – Some Facts and a Video by IJM

January 2010 is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.  Here are some facts about human trafficking taken from International Justice Mission's website. The Facts • Human trafficking is the world’s third ...

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Praying for the Abolition of Modern-day Slavery

International Justice Mission has many great resources on their website, and as I was looking through them, I found their "Prayer Guide for the Abolition of Slavery".  It is both informative and insightful for praying about ...

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Love146 Video – Abolish Child Trafficking

I just learned how to put videos on my blog :).  This one is the Love146 video that I wrote about in another post.  Now you can watch it here . . . ...

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Hope in the LORD

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives ...

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Justice for the Oppressed

The following Psalm brings to my mind how human traffickers prey upon the poor.  They are the wicked who sit in ambush in the villages, watching for the helpless and seizing the poor, thinking that God will never see it.  Yet ...

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Abolition in the 21st Century

I just came across a couple more websites about modern-day slavery that are worth checking out.  According to their website, The A21 Campaign "stands for abolishing injustice in the 21st century. Anyone can join - everyone ...

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Oppression, Justice and Abolition

In his book Not For Sale, David Batstone writes the following: The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the extraordinary pieces of ancient wisdom literature.  The author beautifully expressed the desperation of the powerless:  “I ...

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