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Thursday, March 12, 2009

NOT FOR SALE - Modern Day Abolitionist

NOT FOR SALE is an organization of faith based roots whose mission is to mobilize people and resources to free the 27 million victims of slavery in the world today. One of their main goals is to equip you and me to become abolitionist.

Want to get an idea of how widespread this problem reallt is, check out their interactive SLAVERY MAP.

NFS self-stated mission is ... Not For Sale is a campaign of students, entrepreneurs, artists, people of faith, athletes, law enforcement officers, politicians, social workers, skilled professionals, and all justice seekers, united to fight the global slave trade.

Not For Sale aims to
educate and mobilize an international abolitionist movement through the innovation and implementation of open-source activism. Inside the United States, the campaign identifies trafficking rings and collaborates with local law enforcement and community groups to shut them down and provide support for the victims. Internationally, the campaign partners with poorly resourced abolitionist groups to enhance their capacity.

Like similar organizations, one of NFS big objectives is to educate us; in their case, they have regular features on their homepage of things that are happening around the world related to slavery. And lest you think this a problem for people “over there,” check out the story on the homepage about sex industry related Slave activities in Atlanta, GA.

NFS has two worthy resources available, they call them E-zines, which you can subscribe to for free on their web site: The Underground and The X-it.

One of the things I like about this group is the list of very doable things they provide for the uninformed (like me) to get involved. Their list of possible actions one can take today are realistic, you can view them on their NFS ACTION page.

If you’re looking for a place to make a difference, I encourage you to consider the work of NOT FOR SALE. And, as mentioned the other day, one way you could start is to download the book, NOT FOR SALE, avaliable for free at ChristianAudio.com.

Blessings
3 John 8
Bill H

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