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  • Script Your Future celebrating first year of helping patients ‘Take the Pledge’

    13 May 2012 | 12:38 pm
    This month marks the first anniversary of Script Your Future, the national multi-media health care campaign launched by NCL in 2011 to address the need for tools and resources to support medication adherence across the country and to open dialogue between health care professionals and patients about the health consequences of non-adherence.

  • Calling FDA attention to wacky grocery nutritional labeling system

    12 May 2012 | 10:32 pm
    In May, NCL filed a formal complaint with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a nutritional scoring system - used in 1,600 stores nationwide - that gives snack chips, soft drinks, and desserts scores as high as or higher than some canned fruits and vegetables.

  • LifeSmarts program ends season with successful event in Philly

    2 May 2012 | 10:18 am
    What a year! The 2012 LifeSmarts season has come to a close with the 2012 National LifeSmarts Championship in Philadelphia, where the student team from Frederick, MD was crowned national LifeSmarts champions. After an exciting final match against the second-place team from Jacksonville, FL, the teens from the Maryland Home Schoolers outscored their opponents and did it with great sportsmanship. Teams from Pennsylvania and Rhode Island placed third.

  • Top 10 red flags of home repair scams

    17 Apr 2012 | 9:40 am
    Have you made your first spring trip to your local hardware store yet? With the arrival of spring, many consumers are already busy with projects around the house. Unfortunately, warm weather ushers in both blooming flowers and scammers offering all manner of shoddy home repair “services” and outright scams.

  • Understanding autism

    1 Apr 2012 | 4:38 pm
    You may have noticed homes across the United States with blue lights on in observance of Autism Awareness Month this April. It is estimated that one in every 110 children is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined.
 
 
 
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  • Ohio House vote near on sex-trafficking bill - Toledo Blade

    16 May 2012 | 12:38 am
    Ohio House vote near on sex-trafficking billToledo Bladesaid Marlene Carson of Columbus, who spent nine years as a human trafficking victim, beginning at the age of 15. "I saw many guys during that time. These guys were paying $200 to $300 per hour to have sex with a teenager. That's not your average john and more »

  • Pop star hosts new documentary revealing human trafficking - Viet Nam News

    16 May 2012 | 12:22 am
    Pop star hosts new documentary revealing human traffickingViet Nam NewsHA NOI – The launch of a half-hour documentary film revealing real-life stories of human trafficking in Viet Nam and hosted by pop star My Tam was announced on Tuesday. The film Lam No Le (Enslaved) will premiere on Viet Nam Television and the MTV Viet and more »

  • Initiative would boost penalties for human trafficking - Modesto Bee

    15 May 2012 | 11:18 pm
    Modesto BeeInitiative would boost penalties for human traffickingModesto BeeNow 28, she has joined the fight against human trafficking, an issue that Californians will confront this fall by way of an initiative called the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act. Although the concept of human trafficking draws skeptics who and more »

  • Human trafficking crackdown as MLAs target rise in Northern Ireland brothels - Belfast Telegraph

    15 May 2012 | 9:46 pm
    U.TVHuman trafficking crackdown as MLAs target rise in Northern Ireland brothelsBelfast TelegraphThe warning comes as a cross-party working group is launched at Stormont in a bid to tackle the growing scourge of human trafficking in the province. More than 70 women have been rescued from the clutches of human traffickers since 2009.Group To Focus On Tackling Scourge Of Human Trafficking4ni.co.ukall 4 news articles »

  • Chicago Man Charged With Human Trafficking - NBC Chicago

    15 May 2012 | 6:07 pm
    WLSChicago Man Charged With Human TraffickingNBC ChicagoDajuan Brown, 35, was charged with 10 felony counts of involuntary sexual servitude and one count of aggravated human trafficking, Cook County Sheriff's Department officials said in a news release. Brown was arrested Tuesday morning without incident at Chicago man arrested on charges of involuntary sexual servitude, human traffickingChicago TribunePolice: Man gave women heroin, made them work as prostitutesChicago Sun-Timesall 22 news articles »
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  • Girl rescued from brothel returns from Bengal to depose before court

    NNLRJ INDIA
    10 May 2012 | 1:45 am
    Girl rescued from brothel returns from Bengal to depose before court DEVESH PANDEY IN THE HINDU Almost two years after being rescued from a red-light area of the Capital, where she was sold to a brothel owner by human traffickers, a minor girl has travelled all the way back from West Bengal to seek justice for the physical and mental torture she was subjected to. Unlike a large number of human trafficking victims, who after being rescued go missing, the girl has come back to depose before a city court as a witness, hoping to see the culprits behind bars. Vishakha (name changed) also plans to…

  • The MNINB Annotated Blogroll: Book Bloggers

    Lara Britt
    10 May 2012 | 1:40 am
    Special Addition: MNINB Blogroll Glorious Books My bloggerly stats reveal that interest in the MNINB Challengees extends beyond our Not Bobber circle. Curious about what’s on our collective mind? Join us Tuesday evenings for our live Twitterchat using the hashtag #MNINB. Most of your favorite Not Bobbers also have profiles on GoodReads as well as a FaceBook author’s page, thanks in no small part to our April Challenge. Looking for a good read? The next round of Not Bobbers have plenty of suggestions for you! The writers below have made books the center of their blogging world.

  • Sex Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

    Connie
    10 May 2012 | 1:06 am
    Photo Credit: Ira Gelb If you have ever seen the movie Taken, congratulations – you already know more about human trafficking, specifically sex trafficking, than most people do. While many people would like to think that slavery is no longer an issue, that simply isn’t the case. Human trafficking has become to be known as modern day slavery, in that they both violate basic human rights. Many people choose to believe that sex trafficking only exists in still-developing countries when the fact of the matter is, there are more trafficking victims in industrialized countries than in…

  • A Crime So Monstrous

    icanarise
    10 May 2012 | 12:46 am
    This book takes you on a journey to places you will probably never see with your eyes and which even your nightmares probably could not conjure up. Ben Skinner was brave enough to cross the continents to bring us face to face with the reality of modern slavery. It is a must read for anyone who is ready to confront some of the more shocking and inhumane sides of our 21st century world.

  • Girls of Color, Backpage, and the Online Girl Trade

    KP
    10 May 2012 | 12:32 am
    I grew up loving the Village Voice. Nat Hentoff taught me how to listen to Billie Holiday. Jack Newf
 
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  • Mapping a Supply Chain: Consumer Electronics

    KP
    5 May 2012 | 10:21 pm
    Have you ever wondered where your consumer electronics come from? The supply chain for consumer elec

  • To Die For

    sweetsiren69
    5 May 2012 | 6:10 pm
    I spent today at an incredible conference geared towards advocating for the trafficked and prostituted. I don’t think I’ve ever been so comfortable saying “I was prostituted”. Nor have I ever gotten such a positive reception after saying that. There was some discussion about terminology. And I realized that how I refer to myself and to my past has completely changed. I no longer say things like “I was a whore”. I say the exact same thing as stated above, “I was prostituted”. And not even that can encompass the terror, humiliation, degradation,…

  • WHAT CAN I DO?

    Darrell MacLearn
    5 May 2012 | 4:42 pm
    What can I do? This is a question I am regularly asked when I teach about human trafficking and poverty in our world? What I am discovering is, many who say this really don’t want the answer? The issues touch the heart of emotion but often times go no further than feelings of anger or sorrow for those involved.  People with these feeling will say, “I want to get involved and make a difference but what can I do?” it amazes me how many of these folks take no action beyond that conversation.  Even when given simple practical things that could make a real tangible difference.

  • Mpls. Woman Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking A Teenager

    smkitzman
    5 May 2012 | 3:32 pm
    MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to sex trafficking a minor, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Kimberly Susan Latham, 33, faces at least 10 years in prison and could receive life behind bars. Her sentence length will be determined at a future hearing. According to court documents, Latham recruited, harbored and transported the minor, who she forced to engage in a commercial sex act. Latham allegedly received money from the minor’s participation, and paid for advertisements on an Internet website. An estimated 2.4…

  • Tennessee: Split Verdict in Sex Trafficking Case

    KP
    5 May 2012 | 5:17 am
    A federal jury in Tennessee delivered a split verdict on Friday against nine people, mostly Somali m
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  • Vulnerable londoners sold as slaves...

    Greg Russinger
    12 May 2012 | 8:51 pm
    From the BBC News.... Some of the most vulnerable members of society are being taken off the streets, imprisoned against their will and sold for as little as £100, a BBC London investigation has found http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14891377

  • Backpage.com (really)

    Greg Russinger
    4 Apr 2012 | 11:49 am
    Just this month, a 15-year-old Long Island girl escaped from her kidnappers who drugged and gang-raped her before selling her for sex. Where did they peddle her? You guessed it: Backpage. In their letter, the AGs referenced a May 2011 incident where a 15-year-old girl was forced to have sex with various men for $100 to $150 by a Dorchester, Mass., man. Backpage helpfully provided the outlet for him to sell this poor girl to her rapists. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/sex-slavery-facilitators-backpage-s-sleazy-adult-ads.html?obref=obinsite

  • 2.4 million

    Greg Russinger
    4 Apr 2012 | 11:38 am
    (UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time, and 80 percent of them are being exploited as sexual slaves. Yuri Fedotov, the head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told a daylong General Assembly meeting on trafficking that 17 percent are trafficked to perform forced labor, including in homes and sweat shops. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2111053,00.html#ixzz1r5fqdmOx

  • TWIN CITIES GANGS INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING RING

    Greg Russinger
    22 Mar 2012 | 11:03 am
    http://www.kare11.com/news/article/968680/391/Trial-underway-in-Twin-Cities-based-sex-trafficking-ring?odyssey=tab|topnews|bc|large

  • Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods

    Greg Russinger
    22 Mar 2012 | 10:54 am
    Nicholas D. Kristof I WENT on a walk in Manhattan the other day with a young woman who once had to work these streets, hired out by eight pimps while she was just 16 and 17. She pointed out a McDonald’s where pimps sit while monitoring the girls outside, and a building where she had repeatedly been ordered online as if she were a pizza. Alissa, her street name, escaped that life and is now a 24-year-old college senior planning to become a lawyer — but she will always have a scar on her cheek where a pimp gouged her with a potato peeler as a warning not to escape. “Like cattle owners…
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  • Tara Teng Wins Title of Miss World Canada 2012!

    Michelle Brock
    14 May 2012 | 8:47 pm
    Hope for the Sold sends out a HUGE congratulations to Tara Teng for winning the title of Miss World Canada 2012!  Tara has worked so hard for this – and not because she seeks glory for herself but because she believes that this platform can empower her to empower others.  Tara, thank you for your heart for justice, for your never ending energy to fight on behalf of human trafficking victims, for your willingness to declare war on exploitation, for your convictions about true beauty, and for your humility.  Your joy bursts out of you on that stage and we celebrate with you! As Miss…

  • Taste Testing, Fair Trade & Transformed Communities: My Interview with Camino’s Mélanie Broguet

    Michelle Brock
    11 May 2012 | 6:36 am
    I was in Ottawa this past weekend for The Justice Summit, which was a great event I will summarize more next week.  My Ottawa stay spilled into Monday, and between meeting with an MP on Parliament Hill and getting to watch Question Period (in all its gory glory), I walked with my husband and a friend to the office of my favourite fair trade brand in the world – Camino – which is owned by the Ottawa-based La Siembra Co-operative.  They were the first registered importers of Fairtrade Certified cocoa and sugar in North America!  I was really excited. About two years ago I made…

  • Would You Yell STOP? My Thoughts on a Prostitution Awareness Event

    Michelle Brock
    8 May 2012 | 7:17 am
    A couple weeks ago I went to a prostitution awareness event put together by Sextrade 101 and Sheatre.  As I drove to Toronto I wondered what the evening would hold. All I knew was that some kind of interactive theatre was involved, and I felt a mixture of eager anticipation, nervous reservation, and peaked curiosity.  What does interactive theatre look like? Would I find myself standing up in front of a full room, forced to participate or answer some kind of difficult question I lacked the answer for?  What misconceptions would the event shatter and what lessons was I about to learn? I…

  • Bill C-310 Off to the Senate!

    Michelle Brock
    30 Apr 2012 | 9:49 pm
    For all of you who wrote letters and contacted your Member of Parliament about Bill C-310, you will be happy to know that it passed the Third Reading in the House of Commons last week and is now headed to the Senate!  Here is the press release from Friday. April 27, 2012 Ottawa, ON: Today, Bill C-310, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons), passed at Third Reading with unanimous consent. Bill C-310 will now go to the Senate for consideration. “I am absolutely delighted with the adoption of Bill C-310 today by the House of Commons and look forward to it being adopted by…

  • This Is Me TV: Fashion & Fair Trade

    Michelle Brock
    26 Apr 2012 | 6:50 am
    I absolutely LOVE it when people use what they’ve been given to change lives!  Meet Amie Sider, an entrepreneur with a purpose. This Is Me TV is having a Nationwares Giveaway!  The winner will be drawn on April 30th. And don’t forget to check out Nationwares online!  
 
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  • USAS at the University of Washington Pressures Adidas to Pay PT Kizone Workers

    USAS National
    13 May 2012 | 11:25 pm
    Originally posted in The Daily at the University of Washington, May 11, 2012  By Jillian Stampher As of Friday, May 11, 2012 A large blue check for $1.8 million sits in UW President Michael Young’s office after being presented by members of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) on Friday afternoon. The check, signed by members of the UW community, was meant to remind Young to present a letter of final notice to the adidas Group, with which the university has an apparel contract. The $1.8 million refers to the money adidas allegedly owes its workers in Indonesia, after their severance.

  • Hotel Workers and University Students – The Fight Against the Corporate University

    vicko
    10 May 2012 | 5:03 pm
    Whether it’s a Motel 6 or the Hyatt, hotels are places for a good night’s rest and at the very least you don’t have to tidy up after yourself before heading out. But what about those who do have to do the tidying up, the cooking, the cleaning? Better question: why should university students care? Our universities’ money is flowing in and out of places that you wouldn’t think a university would care to do business including the hospitality industry. HEI Hotels is a hotel operator whose investments come from university endowments-  and we’re talking major…

  • USAS joins with Clean Clothes Campaign to Demand Adidas Pay $1.8 M Owed to Indonesian Workers

    USAS National
    10 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  On Day of Adidas AGM, US, Europe Anti-Sweatshop Advocates Demand $1.8M Owed Indonesian Workers  Teresa Cheng, International Campaigns Coordinator, United Students Against Sweatshops, email hidden; JavaScript is required, 925-330-4449 Lars Stubbe, Urgent Appeals Coordinator, Clean Clothes Campaign Germany, email hidden; JavaScript is required+49 (0)30 42 08 202-52 THURSDAY, MAY 10 –  Today, as adidas-Group shareholders gather for adidas’s Annual General Meeting in Fuerth, Germany, the two leading anti-sweatshop groups of North America and Europe publicly urge the…

  • Louisiana State University USAS Petitions Chancellor Martin to affiliate with the Worker Rights Consortium

    USAS National
    4 May 2012 | 5:23 pm
    Originally Posted in The Daily Reveille, May 4, 2012 United Students Against Sweatshops petitions Martin for workers’ rights By Rachel Warren Staff Writer Published: Friday, May 4, 2012 United Students Against Sweatshops protests LSU’s affiliation with Nike and its tie to sweatshops May 3 near Memorial Tower.Click here to purchase Reveille photos. Members of United Students Against Sweatshops met with signs in hand to deliver a letter signed by about 90 students to Chancellor Michael Martin. The letter asks Martin to unite with workers’ rights groups and discusses Nike’s work…

  • SLAC: University of Wisconsin Chancellor Ward must cut ties to Adidas, end mediation

    USAS National
    3 May 2012 | 5:27 pm
    Originally posted in The Badger Herald, May 3, 2012  By Lauren Tubbs Wednesday, May 2, 2012 6:22 p.m. Updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:27:40 a.m. Holding signs reading “Badgers against Adidas” and “People Over Profit,” students marched up Bascom Hill Wednesday in an effort to pressure the chancellor to cut the University ofWisconsin’s contract with Adidas, the brand contracted to manufacture some of UW’s athletic apparel. >Organized by the Student Labor Action Coalition, participants in the rally marched to interim Chancellor David Ward’s office, where they proceeded to…
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  • My Second Year in the MBS Jewelery Program ! - Nancy Edwards.

    Dolon
    10 May 2012 | 1:26 am
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  • Our 3rd Center: Jalpaiguri

    Dolon
    30 Apr 2012 | 5:16 am
    This blog has been written by Doel.   Our third venture of Jewellery Program is in Jalpaiguri, a district in the north of Bengal, started on the 18th of April, 2012. The shelter home at Jalpaguri is another branch of our partner NGO, Women Interlink Foundation.  Our first and second Jewellery program (Kolkata and Boisar) are very different from each other, not only because of the geographical differences but also of the backgrounds of the girls. read more

  • The Story of Jalpaiguri

    Paul Suit
    24 Apr 2012 | 9:41 am
    Last week Team India traveled to an area of West Bengal called Jalpaiguri (located about 3 hours outside Darjeeling) to open the THIRD Made By Survivors Jewelry Training and Production Center! We are honored to be partnering with Womens Interlink Foundation again and based on the success of the first jewelry center with WIF, in Kolkata, we anticipate great things ahead.  In part one of a five part blog series about the opening of the new center, Asia Program Director Paul Suit, walks you through the background of why trafficking is such a problem in this area of India.

  • join hands and make a difference.....

    Dolon
    5 Apr 2012 | 12:58 am
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  • All you need is love...

    Paul Suit
    2 Apr 2012 | 5:36 am
    Check out the new blog entry from our volunteer, Renee, as she discusses how her 2nd week on the job went!  My second week in Kolkata and at CCH has flown by. I already feel settled and at home here. I am excited about what each day brings. read more
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