The next Asian Pacific Forum on Human Trafficking is on the 19-20 July 2012 in Manila, Philippines.

Find out more details at: www.notforsalecampaign.org/events/asia-pacific-forum

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Seoul, South Korea (March 15, 2011) - With a name meaning “all nations” in Korean, it’s only fitting that Seoul’s Onnuri Church joined over 2,000 faith communities in nearly 50 countries to pray for the emancipation of others. The service, held last Sunday, was a part of Freedom Sunday – an international worship event aimed to raise awareness and spur collective action against human trafficking...

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Isaiah 61: 8
For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing;
I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah 62: 8
The LORD has sworn by right hand and mighty arm: I will not again give your grain
to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink the wine
for which you have labored...

Congregations may wish to use this as a meditation on human trafficking and our response to it. The different sections of the meditation may be accompanied by a ritual of pouring Libation. Such a ritual is based in African tradition; water is poured into the land as a way of honoring and committing to justice for the land and its people, including the ancestors and generations yet to come.

Can we hear with the ears of Justice?
Hear the clattering sounds beneath the pots and pans in kitchens where more than hot meals are stewing for the greedy; for those who prepare the feast are the victims of greed and extortion, themselves hungry and starving for restitution from overstuffed bellies who refuse to share their crumbs.

Can we escape the stench of injustice?
The smell of slavery, forced labor, debt bondage, and slavery-like practices must fill our the nostrils just as it chokes the life out of children, women and men who are deprived of liberty, freedom and independence.

Can we be moved by Justice?
To clothe the factory worker with fair wages as she mends garments for major brands that profit from her toil?
To liberate the hands of the young boy solider forced into militia movements that inflict genocide?
To straighten the backs the farmworkers bent over in long labor to supply fast food chains?

Where is Love in Justice?
In the courage of those who use their freedom to set free those who are coerced into involuntary servitude and debt bondage.
In the persistence of those who use their pens to author policy and legislation, creating tough consequences for those who commit crimes against humanity.In the eloquence of those who use their voices to expose the camouflage hiding sex trafficking of young girls and uproot the foundation of gender-based violence.
In the strength of those who serve as bands of love to foster human security around the world, including the United States.

Are we vessels of Justice?
Can we recognize the traces of blood on our steel, cell phones, clothing and food supply?
Will we speak and become the front lines of activism? Will we faithfully offer recompense and stand in covenant with the survivors
of the fields, factories, mines, restaurants, private homes, militias, and globalized businesses?

Will Justice remember...?
...the sacrificial suffering of those who died and those who survive? ...those who look away from the abject reality of slavery? ...remember those who hold no one accountable for these crimes —not even themselves?

We are the sum of Justice.
Let us gather ourselves so the sums of our bodies, minds and spirits will speak!
Let us find justice within ourselves.
Ashe′ Amen.

Source: www.freedomsunday.org

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On March 13^th, the first day of the Christian Lenten season, thousands of churches spanning five continents will unite in their dedication to fight the modern trade in human beings. Through worship, fasting and prayer, Freedom Sunday will rally people of faith to join an international movement confronting human trafficking.

Freedom Sunday is the brainchild of the San Francisco-based non-profit, Not For Sale (NFS). Focused on more than 30 million people around the globe who live in bondage and forced labor, NFS equips and mobilizes activists to fight modern slavery in their own neighborhoods and internationally....

Read full article at: Freedom Sunday

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