When most people hear the word

“slavery”, they think of events that took place

hundreds of years ago, not a horrible practice still
occurring today. Yet there are over 27 million
people living in slavery right now – that's more than Slavery
at any time in history, and more than during the
entire 400-year history of the transatlantic slave is a $32B
trade. Slavery is a $32B-a-year industry, and after
a year in-
dustry.
drug dealing, it's “tied with arms dealing as the
second largest criminal industry in the world.”1

Also known as human trafficking, slavery takes on

many forms around the world. It can be a girl forced How much
into prostitution by her family or strangers, a young
do you
spend?
boy stolen from his village and forced to be a
soldier, an unpaid worker on a coffee or cocoa
plantation, or a domestic servant whose employers
have told her she is never to leave the house, and
threaten to beat her and have her deported if she
disobeys. It happens around the globe, and it's
happening right now in Northern California.

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The good news is that there is a lot you can do to
help, some of it right here at Red Rock. Take the
first step today and pick up a response card at our
Meet Theresa 1st floor counter, and see how you can make a
Theresa was forced into prostitution at age 15, even though
difference in the fight against modern slavery.
she was still living at home in an upper-class suburb of
Detroit. She was drugged, raped and tortured for two years.
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Report: International Trafficking in Woman to the United States:
Read her story at www.traffickfree.com. A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime.
 ANTI-SLAVERY RESOURCES
If you would like to learn more about this issue, More people
here are some resources:

Websites:
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www.notforsalecampaign.org Not For Sale
Campaign – Fighting slavery in your own backyard.
are enslaved
www.cocoainitiative.org International Cocoa
Initiative – Putting an end to cruel and forced labor
TODAY than
in cocoa-farming.
www.freetheslaves.net Free The Slaves – Read the
during the
facts on slavery and the plan to end it.
www.usdoj.gov/whatwedo/whatwedo_ctip.html
entire {400
US Dept of Justice – Official reports of efforts
coming from Capitol Hill. [See the Attorney General’s
YEAR} his-
Annual Report toward the bottom of the page.]
www.polarisproject.org The Polaris Project:
tory of the
for information about domestic and international
trafficking and to learn how to advocate for policy. transatlan-
www.ungift.org United Nations Global Initiative to
Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT). tic slave
Books: trade.
Not For Sale by David Batstone, founder of Not For
Sale Campaign
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global
Economy by Kevin Bales, president of Free The Slaves
Meet ROSA A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day
At 14 Rosa was lured away from her home in Mexico by the Slavery by E. Benjamin Skinner, worldwide reporter
promise of a high paying job. After being smuggled into the
US, she was told that instead of cleaning houses she would Or you can send an email to RRabolitionist@gmail.com
be forced to have sex for money, even though she was still a with any questions or thoughts.
virgin. She was moved to different location every 15 days, Become an abolitionist today.
and wasn’t allowed outside without a guard1.
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Taken from testimony given to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2000.

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BEAUTIFUL AS A FLOWER
Picture drawn by a girl who escaped child prostitution
with help from MISSSEY, an organization based in Oakland.
www.missey.org
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hundreds of years ago, not a horrible practice still NorCal Child
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occurring today. Yet there are over 27 million
people living in slavery right now – that's more than
at any time in history, and more than during the
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trade. Slavery is a $32B-a-year industry, and after Average is 14.
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she finally escapes.
soldier, an unpaid worker on a coffee or cocoa
plantation, or a domestic servant whose employers
Is just a scared little girl.
have told her she is never to leave the house, and
threaten to beat her and have her deported if she
disobeys. It happens around the globe, and it's
happening right now in Northern California.
If you’re like us, you might wonder “how can one
person do anything about such a huge problem?”
The good news is that there is a lot you can do to
help, some of it right here at Red Rock. Take the
first step today and pick up a response card at our
Learn how you can support
1st floor counter, and see how you can make a MISSSEY and help Bay Area girls
difference in the fight against modern slavery. get off the street at
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Report: International Trafficking in Woman to the United States:
www.misssey.org
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happening right now in Northern California.
If you’re like us, you might wonder “how can one
person do anything about such a huge problem?”
The good news is that there is a lot you can do to
help, some of it right here at Red Rock. Take the
first step today and pick up a response card at our
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difference in the fight against modern slavery. to help them?
1
Report: International Trafficking in Woman to the United States:
A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime.