Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Modern Day Slavery: What do you know?

I've blogged before about International Justice Mission and the work that they're doing around the world to fight injustice in the form of forced labor, human trafficking, violent land seizures and really, anywhere violence is used as the means to coerce someone into action.

But how much do we really know about slavery. Check this out:

Modern-Day Slavery: What do you know about it? from International Justice Mission on Vimeo.


I admit that I don't always know enough which translates to not always doing enough. Raising awareness is just the first step, but it's an important one. Without an awareness of a problem, or more importantly, a story of hope that has come out of that problem, these problems will remain just that...problems.