Join us for LIVE Intercessory Prayer Tuesdays at 7:00PM.
We will be praying from scripture and digging into the plans of the Lord for those who are at risk of or who have experienced trafficking/exploitation, as well as the abolitionist community. All are welcome!
Join us for LIVE Intercessory Prayer Tuesdays at 7:00PM.
We will be praying from scripture and digging into the plans of the Lord for those who are at risk of or who have experienced trafficking/exploitation, as well as the abolitionist community. All are welcome!
Join us for LIVE Intercessory Prayer Tuesdays at 7:00PM.
We will be praying from scripture and digging into the plans of the Lord for those who are at risk of or who have experienced trafficking/exploitation, as well as the abolitionist community. All are welcome!
Last year, I became aware of a second “fashion challenge” focused on fighting human trafficking. I had already been a participant in Dressember for several years, but a friend was doing Blackout Trafficking during March. I was in the midst of the first year of widowhood, and needed to surround myself with color to keep my head above water. But, I was intrigued by the simplicity of wearing a black piece of clothing for a month to spread awareness and focus on the need to donate toward effective nonprofits this arena.
From their website: Limiting Our Freedom To Bring Freedom To Others — Once a year individuals from around the world commit to igniting a broader awareness of human trafficking while raising funds for anti-trafficking organizations. The method is simple–wear your chosen black item of clothing each and every day of March.
We’ve been so busy developing out trainings, online challenges, and building the Bring Freedom programs. I felt the need to ground myself in a daily choice to show this mission of ending human trafficking to anyone I encounter. So, I chose to wear an item of black clothing every day in March. Surprisingly, I do actually feel limited.
Zona and I have been posting daily, and decided to focus our own fundraising efforts on Bring Freedom’s upcoming K-8 program. Our goal is to reach children in the classrooms with short video messages in order to prevent trafficking and abuse, as well as offer partnerships to their parents so that the entire family is equipped and educated to fight this injustice in their own homes and communities. By breaking it down through the numbers of our goal reach, it will only take $25 to sponsor a classroom for this groundbreaking educational tool. We can all Blackout Trafficking by working together!
When I began my journey of education around human trafficking, there were few resources and
almost no way to understand the full scope of the problem.
In the annual Trafficking in Persons report from the State Department, the United States alone
reported over 66,000 attempts to contact for assistance and over 10,000 identified victims in
2021.* We believe even one is too many.
We need education and strategic action to move us into positive solutions to eliminate human
trafficking in local communities. While movies sensationalize children being kidnapped
and sold into other countries, we know that many children are being trafficked at night and still
attend school and do other activities during the day.
Freedom will occur with widespread and multifaceted prevention, intervention, rescue, and
restoration for those who have experienced human trafficking or exploitation.
As a survivor-led agency, we focus on Lived Expertise in every part of our training materials. We
are not only committed to understanding how to break down the snares of trafficking but giving
an active voice to our lived experience community members. Our goal is to make fighting
human trafficking so normal it doesn’t take a great effort in our communities but includes
everyday activities so commonplace that everyone can be a part of the abolitionist movement.
We will fight to bring freedom to every community.
Your Fellow Abolitionist,
Zona Garrett, COO Bring Freedom
