Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Reminder: Sunday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Sunday, January 11  is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, a day dedicated to raising concern about sexual slavery and labor trafficking worldwide.  It started in 2007, when the U.S. Senate designated January 11th as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.  (Although the January date is a U.S. initiative, the United Nations also sets aside July 30 each year to focus on human trafficking, and the  Vatican announced that the Pontifical Council for Migrants has designated February 8 as the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.)

Click here to access a prayer service and other resources to commemorate National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

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