Empowerment


June 15, 2015 Mariah Long Infographic

Forced Labor in Tomato Fields - Fair Food Program

Each day tomato farm workers in the U.S. are subject to many forms of labor abuse, including slavery.

June 11, 2015 Caleb Benadum Story

History of the Fair Trade Movement

The Fair Trade movement has modest beginnings but is founded in certain concepts.

April 28, 2015 Kerry Hilton Spotlight

The Gateway

For tens of thousands of women in our part of the world prostitution is a way of life simply because they have no choice. Poverty does that kind of thing.

April 09, 2015 Don Gerred Video

A Story of Hope After Sex Trafficking

After she was rescued and put into quality aftercare, Don didn't even recognize the person she'd become.

April 08, 2015 Caleb Benadum Video

Men Have an Important Role in Human Trafficking Aftercare

Why would anyone, let alone a man, do something nice like this for us? That was their question.

March 03, 2015 Caleb Benadum Story

After Aftercare

The question really is this: how do we empower survivors to the level that they can achieve real, long-lasting success and live relatively normal lives?

November 05, 2014 Elizabeth Goldberg Opinion

On Happy Endings

This story has a happy ending, but it is a qualified kind of happy, and not really an ending.

October 07, 2014 Reegan Hill Opinion

Fair Trade in One Local Community

In reality, everything in our shop has already been paid for. Each artisan is paid for their work up front, in full, and in every case they have received a fair, "living" wage. That is quite different from waiting for a donation, or hoping things sell so that you will be paid eventually.