ST. PAUL — The United Nations announced a panel discussion and screening of tpt’s locally produced program Slavery by Another Name to be held this Wednesday evening.

The panel will feature Slavery by Another Name producer and director Sam Pollard. The Slavery by Another Name event is part of a series of U.N. events to observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. More information may be found here: http://www.un.org/events/calendar/.

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MINNETONKA, Minn. (Feb. 27, 2012) — Women, Wisdom & Wine today announced that it will highlight the issue of human trafficking at its March 21 conversation series event, where Dr. Ellen J. Kennedy, executive director of World Without Genocide, will address sex and labor trafficking in Minnesota; their global implications; and actions being taken to prevent these crimes, prosecute perpetrators, and protect the victims.

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On Monday, February 27, 2012, the Center for Wholeness at the Presbyterian Church of the Apostles in Burnsville, and the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition will convene a panel of local experts for a discussion on the issue of human trafficking in Minnesota. Human trafficking has become a growing issue both locally and around the globe, and has become something that we can no longer ignore.

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Linda Miller, Civil Society

By MARY TAN
AAP Staff Writer

When you think of human trafficking victims, chances are, you probably think of women in far away places.  But the truth is, there are male and female victims in every country and every state here in the United States.  According to the US Department of Justice, there are between 14,000 and 18,000 victims in this country.  After drug dealing, human trafficking is the second largest criminal activity in the world and is also the fastest growing.

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(Nita Belles, Free River Publishing, $14.99)

Young people are increasingly being forced or coerced into involuntary servitude, bondage, and sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Nita Belles, an Oregon crusader for human rights, has just released In Our Backyard, a new book that offers a detailed look at human trafficking in America and how Christians can combat it.

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From left, U.S. Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Ravic R. Huso, speaks to press prior to his public address at Metropolitan State University with U.S. Senator Al Franken (DFL-MN); State Sen. Mee Moua (DFL-67); and State Rep. Cy Thao (DFL-65A) (AAP staff photo by Tom LaVenture)

By TOM LAVENTURE

AAP staff writer

ST. PAUL (June 1, 2010) – U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Ravic Huso was in St. Paul last week to discuss ongoing issues affecting the more than 4,500 Hmong who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand to Laos in December 2009. Huso updated several hundred in attendance at Metropolitan State University Auditorium on the progress of Laos on many fronts as well as the Hmong repatriation issues that have relatives and community concerned in Minnesota.

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Minnesota Human Trafficking Watch members are asking more people to join the child sex slave crusade and help to introduce a resolution at your Precinct Caucus on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

People can help by becoming a delegate at their local precinct caucus on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. They can raise the issue and then help to elect legislators that promise to work to provide safety for all child sex slaves in Minnesota.

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