Comments on: “Breaking the Chains” of Modern Day Slavery

By: goral

goral — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:15:57 +0000

Today’s news from NC where a child was murdered in just this kind of evil episode that the author discribes.
I’m sure elkabrikir will have her daughter take this article to her teacher.
If he’s not persuaded than he’s really a reptile.

“Particularly disturbing were the accusations lodged against Shaniya’s mother, 25-year-old Antoinette Davis. Police charged Davis with human trafficking and felony child abuse, saying Shaniya was offered for prostitution.”

By: Terri Kimmel

Terri Kimmel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:38 +0000

elkabrikir,

National Geographic magazine did an extensive piece on this subject a couple of years ago. Sorry I don’t have a specific month/year. I’m sure you could find it in an index, though.

Good luck with the paper.

By: Emily Jacobs

Emily Jacobs — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:02:42 +0000

elkabrikir-

If your daughter needs resources for her paper, the ITEMP website has great information and statistics regarding trafficking in Guatemala. If she is looking for more global information the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons’ website has great information as well. The site is http://www.state.gov/g/tip. If she needs quotes or specific case stories, she can email me and I can get those for her as well. My email is emily.jacobs@godschild.org

Good luck to your daughter, and way to take a stand!

By: elkabrikir

elkabrikir — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:48:46 +0000

This article is most providential.

My 10th grade daughter has been assigned a research essay that has to have a persuasive component to it. Among many choices were “doping in sports”, health reform, privacy issues, and tens of other issues (out of bounds were the abortion or homosexual issues)…

I suggested the topic of World wide trafficing of women. The teacher rejected the topic saying “what could you possibly persuade anybody about.” I told my daughter that HER teacher’s response was the VERY reason that she HAD to research and write the paper! HE, and the rest of us who are ignorant of or dismissive of the human misery caused by this evil: trafficing of humans, are part of the problem.

She feels the way I do and will ask her teacher to reconsider his position. She’s going to tell him, “If I don’t persuade you that this is a significant world wide problem which needs to be addressed, then give me an “F”.

Thank you CE for bringing the plight of millions of our sisters and children into the light. Maybe now they can be seen and supported by more of us.

By: Donald Hudzinski

Donald Hudzinski — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:49:13 +0000

This is an example of what happens when you except the mentality of Planned Parenthood and its radical feminist movement.

By: HomeschoolNfpDad

HomeschoolNfpDad — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:42:58 +0000

This is just one more area where the woeful catechesis of the laity in many parts of the world contributes to a grave moral evil. If we were teaching John Paul’s Theology of the Body on a regular basis, there would be less tolerance of this sort of thing. Obviously, this cannot be the only educational approach used. But it ought to be a regular pillar of the Church’s fight for justice here. It certainly can and ought to complement some of the suggestions Ms. Jacobs makes in her article.