May 27 2008

How to make a difference in your own neighborhood

Published by christahillstrom at 5:15 am under Chicago, awareness, global

There are as many as 27 million slaves in the world. Experts estimate that 50,000 of them are enslaved in the U.S.

Maybe you can’t dedicate time to volunteer for advocacy groups. Maybe you don’t know how to lobby for policy.

But in the face of such overwhelming statistics, can you really have an impact?

The MOSAIC group in Chicago decided to do something to raise awareness in their own community through putting on an arts event called Traffick Jam. Check out the video below…

(Musical performance by Jessica Sonner)

2 Responses to “How to make a difference in your own neighborhood”

  1. # Kevin Baleson 28 May 2008 at 2:47 am

    Hi Christa, Thanks for a great post. It is so exciting to see anti-slavery groups starting up all over the country. A powerful film about slavery in America today is Dreams Die Hard - which I am happy to say won the prize at the Telluride Film Festival today. You can watch it, or order a DVD copy (brilliant for events) from:

    http://www.freetheslaves.net

    All best,
    Kevin Bales

  2. # Steve Lycoson 28 May 2008 at 6:18 pm

    I reccomend the movie “Glory” as a good movie in this zhanra.
    Denzell Washington won a Emmy for it I think.

    You can prolly get it at amazon or something liek it

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