Primer on Slavery
Got this from GOOD magazine. Check it out.
The average cost of a slave is $90
A Slave is imported into the US every 30 minutes.
50% of slave in the US are involved in the commercial sex industry.
50% of slaves in the US work in the manufacturing, agriculture or domestic sectors.
RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER OF SLAVES WORLDWIDE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AT 27,000,000
Yeah, 27,000,000
It blew me away.
What do we do?
Let's get more knowledge. Define the reality. And then Act upon what we experience.
Newsong is on it's way to partnering with organizations to do something about it. We'll be addressing these issues in a message series this coming fall called
Sex and Chocolate
Here's some more windows into this dark world:
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Thanks for blogging about this and bringing it to like. It's not an international problem - it's right here in the US!
We talked about this at the Church 2.0 Local Forum in Atlanta. Atlanta is the number child sex trafficking place in the US. Keep me posted on how we can partner with NewSong.
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