Slavery and Human Trafficking!

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:

Asia Rising!

If there were any doubts about Asia and it's leading place in the world, one just had to take a few minutes to witness one of the greatest creative spectacles in modern history. Asian known for it's fake goods demonstrated it's innovative brilliance to the smallest of details. How symbolic was that moving display of the wall of china transforming suddenly into a bridge of flowers artfully conveying to the world China's desire for openness to the outsider. If you have some time, check out the opening ceremonies or get the dvd when it comes out especially the first 90 minutes!

What do you think? America has a strategic role but it's changing. What do you think our role in the global village is now and in the future?