Students Stopping the Trafficking of People

JOIN THE HOYA SAXA TEAM IN THE STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING NOW D.C. WALK!

WHEN: Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 10:00 am

WHERE: Meridian Hill Park, 15th St. NW and W St. NW

TO REGISTER: Go to: http://sctnow.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&eventID=556&teamID=5426. If you are unable to walk but would like to make a donation, simply click on one of the team members or stop by the SSTOP table in Red Square on Fridays, where we will be selling fair-trade (slavery-free) chocolate to raise money for the walk!

SCHEDULE:
9:00 am - Registration Begins
10:00 am - Walk Begins
11:30 pm - Performers, Speakers & Information Fair
2:00 pm - Event Ends

Join the HOYA SAXA Team in what will be the largest anti-human trafficking event in D.C. to date!  It will coincide with D.C.'s Human Trafficking Awareness Month and will be part of a larger national effort coordinated by an NGO called Stop Child Trafficking Now.  We will join other cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas in rallying support, raising awareness, and raising funds for the movement.  In addition, this event will bring together the D.C. community, NGOs, local authorities and the media in raising awareness of and combating modern slavery here in D.C.

Find out more about human trafficking and SSTOP:

About the photo:
Like slaves on an auction block waiting to be selected, victims of human trafficking have to perform as they are told or risk being beaten. Sex buyers often claim they had no idea that most women and girls abused in prostitution are desperate to escape, or are there as a result of force, fraud, or coercion. (Kay Chernush for the U.S. State Department.)

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