Father, raise us up to action! Raise up your people to go in and rescue. Raise up your people to fight for education and prevention. Raise up your people to risk their lives so that others can be saved. PRAY
Sister Mary, as she is known, has lived in Peruvian lands for about three years.
Her strong commitment in the Mission has led her to adopt a proactive approach to combating human trafficking, including progressive efforts to inform about risk factors and how more people can be part of putting an end to 21st century slavery. READ
TAKE ACTION
Join the largest anti-slavery movement in the world. One of the current FREEDOM UNITED campaigns is "CoreCivic: Help stop forced labor in the U.S. prison & detention system".
Help stop forced labor of detainees. Click here to learn more and sign that petition: HERE
In August US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking will be encouraging everyone to meet with their elected officials while they are on recess and back home in their in-district offices. You can get a head start on preparing for those meetings by reading up on our focused piece of legislation: The Central American Women and Children Protection Act.
Take action on social media by sharing the World Day material and using the official hashtags #EndHumanTrafficking and #HumanTrafficking.