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Stop Human Trafficking—November 10, Aston

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

Saturday, November 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A symposium sponsored by the Advocacy Committee of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia LOCATION Our Lady of Angels Convent is located at 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA, on your right. … Continue reading →

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Please Help End Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From PathWays PA (http://www.pathwayspa.org): Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery, which overwhelmingly impacts women and girls. It is the fastest growing crime in the world and is a crisis taking place right here in Pennsylvania. The National … Continue reading →

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Call Senator Gordner to Urge Movement of Human Trafficking Legislation in PA

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

SB 338 (Posting of the National Human Trafficking Hotline Act; http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=0338), sponsored by Senator Daylin Leach, and HB 235 (http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=0235), sponsored by Rep. Paul Clymer, are Pennsylvania bills that would require businesses in Pennsylvania to post the national hotline for … Continue reading →

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Encourage Your Members of Congress to Reauthorize Trafficking Victims Act!

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Joe Kim, Children’s Rights Advocate, United Methodist General Board of Church & Society (http://www.umc-gbcs.org):   Over the summer, I had the opportunity to read and re-read the “2011 Trafficking in Persons Report” (http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/) recently released by the U.S. Dept. … Continue reading →

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Human Trafficking Lobby Day in PA—January 25, Harrisburg

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Polaris Project (http://www.polarisproject.org/):   Now that the holidays are over, we wanted to remind you to RSVP for the 2011 Pennsylvania Lobby Day to End Human Trafficking! Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, … Continue reading →

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Urge PA General Assembly to End Human Trafficking

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Sandy Strauss

State legislators may not be aware that human trafficking is a huge crisis taking place right here in Pennsylvania, and that traffickers are exploiting women, men, and children, both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, in commercial sex or labor through the use of force, fraud, … Continue reading →

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