Tuesday, 1 February 2011

SUPER BOWL

are you in the Dallas area?

are you aware of this fact:

Each year, 100,000 to 300,000 American kids, some as young as 12 years old, are exploited in the sex trade, he says. The traffickers use the Super Bowl and other large events such as the World Cup to ply their trade, Allen says. "The traffickers try to seize that opportunity to do business," he says.
(full article from USAToday here)

Traffick911 is a great campaign to link with if you are in the Dallas area this week.

you can sign a petition HERE that will be asking the Super Bowl committee to stand up and protect children.
it's free, it's loud, it makes a difference!

I know issues like this are hard to wrap our minds and hearts around, but please, don't let that make you look away.
They are little girls, in our back yard and they are voiceless.

The best weapon these buyers and pimps have is secrecy....let's get them out in the open for this one event...and I'll be back with more ways later!

2 comments:

  1. Yay-glad you found the article! The more exposure this gets the better. I will be a singing that petition!

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  2. Whoops, meant 'signing'. If I could sing to raise attention to this matter I would do that too!

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