http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com Take a small step toward big change Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 11th will mark exactly 2 months since Ohio observed Human Trafficking Awareness Day. It will mark 1 month since Ohio Attorney General Cordray's Trafficking in Person Study Commission published the Report on the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in Ohio, the first study of its kind. March 11th is the day we ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/books-resources/ohioans-email-your-state-senator-on-march-11th/ Today is International Women's Day!  There are many great ways to empower women around the world and shopping at Stop Traffick Fashion is one of them.  Our products are made by survivors of human trafficking and enable them to earn a sustainable income in order to support themselves and their ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/books-resources/international-womens-day/ PRESS RELEASE From Senator Teresa Fedor 11th Senate District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          Contact: Ursula Barrera March 2, 2010                                                                                                   (614) 466-5204 Bipartisan Bill Will Make Human Trafficking a Felony Offense Senators Fedor and Grendell Partner to Fight Problem ColumbuS – Senator Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and Senator Tim Grendell ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/trafficking-news-information/bipartisan-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate/ Demi Moore has won the Pepsi Refresh Challenge! Thanks to all of her fan votes, Demi won a $250,000 grant for GEMS (Girls Education and Mentoring Services).  GEMS is an organization based in New York designed to empower young women in America who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation.  GEMS ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/books-resources/human-trafficking-in-the-media/ We've been writing a lot about trafficking in the US and in Ohio lately.  If you want to read another perspective, read this interview with the author of the new book The Slave Across the Street, Theresa Flores.  Theresa is an activist and is also a Director for Gracehaven House ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/uncategorized/more-on-trafficking-in-the-us-and-ohio/ At last we are announcing the details of our T-shirt Launch and Benefit Concert!  The event will happen on Friday, March 19th at Rohs Street Cafe in Clifton.  This will be the first time our four T-shirts are available to purchase.  If you don't remember, they are fair trade, organic ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/stf-news/stf-t-shirt-launch-benefit-concert/ If you have a few minutes please listen to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that occurred today.  The hearing titled, "In Our Own Backyard: Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the United States," included testimony from Ambassador-At-Large Luis CdeBaca, Rachel Lloyd (founder of GEMS) and a survivor of trafficking in ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/uncategorized/in-our-own-backyard-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing/ A group in South Africa has recently released a PSA to raise awareness about the escalation of human trafficking during the 2010 World Cup coming up this summer.  You can check out the video here. The Salvation Army has also started a new trafficking helpline.  South Africa still doesn't have ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/uncategorized/south-african-trafficking-psa/ On Thursday, March 11th the Freedom Center in Cincinnati is hosting a free screening of the documentary Playground.  The movie is an undercover look at the child sex trafficking industry.  Filmmaker Libby Spears initially started looking into trafficking in Cambodia and the Philippines, only to realize that the problem happens ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/uncategorized/documentary-screening-stf-event/ You've probably seen some TED videos on You Tube or on their website.  Right now leaders from around the world are together speaking on various topics.  One of those speakers in Kevin Bales, a well known author and activist in the field of human trafficking.  I hope they will post ... http://www.stoptraffickfashion.com/books-resources/kevin-bales-at-the-ted-conference/