HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year to all! We hope that 2014 had plenty of warm moments. I say warm, because it is about 5 degrees outside right now!
I am reminded by our good friends at "Free the Slaves" that January is national "Trafficking awareness month." We were fortunate enough to do some powerful filming for them a while back, so I would like to return the favor by forwarding their message of hope in this area of need. You can visit their web site (https://www.freetheslaves.net/) for great insights of how to help. Here is an excerpt:

Here are simple steps you can take to make January a month of action:

1. FIRST: Spread the word that slavery still exists but can be overcome. Tell everyone you know. Play a Free the Slaves video where you work or study or worship to start a discussion. Pick a Free the Slaves book for your book club. Check out our teaching and activities and case study guides for classroom projects, and our slavery in history timeline for student research papers. Visit out Facebook page or Twitter feed, then like or follow us, share our posts and tweets, and join the conversation. Visit the National Archives online for details on the 13th Amendment.
   
2. SECOND: Find out if there’s slavery in your shopping cart, investment portfolio or products. Visit knowthechain.org to see which companies are working to eliminate slavery from their products. If you work in a company’s purchasing unit, see our Becoming A Slavery-Free Business video to learn how to keep slavery-tainted materials out of your product supply chains. Be a mindful consumer, investor or corporation.
3. THIRD: Raise funds for the movement any way you can. See our personal fundraising guide to learn how you can get a micro-campaign going in your community.