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If you’ve followed Made for Freedom for the past few years, you’ll notice that we have grown mostly through in-person events and conferences. I’ve met thousands of incredible people at conferences across the country who were excited about the impact Made for Freedom makes globally in the lives of survivors of exploitation and marginalization. Conference cancellations threw us quite a curveball. To be completely honest, I was wondering if we would have to [...]
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The season of fall brings up images of Halloween, pumpkin spice lattes, and food harvest — assuming you live in one of the wealthiest countries of the world. And if you live in the United States, you likely fall in the global upper-middle class or higher. A study conducted by Pew Research in 2015 revealed that [...]
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During a social networking event, I launched into a conversation about the horrors of human trafficking with a gentleman I barely knew. Looking back, I realize I could have discussed a lighter topic at happy hour, but some days this work is all-consuming. I vividly remember how the color drained from his face as I told him about the “seasoning” process [...]
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Part of our Faces of Human Trafficking Series “Fasai”*, a Lahu girl, comes from a broken family. The Lahus, a semi-nomadic hill tribe, originated from China and Tibet before migrating to Thailand, mostly the northern provinces. In Fasai’s case, her...
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Human Rights Day takes place every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Since it's coming in three days, I found myself asking “Do I need a day to celebrate Human Rights?”. Honestly, in my opinion, we don’t need a day, but we should [...]
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