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Who is The Entrepreneur: Christina Stoltz (on for-profit vs nonprofit) – Forbes

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

1, focusing on advocacy and trauma recovery of survivors of human trafficking and other forms of gender-based violence. But what kind of business is this anyway? What’s its mission? How does it work? Catalina: Christina, your story is quite …
Read the entire story here:Who is The Entrepreneur: Christina Stoltz (on for-profit vs nonprofit) – Forbes

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: advocacy, christina stoltz, entrepreneur, forbes, mission, story, survivors of human trafficking, trauma, trauma recovery, violence

Manny Pacquiao — Congressman Pacquiao — rips President Obama for stance on gay marriage – YAHOO!

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

He’s also a staunch opponent of human trafficking, which has been a significant problem in his country. He’s done more for his countrymen than most people have ever done for theirs, and he’s to be commended for that. It’s why he’s one of the world’s most …
Read the entire story here:Manny Pacquiao — Congressman Pacquiao — rips President Obama for stance on gay marriage – YAHOO!

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: countrymen, gay marriage, human trafficking, manny pacquiao, marriage, Obama, opponent, problem, rips, stance, story, trafficking

Obama’s ‘cynicism’ on gay marriage – Chicago Tribune

May 12, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

The former slave and black leader Frederick Douglass might have understood. What he said of Lincoln’s approach to slavery could also be said of Obama on same-sex marriage: “Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy …
Read the entire story here:Obama’s ‘cynicism’ on gay marriage – Chicago Tribune

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: abolition, chicago tribune, cynicism, Frederick Douglass, gay marriage, Ground, leader, Obama, same sex marriage, slave, story, Viewed

Feds: Indicted Kan. gang thrived by fomenting fear – msnbc.com

May 12, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

In recent years, the act has been used to prosecute human trafficking and gang cases, including charges in 2007 against 28 members of the Crips gang in Wichita – which was the first time RICO was used against gangs in Kansas. Grissom announced the …
Read the entire story here:Feds: Indicted Kan. gang thrived by fomenting fear – msnbc.com

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: com, Crips, crips gang, feds, gang cases, Grissom, human trafficking, msnbc, story, time

Socialists Still Remember T.R.M. Howard. Why Doesn’t Everybody? – Reason.com

May 12, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

At the World Socialist Web Site, Tom Eley unmasks Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and it’s just as you’ve always suspected: They’re stooges of the right.  You may or may not find Eley’s case persuasive. (I think there are a few …
Read the entire story here:Socialists Still Remember T.R.M. Howard. Why Doesn’t Everybody? – Reason.com

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Undoing Houston’s Racism: A Pastor’s Apology – Houston Chronicle

May 11, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Perhaps our rotten fruit is acceptance of Human Trafficking, where 80% of victims are female with a disproportionately high number women of color. Or maybe it’s in our ongoing quietness that this is one of our gravest social sins here in Houston.
Read the entire story here:Undoing Houston’s Racism: A Pastor’s Apology – Houston Chronicle

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: apology, color, fruit, houston chronicle, Human, human trafficking, quietness, racism, rotten fruit, story, women of color

Frederick Douglass descendant to speak at NY event – Wall Street Journal

May 7, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Washington. Morris is founder and president of the Atlanta-based Frederick Douglass Family Foundation, which educates young people on about contemporary slavery and human trafficking. Brown was living at his farm in the Essex County town of …
Read the entire story here:Frederick Douglass descendant to speak at NY event – Wall Street Journal

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Cracking down on Houston’s sex industry? – Abc Local Web

May 7, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

And a lawsuit the county attorney planned to file last year against the shopping center owner to fight human trafficking was drafted, but never filed. Is this another case of a public official saying they did things that they didn’t? The county attorney …
Read the entire story here:Cracking down on Houston’s sex industry? – Abc Local Web

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: abc, center, county attorney, human trafficking, lawsuit, Local, sex, sex industry, shopping center, story, trafficking

Hillary Clinton hopes to tame the Kolkata shrew – Daily News and Analysis

May 7, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Clinton attended a cultural programme at the Indian council of Cultural relations and visited the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. She also met victims of human trafficking and had a brief discussion with a couple of NGOs involved in helping them.
Read the entire story here:Hillary Clinton hopes to tame the Kolkata shrew – Daily News and Analysis

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: Council, Daily, discussion, Hillary Clinton, kolkata, News, NGOs, story, trafficking, victims of human trafficking, victoria memorial

London mayor live blog – what do you think of the candidates’ Olympic policies? – The Guardian

May 6, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Read his manifesto in full here. Brian Paddick wants to set up a new, annual “London games”, wants to make sure the Metropolitan police are fully prepared from any rise in human trafficking connected to the Olympics, and wants to ensure the …
Read the entire story here:London mayor live blog – what do you think of the candidates’ Olympic policies? – The Guardian

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: brian paddick, human trafficking, london games, london mayor, manifesto, Mayor, metropolitan police, Olympic, Police, rise, story
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