50 Years Ago Today. . .

Fifty years ago on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" in Washington, D.C.  Check out the Winnipeg Free Press article Fifty years later, Martin Luther King's dream is a glass half-full:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/the-day-the-tide-turned-220914211.html

Change Happens Best From Within

MEDA - Change Happens Best From Within from MEDA on Vimeo.

Walk Free

If you believe in a world where everyone can walk free,

click on the link below to get more information:

e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1786&ea.campaign.id=19144

Child labour can't be carpeted over by a logo, but it's a step in the right direction

I think my blog should be dedicated to my friend Teresa. . .she sends me so many great articles and information!  Thanks Teresa!  Check out another The Guardian article, this time by Oliver Balch:

www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/15/child-labour-product-certification

CNN: Slave Maids Cost the Price of a Smart Phone

"If you ask young people what they could get for U.S. $200 or less, their answers would probably include a tablet, a smart phone, or a designer bag. Not on the list, a foreign maid - unless you live in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, or any country in the Middle East."

If you want to continue reading what Susan V. Ople has to say about Slave Maids Cost the Price of  a Smart Phone, click on the link:

thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/09/slave-maids-cost-the-price-of-a-smart-phone

CNN: Rescued Children Shouldn't be in Handcuffs

Please read the CNN article Rescued Children Shouldn't be in Handcuffs:

thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/08/rescued-children-shouldnt-be-in-handcuffs

Hunger & Climate Change

www.foodgrainsbank.ca

Loved ~ JJ Heller

Do you dream of a home you never had?
An innocence that you cannot get back
The pain is real, you can’t erase it
Sooner or later you have to face it down, down
You have to face it down

You are loved

Do you keep your thoughts inside your head?
Will you regret the things you never said
You have a voice, you have to use it
You have a choice, don’t let them shut you down, down
Don’t let them shut you down

You are loved
You are loved

Do you feel the ache inside your soul?
You know you’ll never make it on your own
Sorrow is too great for you to hold it
You’re gonna break, why don’t you lay it down?

Freedom comes in letting go
Open up the window to your heart
Freedom comes in letting go
Open up your heart

You are loved
You are loved

www.jjheller.com

CNN: Sex Ring Sting Doesn't Go Far Enough

. . .continuing discussion and dialogue on the FBI's sting operation from last week.  Check out this great article and the videos included:

edition.cnn.com/2013/07/31/opinion/finkelhor-child-prostitution/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

How Poverty Wages for Tea Pickers Fuel India's Trade in Child Slavery

Gethin Chamberlain wrote the article that I last posted so I thought I would check out some of his other articles.  Please check out:

www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/20/poverty-tea-pickers-india-child-slavery