Released 29 October 2009
On 2 December 2009, the UN's ‘International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery’ will commemorate the 60th anniversary of adoption of the
‘United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons
and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.’
For its Abolition Day Project, the Frederick Douglass Family
Foundation has chosen 10 outstanding middle schools and high schools
from across the USA to help promote Abolition Day. A group of students from
each school will build web pages, contact media outlets and create events in
order to put Abolition Day on the map. The idea is to not only commemorate
heroes of the past but to use Abolition Day as a reason to begin educating the
public about human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
Commissioner M.Christine
MacMillan, who is a member of the honorary board, says of this
project:
‘The plight of modern day slavery is
unacceptable. Known as human trafficking, its victims are silent voices in the
hidden darkness of forced indignities. Trafficking is an injustice to God's
desire to live in relationships of mutual respect. Together on Abolition Day we
beat the drum louder and longer, and sound the cry of freedom with informed
conviction and creative compassion.’
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