Fayetteville mother’s arrest sheds light on human trafficking problem :: WRAL.com

Fayetteville mother’s arrest sheds light on human trafficking problem :: WRAL.com.

United Nations Millennium Development Goals

1. Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
 

The Forgotten Face of Trafficking

The struggle against human trafficking usually focuses or examines the issues surrounding women and children victims. This concentration leads us to forget that men, and adolescent boys are victims also.
They could be called the forgotten faces of the trafficking business, overlooked even when the obvious signs of exploitation that would sound alarms with women and children are present. “Trafficking in human beings is most commonly associated [...]

The Girl who silenced the world

A very inspiration and powerful plea for the environment.
This incredible speech was given by a 13 year old at the United Nations.

Veterans Day!

November 11 – Veterans Day
“O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath
But opportunity is real, and life is free
Equality is in the air we breathe”
Let America Be America Again.
~Langston Hughes

Sister Marie Ann Brent, SHF, our Valdez Sister honored with papal medal

Valdez sister honored with papal medal
PATRICIA COLL FREEMAN
Catholicanchor.org
Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz presented Sister Marie Ann Brent, pastoral administrator of St. Francis Xavier Church, with the highest honor awarded to the laity by the pope.
The archbishop bestowed the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal – which recognizes service “For Church and Pope” – to Sister Brent during the Sept. 27 [...]