Today, more than 27 million human beings serve as slaves throughout the world. People are forced to work without pay, under threat of violence and unable to walk away. There are more slaves today than there has been at any point in history. We as free ind

Help End Slavery: Be the Key to Freedom

Target:

U.S Congress

Sponsored by:

SUNY Rockland Student Anti-Slavery Committee

    We urge the United States government to sponsor and support House
  Resolution 2522, Congressional Commission on the Abolition of
Modern-Day Slavery Act, which establishes a Congressional
Commission on the Abolition of Modern-day Slavery which shall:
     (1) advise Congress on how the United States could support efforts
     to eradicate modern-day slavery
     (2) evaluate comparative strategies to prevent modern-day slavery,
     rescue and rehabilitate its victims, and prosecute traffickers and
     increase accountability within countries
     (3) examine the economic impact on communities and countries that
     demonstrate measured success in fighting modern-day slavery
     (4) evaluate U.S. trade policy's effect on modern slavery, including a
     list of the 10 countries with the highest number of slaves within their
     borders

    We are urging the United States Government to exercise its
considerable influence to end the practices of modern day slavery
throughout the world so that the world can be free from this scourge
against humanity.

    As global citizens, we are responsible for ensuring that our fellow
human beings are guarenteed basic rights and equality. We must ACT
NOW and Be the voice for those who have No voice. Thank you.

We, free citizens of the United States of America, and other free nations of the world, urge the United States government to take action and address the ongoing crisis of modern-day slavery. Human beings of various backgrounds and ages continue to be subjected to forms of forced labor, debt bondage, chattel slavery, and child labor. It is estimated that there are over 27 Million Slaves in the world today- a number more than any other time in human history.

We urge our government to sponsor and support House Resolution 2522, Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery Act, which establishes a Congressional Commission on the Abolition of Modern-day Slavery which shall:
(1) study matters relating to modern-day slavery
(2) review programs of relevant governmental agencies
(3) examine efforts by foreign countries and multilateral organizations to combat modern-day slavery
(4) convene additional experts from nongovernmental organizations as part of the Commission

The Commission shall also:
(1) advise Congress on how the United States could support efforts to eradicate modern-day slavery
(2) evaluate comparative strategies to prevent modern-day slavery, rescue and rehabilitate its victims, and prosecute traffickers and increase accountability within countries
(3) examine the economic impact on communities and countries that demonstrate measured success in fighting modern-day slavery
(4) evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. laws prohibiting the importation of goods produced through forced labor or child labor
(5) evaluate U.S. trade policy's effect on modern slavery, including a list of the 10 countries with the highest number of slaves within their borders
(6) evaluate U.S. government procurement policies regarding slave-made goods or services. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of a report required under this Act.

The United States and President Obama have the ability and responsibility to protect the people of this region by using their influential position and their financial ability to provide humanitarian assistance to the region.

We are urging the United States Government to exercise its considerable influence to end modern day slavery in India and the rest of the world so that the world is free from this scourge against humanity.

As global citizens, we are responsible for ensuring that our fellow human beings are guarenteed basic rights and equality. We must ACT NOW and be the voice for those who have no voice. Thank you.

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# 704:

2:08 pm PST, Nov 19, Caleb White, Texas

# 703:

11:05 am PST, Nov 16, Julia Marrocco, Oregon
It's time to wake up and stand on behalf of women and children in bondage. Sex trafficking, for one, is happening right in our own back yards in the US, and you cannot ignore it any longer as "another country's problem". There are many organizations that help. Please get involved and get informed. www.sharedhope.org is a good one, and there are many others.

# 702:

8:51 am PST, Nov 16, Branislava Milicevic, Serbia And Montenegro

# 701:

7:08 am PST, Nov 16, Dana Elam, Virginia

# 700:

3:24 pm PST, Nov 15, Brad Miller, Kansas

# 699:

11:33 pm PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, Washington
Hey everyone, just wanted to encourage you guys to tell your friends about this petition. even if they dont really care about humanity, maybe they will see your passion and it will influence them. please inform everyone you know about this. Moldova is one of the worst countries for females today. And by females i mean girls. girls of all races are enslaved there and not much they can do to get out of it. we need the US government involved and to crack the whip on this bullshit. sex slavery brings in billions of dollars to assholes who don't deserve the air we breathe, but they walk amongst us. spread the word. ex-resident of moldova

# 698:

6:49 pm PST, Nov 8, Latica Boykins, Pennsylvania

# 697:

10:52 am PST, Nov 5, Nadia Davidovich, Argentina
I gree, Joseph Andrews: I just can't believe this is still happening!!! -------If you care about human rights and contamination, please sign my PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/clean-the-streams --------- THANK YOU!!!!!!

# 696:

8:49 am PST, Nov 3, Amber Thrasher, Washington

# 695:

12:31 pm PST, Nov 2, Mia Huolman, Finland

# 694:

2:51 pm PST, Nov 1, Joseph Andrews, New Jersey
I can't believe this is still happening

# 693:

12:35 pm PST, Nov 1, Daphna Yanez, Mexico

# 692:

3:10 am PST, Nov 1, Carina Eriksson, Sweden

# 691:

5:02 am PDT, Oct 30, Name not displayed, Switzerland

# 690:

10:32 am PDT, Oct 28, Name not displayed, Washington

# 689:

6:39 pm PDT, Oct 26, Name not displayed, New York

# 688:

10:48 am PDT, Oct 26, Almel Williams, Georgia

# 687:

11:44 pm PDT, Oct 25, Doris Telles, California

# 686:

9:58 pm PDT, Oct 24, Name not displayed, California

# 685:

1:52 pm PDT, Oct 23, Suzanne Ferrarelli, New York

# 684:

7:08 am PDT, Oct 23, Melissa Buchanan, California

# 683:

6:45 am PDT, Oct 23, Maria Lorenzo, Spain

# 682:

9:51 am PDT, Oct 22, Caitlin Schmedlin, Connecticut

# 681:

9:03 am PDT, Oct 20, Kimberly Tilley, Idaho

# 680:

12:25 pm PDT, Oct 19, SHMUEL Dirnfeld, New York

# 679:

8:34 am PDT, Oct 19, Abraham B, New York

# 678:

4:58 pm PDT, Oct 18, Frimet Goldberger, New York

# 677:

4:28 pm PDT, Oct 18, Chava Steiner, New York

# 676:

3:58 am PDT, Oct 18, Araceli Vegana, Spain

# 675:

10:32 pm PDT, Oct 14, Charon Khor, Australia
Slavery is against human rights. No one should a slave.

# 674:

5:54 pm PDT, Oct 14, Michael Westrich, Oregon

# 673:

4:38 am PDT, Oct 14, Coline Dell, France

# 672:

1:04 pm PDT, Oct 13, Name not displayed, Japan

# 671:

8:18 pm PDT, Oct 12, Kaji Kirupanithy, Canada

# 670:

11:17 pm PDT, Oct 11, Aliyah Santamaria, New York

# 669:

11:13 pm PDT, Oct 11, Jenna Allen, New York
yay

# 668:

11:11 pm PDT, Oct 11, Wilkenson Francois, New York

# 667:

7:14 pm PDT, Oct 11, Leah Peterson, Washington

# 666:

12:06 pm PDT, Oct 10, Charles Hancock, Oregon
This is what I am doing to end slavery! http://behelpfulnothurtful.blogspot.com/

# 665:

11:44 am PDT, Oct 10, Shamika Mitchell, New York
One of humankind's great evils has again taken hold on various societies. Any form of slavery is immoral, intolerable and inhumane!

# 664:

6:09 pm PDT, Oct 9, Linda Rodriguez, New York

# 663:

2:56 pm PDT, Oct 9, KATERINA PATINIOTOU, Greece

# 662:

6:25 pm PDT, Oct 8, B Joshua Brickhouse, North Carolina

# 661:

4:22 pm PDT, Oct 8, Travis Gordo, Michigan

# 660:

6:15 am PDT, Oct 8, Adriano Janezic, Slovenia
Slavery is a humiliation of every human's undeniable right to be born and live free.There can be no room for slavery in a human society!

# 659:

5:01 pm PDT, Oct 7, Name not displayed, Mexico

# 658:

2:23 pm PDT, Oct 7, Kelly + Katie Hansen+Welch, Washington
STOP SLAVERY NOW!!! WE ARE ALL EQUAL!

# 657:

1:23 pm PDT, Oct 7, Anzhelika Varvalyuk, Washington
i think slavery is a horrible thing and should be abolished.

# 656:

11:55 am PDT, Oct 7, Sierra Schreck, Washington

# 655:

11:47 am PDT, Oct 7, Colton Rehn, Washington

# 654:

11:35 am PDT, Oct 7, Julie Reynolds-Otrugman, Oregon
It is time to take a stand against this abomination. Why should anyone be enslaved in a world where so many of us are free?

# 653:

2:05 am PDT, Oct 7, Tracie Kerr, Canada

# 652:

8:08 am PDT, Oct 6, Carlo Zucchi, Italy

# 651:

7:23 pm PDT, Oct 5, Name not displayed, Australia

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