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On Friday, Congress Passed the Protect Our Children Act which will allocate over $320 million in the next five years to law enforcement efforts in investigating crimes of child exploitation. Join me in celebrating this victory for our precious, innocent kids!!!

Please see the following mass e-mail from the National Association to Protect Our Children for more details:  read more »

Sept. 15 2008
Oprah did a wonderful show today on this act to protect children from pedophiles. Here's a link to the site about the PROTECT organization.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1724/t/4720/campaign.jsp?campaign_K...

Wellspring Water For Girls is opening their first rehabilitative cottage home for girls rescued from child sex trafficking and they need YOUR help to get the home ready.

They are holding workshops on Saturdays throughout September through the second weekend of October.

If you want to volunteer to paint, clean, or do yard work, please bring your paintbrush/roller, cleaning supplies, and or rake and a shovel for landscaping.

The dates for volunteering are below.

September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11  read more »

Please watch the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8efxBmPpJE

http://www.gamillerteam.com/flowers.html

The following message is from the Miller family, three sweet kids who are making their impact in the fight against child sex slavery:  read more »

Earlier this week, A Future Not a Past, a local campaign in partnership with the Juvenile Justice Fund and The Atlanta Women's Foundation issued the following e-mail urging citizens to take immediate action in calling Governor Purdue about funding for the Regional Assesment Center:

" A Future. Not A Past.
Stop the Prostitution of Children in Georgia

"An Update regarding Regional Assessment Center funds authorized during the 2008 session.  read more »

Call + Response is a new film by musician Justin Dillon that tells the story of the modern day slave trade. It will be shown in theaters at various cities, including Atlanta, in the fall. 100% of the profits from ticket sales will be donated to various grassroots projects against slavery. For more information, please visit the website: http://callandresponse.com/

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5330271

This video follows an ABC news reporter to Haiti where he is able to make arrangments to purchase a child slave for $150.
Including travel time, this transaction takes him only 10 hours.

This should embolden you to continue your fight against the injustice of child slavery. The most perverse form of child slavery is not that far from your back door.
Let this video fuel your passion to continue using your voice to speak out against this vilest of offenses.

Victory Tabernacle Church sponsored a charity golf tournament on Friday, June 27th for Innocence Atlanta! The tournament raised $3,000!!

Thanks to the following sponsors who helped make this event successful:

Victory Church (www.victorytabernacle.com)
adb services inc.
Ascend Technologies
Coldwell Banker/ Bullard Realty
Shane's Rib Shack
Interdev
Uni-Sky Corporation
Mona Vie
Fishing Oconee
Dodge- Town and Country
Brian Butler of CBeyond
Kaituer Coffee House
Highlands Golf Course
Chris Daniel Associates. PC
Adcoxgraphix

The U.S. State Department recently released its 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. This document describes the efforts that 170 governments around the world are taking to eliminate various forms of trafficking in persons (including sex trafficking, child labor, and slavery) in their country.

Author: Allison

According to an article from CNN, on Wednesday, July 2, the body of Brook Bennett, a 12-year old girl from Vermont, was found. Her uncle, Michael Jacques, will face kidnapping charges and is suspected of sexually assaulting the girl. One of Brook's relatives has accused Jacques and Ray Gagnon, Brooke's former stepfather, of sexual assault. When the relative was 9, she became part of a program for sex called "Breckenridge". Jacques was her trainer and she was graded on her performance.  read more »