"Slavery is more affordable, more widespread and more entrenched in 2011 than it was in ancient Rome or the antebellum South of America. Modern-day slaves, also called human trafficking victims, can be male or female, from any country or representing any ethnicity." ~Change.org~

In the United States, human trafficking victims are forced to work in the sex trade, as domestic servants, on farms and in factories. They are your neighbors. They are the girls on the street, wrongfully called "prostitutes", that so many of us turn our heads away from as we walk on by. They are the "illegal immigrants" that people seem to look at with disdain, working 16-18 hour days in sweatshops down the street, or next door to our houses. Turns out "made in the USA" doesn't always mean sweat shop free. Look Beneath the Surface.

Watch this stunning video from an organization called Not For Sale.

Today I ask that you pray for those that are oppressed. Pray for those that are enslaved. Pray for the END of slavery and oppression in our world. I ask that you be a part of the solution and educate yourself on this issue and inform those that are around you. We have to END the DEMAND.