Diana Scimone: Polaris Star award to B2F founder, Diana Scimone

43 ways to stop child trafficking

Got more ideas?
Email your idea to info(at)born2fly(dot)org and I'll add it to the list.
43. Join
the fight against trafficking in your own city. (Yes, it's happening there.)
42. Google
the name of your city and "human trafficking" or "child trafficking." Read, learn, get angry.
41. Meet
with other abolitionists in your city. If there's not a group, start one.
40. Understand
the mindset of a trafficking victim: http://tinyurl.com/9jzqtb
39. Download
info for health care providers, social service agencies, and law enforcement officials: http://tinyurl.com/7zgrft
38. Pick
a factsheet and learn about some aspect of human trafficking: http://tinyurl.com/88t7k8
37. Order
free anti-trafficking brochures, posters, info cards (in many languages): http://tinyurl.com/7weyz8
36. Study
how to combat trafficking of women and children: http://tinyurl.com/9kxw4f
35. Read
about anti-trafficking legislation in the US: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/laws/
34. Find out
what human trafficking is and isn't: http://tinyurl.com/9jqjz
33. Watch
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement awareness videos: http://tinyurl.com/95c8dy
32. Learn
what to ask if you think someone is trafficked: www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/08/106250.htm
31. Call
the National Human Trafficking Resource Center to report a trafficking victim: (888) 373-7888.
30. Choose
a country (the one already on your heart) and learn about trafficking there.
29. Read
the latest country-by-country Trafficking in Persons Report: www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/
28. Subscribe
to blogs and email updates from anti-trafficking organizations (like this blog).
27. Give
a gift card to your local trafficking awareness group--grocery stores, Wal-Mart, Target, etc.
26. Open
your eyes. There's trafficking all around you.
25. Host
a party and make anti-trafficking t-shirts to wear. Come up with creative sayings & designs.
24. Visit
http://slavery.alltop.com/ Pick a blog a day to read and leave an encouraging comment.
23. Make
a B2F patch or pin to wear on your backpack to spark conversation with friends or teachers (or total strangers).
22. Give
a gift in someone's honor. Donate to an anti-trafficking organization in his or her name.
21. Forward
the anti-trafficking video, "Get Angry. Please." to your list. www.born2fly.org
20. Introduce
B2F to a foundation or corporation.
19. Sponsor
a B2F day at your school.
18. Post
instances of trafficking on www.slaverymap.org
17. Ask
your legislators what they're doing to stop the traffic.
16. Write
a letter to the editor.
15. Donate
to anti-trafficking organizations such as B2F.
14. Display
anti-trafficking posters in schools, offices, and churches. http://tinyurl.com/4869yp
13. Blog
about child trafficking.
12. Pray
God gave you the power to change what's around you.
11. Learn
about trafficking in countries where you do business.
10. Flex
your political muscles.
9. Forgo
birthday presents. Instead ask family and friends to donate to B2F in your name.
8. Organize
a fund-raising party for B2F.
7. Take
a voluntourism trip and help with the anti-trafficking effort.
6. Pick
a country and take an immersion trip.
5. Start
a book club. Read Terrify No More or Good News About Injustice.
4. Host
a house meeting or dorm meeting. Watch China's Stolen Children. http://tinyurl.com/58mpb3
3. Find out
what's happening in your own community. www.polarisproject.org
2. Read
about modern-day abolitionists. http://tiny.cc/rWXNk
1. Learn
about what's happening. Set up Google alerts for "child trafficking," "human slavery," etc.

February 21, 2013

Polaris Star award to B2F founder, Diana Scimone

I recently spoke at Florida Awareness Day, a large anti-trafficking rally in Orlando sponsored by the Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force.

More than 1,500 people attended and found out that trafficking is happening right in their own backyards.

After I spoke, the organizers called me back on stage and presented me with the Polaris Star award given annually to a modern-day abolitionist.

Polaris Star
Diana Scimone
Modern-Day Abolitionist

The Polaris Star, also known as the North Star, is the star that slaves used to find their way north to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

I'm greatly honored to receive this award and even be mentioned in the same breath as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, and other freedom fighters.

The Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force, which sponsored the event, is a strategic central Florida partnership of law enforcement (local, state, national), government agencies, schools, non-profits (including Born2Fly), the faith-based community, safe houses, embassy consulates, and many others.

It's one of the most effective local coalitions in the U.S. and it's why there are so many arrests of traffickers throughout the area.

"Be audacious"

At the event, I spoke specifically to young people and encouraged them to be "audacious abolitionists." (Audacious is my new favorite word.) If traffickers are audacious -- and they are -- we have to be even more audacious to stop them.

150 years after the official end of slavery, it's sadly still alive and well right here in the US -- so we still have plenty of work to do.

You know my goal is to work myself out of a job, so thank you for helping me do that.

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Thank you, Lucy!

Posted by: Diana Scimone | March 1, 2013 at 11:38 PM

I am so proud of you and of your work in human trafficking. You deserve this award. Congrats!

Posted by: Lucy Moll | February 22, 2013 at 03:38 PM

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February 21, 2013