Swords Into Plowshares forced labor Archives

May 24, 2013

Only a glimpse

Posted 4:30pm

by Marissa Costello I was inspired today by three speakers whose presentations all related to one atrocity: human trafficking and forced labor. Ryan Smith, Presbyterian representative to the United Nations, Kevin Cassidy, Senior for the International Labour Organization, and Carol Smolenski, executive director of ECPAT-USA, each spoke to a seminar group from the Presbyterian Church… Read more »

January 6, 2012

Human Trafficking Awareness Day, January 11

Posted 3:27am

January 11 is designated as Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The PC(USA) Human Trafficking Round Table provides the following information for this day: January 2012 – Over 12.3 million people are estimated to work in conditions of forced labor world-wide according to the International Labour Organisation. On January 11th, consider marking human trafficking day with prayer… Read more »

March 15, 2010

A Prayer for the People of Myanmar (Burma)

Posted 3:26am

Gracious God, we pray for the people of Myanmar. Guide them in the paths of peace and the ways of justice. We pray for the children of Myanmar, especially those who are soldiers, orphans, refugees, or forced into labor and…

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