By: Robin Socially conscious shopping is not just about clothes and food, but evaluating all the places we spend our money. Hotels are one of the many places that sex trafficking and labor trafficking takes place. Rooms may be purchased for commercial sex acts, including forced prostitution and sex with children. Hotels may sub contract housekeeping with labor agencies to [...]
In the poorest communities across the United States a revolution has started. Volunteers are beginning to take notice and help with a fundamental need in the area: Clean Laundry. Inspired by one conversation with a man from the streets, the Laundry Love Project took the practical need of clean clothes and linens to heart and created a network of laundromats to help [...]
By: Tara Teng S.Korea Part II Some people call them hookers…prostitutes…whores… or sex trade workers. I cringe every time I hear any of these terms to describe women in prostitution because no matter what term is used, it never brings justice or dignity to the individual being sold. Studies around the world consistently show that the overwhelming majority of women [...]
By: Tara Teng S.Korea Part 1 Remember the days when comic book heroes heard the silent cries of distressed damsels and rushed in to save the day with strength and bravery? Average citizens, women and children could live without fear because there was always a noble hero nearby to swoop in and save the day! In Seoul, South Korea, there [...]
Our journey to Portland had a bit to do with a partnership with Artists Inspiring Action, an organization focused on bringing creative activism and creative activists into communities across the globe as well as supporting non-profits and social businesses with the creative materials they need to communicate their message and connect people to their cause. The Justice Conference was a [...]
Looking at the Sak Saum table covered with bags and purses the focus isn’t just the beautiful handmade bags, but the stories from girls in Cambodia that make the bags. Thoughts, talents and love had been put into each one and the outcome is stunning. Every women walking by the Sak Saum booth at The Justice Conference couldn’t resist stopping, touching and complementing. The volunteers [...]
Who goes to Portland in the middle of Winter? Apparently 4,000 world-changers ready to be equipped and inspired to live out Justice in every day life. The Portland Convention Center hosted the second annual The Justice Conference this year, a 160 mile North-Westerly move from the original site in Bend, Oregon in 2011. The conference and pre-conference boasted speakers of [...]
A team of Australian women are not being afraid to get their hands dirty. These women are dedicated to serve other women and to make a difference during their 12 trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Get an insight from their trip: What cultural experiences have you gain from your trips? We visit the poorest of the poor villages in Phnom [...]
By: Saskia Wishart Yesterday morning I lay in bed curled under my covers, warm and cosy, and pressing snooze for the third time on my alarm. No part of me wanting to leave the warmth of my bed… And then a realisation came to mind so suddenly it was like it was a jolt ready to propel me out of [...]
Making sure everyone has a seat at the table There is one question that repeatedly pops up when talking about More than Me with parents in West Point: “what about my son?” Many of the girls in More than Me’s program have male siblings, and for a lot of parents this creates an obvious dilemma. We have written about why we have [...]
