Michelle Brock is a blogger and co-founder of Hope for the Sold, an organization that fights human trafficking and exploitation. Describe the process of how Hope For the Sold was birthed? In October of 2006, my husband Jay and I attended a leadership conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Gary Haugen from International Justice Mission was one of the speakers, and it was the first [...]
Director’s note: The world is warming and the climate is changing, whether we like it or not. And it’s going to impact each one of us in some way or the other. The next time a heat wave hits you or a mosquito bites, think about it. But change is inevitable and humans have the gift of shaping their own future to [...]
www.telegraph21.com It was a challenge to keep the human aspect of the tragedy alive, yet succeed in bringing about some clarity on the reasons behind the crisis.” Deepa Bhatia Over the past decade, burdened by debt, nearly 200,000 Indian farmers committed suicide, a shocking statistic largely ignored by the mainstream media. Nero’s Guests follows Indian journalist P. Sainath as [...]
I AM A PILGRIM, A VOYAGER. I WON’T REST UNTIL MY LIPS TOUCH THE SHORE OF THE LAND I HAVE BEEN LONGING FOR AS LONG AS I’VE LIVED, WHERE THERE WILL BE NO TEARS OR PAIN ANYMORE. Eliot Rausch, borned as an artist, even though he doesn’t see himself as a natural storyteller, has a way of capturing a person’s [...]
Part One of the MTV EXIT Campaign and introduction to Human Trafficking. More to come! Stay tuned!
by: Ellen Friedland, Producer Photo and video courtesy of “Delicious Peace Grows In A Ugandan Coffee Bean”, www.deliciouspeacethemovie.com 1. You can buy “Delicious Peace” coffee (www.deliciouspeace.com) after watching the documentary and seeing some of the ways that you can really affect positive changes in these farmers’ lives. 2. You can buy other Fair Trade products as often as possible. [...]
THE ROAD from Road of Resistance on Vimeo. This film may not be what you want to see. It may not be what you want to hear, but it is something we must move to change. From Road to Resistance: In the summer of 2006, four friends from San Diego, California set out on a mission to [...]
A documentary about sexual violence in conflicts. ”We can talk, talk and talk – but nobody listens to us”. The words are uttered by a Congolese woman in the short documentary Women’s war by Marika Griehsel. Approximately 20 000 women were raped during the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina in the early 1990s, in the DR Congo it is estimated [...]
By: Christa Taylor I love Portland. It is truly a beautiful and unique city. The people are warm, creativity thrives, and it’s 2nd in the United States for sustainability and eco-friendly practices. Yet, in all it’s beauty and artistic ability, there is an underlying monster. Portland is now the #1 city in the nation for sex trafficing (it was second). [...]
Shannon Galpin is not your ordinary mother. She is the founder of Mountain2Mountain, a non-profit “creating education and opportunity for women and girls in conflict regions.” Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Galpin knew it was time to step out and change the world. She left her career, recruited volunteers and began to network. Her cause: empowering women. Her [...]
